They got to do hands on experiments with fisheries (a stream life and bio-cumulative contamination game), animal tracking (finding a transmitter using an antenna and receiver), archeology (doing a mini dig), forestry (taking a core sample of a tree and finding its height, ours was 73 years old and 66 feet high), mapping (the kids got to make a map and Liam got to tell what radar is, smartypants!), and Liam's favorite, mining (they got to pan and keep the gold they found).
Learning how to dig at the archeology site.
Doing their digging, they found a campsite and learned how the bones and other clues could help determine how long the people had camped there.
At the mining site...see the snow??
I told Liam he had found more gold just now than his dad had in all the time he has been doing prospecting! (and took the picture at just the right moment!)
This looks like excellent fun! Too bad about the weather; good thing you Alaskans are tough.
ReplyDeleteThat is the coolest project! I love hands on and outdoor stuff, you can learn so much! Sorry it was cold though. I do like the last picture, poor Kyle!
ReplyDeleteI'm absolutely sure that I never had fun like that in school! Way cool. Congrats on the gold and even more congrats for being able to explain radar to everyone!
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