2010-11 Class Activities

Visit to Island City Food Coop

Students learned about healthy food during a tour to the Island City Food Coop
Duluth Depot
The class visited the Duluth Train Museum to gather research on trains for and independent project.  Students also visited the natural history displays, the art displays, and the veteran's memorial.

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Kayaking on Beaver Dam Lake

Students learned about the city's plan to improve Library Lake and got a first hand look at non-native species in the lake.

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Learning About Bison (Close-up)


Students visited NorthStar Bison farm to learn about their sustainable grazing and the nutritional benefits of bison meat.

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Anderson's Maple Syrup in the Fall

Students returned to Anderson's Maple Syrup to continue to GPS trees, estimate tree height using geometry skills, photograph the beautiful fall colors, and learn about the business of maple syrup.  Students are working with Anderson's Adopt a Maple program by providing the data for each tree adopted.  Their GPS data will also be used to create an interactive map so people can see the geographical location  and photographs of the tree.

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Learning About Wild Rice

Brent Belisle taught the students about traditional wild rice harvesting

Kayak Training


Students learned the basics of kayaking and what to do in an emergency
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CPR Training


Nurse Capra taught the students basic first aid and CPR skills
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