Thanks, Liz; this is good advice. You're right I think the trip staff will already have a pretty good handle on them. They will have already been with the kids for 3 or 4 days by the time I get there. I'm hoping at least to meet the kids upon their…
Yes, it's on a small river with relatively rocky substrate. I'm hoping for muddy spots that would hold tracks easily. We'll only be doing 6 miles of river, but we have 4 or 5 hours to do it.
Sounds like you've got a pretty good handle on the situation already, using the spontaneous teaching moments and getting the kids to quiz and teach you. In reading your note what came to mind was one of the core activities in CG the 50:50 principle,…
"...not that dead." Haha! Great quote and metaphorical thought from Steinbeck. I love it. Will have to go back and re-read that one some time. I have not read The Creation, An Appeal but will definitely look for it. Many thanks for the tip.
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No particular solution to share, but a potential way to further this cause...I teach an upper-level university class in Zoology where part of the problem with the western approach is our way of breaking things down too far. At this school Zoology is…
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