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.

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.

 

Art Class Choice 1

The QTS Classroom Alongside the River has been so fortunate to receive lessons from knitting volunteer-teachers every week for the past two years.

Rowena Jongeward and Roseanne Lindenmuth have persevered through the storms and stress of Middle School, and they even had 100% engagement at one point last year with Angel, CC, Julia, Madison, Storm, Cordell, Eugene, and Katherine (and Forney!).  CC, picking up double-stitch crochet faster than it takes me time to type it, made most of the headbands given on Elders Day 2011.

This year, the 5th and 6th grade girls are now rocking the knitting circle regularly, and Julia has been our leader, creating hats with rib-stitch, purses with stripes, and washcloths with cat patterns.  

I have so much appreciation and admiration for Miss Rowena and Miss Roseanne for their dedication, perseverance, and generosity, donating their time and energy to teach the Quileute youth knitting, crocheting, needlework, and "ha-has" like:

A cop pulled alongside a speeding car on the highway, and he saw that the woman behind the wheel was knitting. The trooper cranked down his window and yelled, "PULL OVER!"  The knitter yelled back, "NO!!  IT'S A SCARF!"