Here is the Earth Discovery Center. This is where the magic of Home School Jamboree happens. This new building was opened just last year. It is also featured in the upcoming EEAI conference next weekend.
Joe Schmid, manager of Holliday Park, was teaching his classes on trees. He taught the children how to climb a tree like many foresters do. I have tried this and it is very fun!
Here I am teaching Bird ID. Since the birds were a little sparce, I had placed backup pictures on the trees. The kids would hunt for the pictures and when we found them we would talk about each bird. We would learn each bird's call along with some interesting facts about it. I am in the navy blue jacket next to the girl in pink. (Yes, I know, the kids are taller than me!)
Our fearless leader of the EELS department, Jeff Ward. He taught a program about flying monkeys and the Wizard of Oz. No, not really! He really taught about extirpated animals, animals that once lived here in Indiana. He covered animals like mountain lions, black bear, elk, porcupine and wolves. He is also one of the keynote speakers in the aforementioned EEAI conference.
Karen Johnstone led her classes on an exciting scavenger hunt. They were investigators looking for things animals needed to survive. They were looking for holes, looking under logs, checking for bite marks on leaves, and really exploring!
2 comments:
Yay! It was sure fun, and none of my kids got lost in the woods! A good day for all. :)
Such a wonderful sight to see kids cast aside TV and video games and discover...that they can have FUN in the woods!
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