Third graders and their parents at The Independent Day School in Middlefield, along with their teachers, JoAnn Rider and Jen Bergin, recently spent the day and night living at the Plimoth Plantation Museum in Massachusetts which also included a morning visit of the Mayflower. During their study of the early colonists in the 1600s, the third graders traditionally make this trip. Through primary resource expeditions such as this, students gain a greater appreciation of a subject or topic because they can learn about it on location rather than exclusively in the classroom. Following the Design Thinking Process, the class was presented with a challenge: to create a model of Plimoth Plantation back in their classroom. Prior to their visit, the students developed a plan for completing their task, did a Google Map search of the area, and generated questions. During their visit, the students asked the characters questions, took photos, and collected notes on a section of the English Village that they had chosen to research. Back at IDS, they used secondary sources and the Internet to collect additional information before writing reports on their individual topics. With the help of Mrs. Smith, the Art teacher, the third graders built houses, and created people, as well as made animals, trees, cornstalks, and the palisade for their model of the English Village. They also created a Smart Board slide show of their visit to Mayflower II. Upon completion, they proudly shared the fruits of their labor with their parents, as well as other classes. In the photo, Cecilia Rossi and Anna Mae Saunders are collecting notes as they interview Miles Standish.