March 30, 2012

2012 Welcoming of the Whales Ceremony

  The 2012 Whale Welcoming Ceremony was greeted by cold, wet, winds, but we were able to have half of the ceremony on the Point.  Jonah, John, and Mr. Jackson were colder than anyone else though, and made us all stop whining.  The article from the Forks Forum has a nice close-up photo of the offering.









 











  

March 27, 2012

UW Pipeline!

We all enjoyed becoming immersed in UW Environmental Education curriculum.
Eli incorporates new knowledge into his schema.
Thanks to Paige, Chelsey, Jessie, Libby, and Mariah! 

Wait a second now......
Paige and Libby teach about chemical reactions.  I'm not sure Madison is buying into it yet.
University of Washington Pipeline had a great year.  I was really proud to see these five aspiring teachers from my alma mater engage the students with hands-on experiments, data collection tables, Excel, and genuine, conscientious enthusiasm.
Make those enzymes work.
Mariah makes sure the yeast doesn't get wasted.  Cordell is way too happy to stick his hand in the sugar.

Cameron and Eli see the beginnings of the creation of carbon dioxide.

Eli praises the creation.

Behold thy balloons.  See what we have wrought.




DAY FOUR- PREDATION OF PLASTIC FROGS



Julia and Cameron compete for food.
Eli dominates the ecosystem.
Scientists tabulate the data.

What trends do you see in the data?
Eli, you are Top Predator.
Luckily, Chelsey does not make us compete for food.
Sushi!


Jessie, Paige, Mariah, Chelsey, and Libby taught Middle School well.


Jessie, Paige, Mariah, Chelsey, and Libby also ROCKED Middle School awesomely.


March 20, 2012

University of Washington Career Day for Tribal Youth

About 100 Native American youths and tribal educational leaders from the Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Quinault, Lower Elwha, Klallam, and the Jamestown S’Klallam tribes gathered at the beautiful Olympic Natural Resources Center facility in Forks for the University of Washington's Native Career Planning Day.
Articles from the Peninsula Daily News and the Forks Forum

Did you know that the architects of the Olympic Natural Resource Center, when designing the structure for the 40-acre site:
     - had to consider rainfall up to 50 inches per month and winds reaching 100 mph
     - chose outdoor walkways to reduce the circulation of muddy, wet boots on slippery hallway floors
     - honored the idea of "Working Families = Working Forests" by evoking a timber image without using old growth wood.