June 28 - Visit to the U.S. Botanic Garden

June 28th started off at the U.S. Botanic Garden, a living plant museum located on the National Mall across from the U.S. Capitol. The teachers went on a tour of the garden and met quickly with an education specialist.

The Pilar Barbosa 2010 teachers at the US Botanic Garden

After the U.S. Botanic Garden, they enjoyed a little bit of free time to explore the National Mall, any of the Smithsonian museums located around the Mall as well as the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. They finished the day at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the museum that depicts the history of the 6 million jews who suffered and died during the Nazis rule of Germany.