All of our hard work and research paid off because we finally coordinated the details of our Action Project. To quote the immortal words of Monte Burns from the hit TV show The Simpsons – Excellent! We will be working with Zachary Price, who is a Forester with Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks…. Read more »
We made some serious headway on our Action Project this week. On Tuesday, we started brainstorming ways we could address the pine beetle infestation issue in Boulder County. We made a list of possible projects that we would be able to tackle on October 13th, 2004. We slept on our list of solutions overnight and… Read more »
The Community Adventure Program is operating like a well-oiled machine. After riding a high from our first weekend overnight camping trip, we debriefed our experience on Tuesday and can
Last week we continued to plug away with our Action Project. On Tuesday we trekked on down to the computer lab to begin our research about the pine beetle infestation problem in Colorado. The class nominated two Project Managers who will be responsible for delegating tasks that need to be completed to all of the… Read more »
The Community Adventure Program was in high gear once again last week. We rolled up our sleeves on Tuesday and jumped right into our Action Project. During this class, students will brainstorm local outdoor and environmental issues affecting our community and will create and implement a student directed service-learning project to address a problem in… Read more »
Ahh, it feels great to be back at school, in a new building, with a new group of students embarking on another quarter teaching the Community Adventure Program. With our first full week behind us, I know that we have an extraordinary group of students this quarter
Below is a list of Expedition Behavior characteristics that students brainstormed and that students are committed to adhering to during this class. At the end of each overnight camping trip, we will revisit this list and talk about the positive and negative Expedition Behavior we observed. If someone breaks these commitments, students will address each… Read more »
Holy moly, it’s only the second week of class and we have a test? Settle down little britches, this is just a pre-test to get a sense of your opinions about key components of this class. You will not be graded on this pre-test, but I will need you to answer each question completely, openly,… Read more »
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As the 2003-2004 school year comes to a close, we had a Final Council as a group to reflect on our CAP experience this quarter. Below are a few things that I hope that students were able to take away from there experience with the Community Adventure Program: Outdoor Skills
