QUESTION: How does your experience on our camping trip in “the backcountry” connect with our action project and your life back in “civilization?” *************************** *************************** Grading and Expectations: The standard 4, 3, 2, 1 grading scale outlined in the syllabus will apply to these required journal entries. I expect you to put at least 15-30… Read more »
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We’re going camping!
This weekend we will be heading out on our first overnight. Check out the pictures of students practicing tent set up! Nice work! Check back next week to find out how these students put their wilderness skills to use!
Two New Community Adventure Program Instructors
The Cottonwood Institute is proud to welcome two amazing young woman onto our staff as instructors for the Community Adventure Program. Paige Doughty will be instructing at New Vista High School in Boulder, CO and Leslie Douglass will be instructing at P.S.1. Charter School and Manual High School in Denver and will teach camping and… Read more »
Solar Cooking
Today our friend Patty with SolChef came to teach us about solar cooking. We had no idea we could cook just about anything using the energy from the sun! First Patty explained to us how the ovens work. Next she showed us the various types and how you can bake in some and fry in… Read more »
Tent Competition
Our overnight is coming up in just a few weekends so we thought we’d have a little tent competition: Boys vs. Girls. With a little teamwork, and lots of confused onlookers from Speer Blvd. our tents were complete and ready to be used! I think we are ready for the mountains!
What do we need to bring?
Today students at PS1 took a field trip to REI’s Denver flagship store to learn about the various items they need to bring on our first camping trip. Each team of students was responsible for learning about different gear:clothing, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, food and cooking, and footwear. Based on our upcoming trip to Golden… Read more »
Denver Zoo Teens Join The Cottonwood Institute This Summer
Every year a group of dedicated high school students choose to spend their free time volunteering at our local Denver Zoo. They get to lend a hand in every department of the zoo, including preparing food for the animals and completing any odd jobs that need to be attended to. But this summer, these students… Read more »
First Quarter Update
The first quarter of the Community Adventure Program 2008-2009 has been action packed!! We started with getting to know each other and jumped right into local environmental issues, hiking, ecology, and choosing our action project topic! As the instructor of this amazing course I am delighted to have a group of… Read more »
Notes From The Field: Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking
In the past, wolves have acquired the false reputation of being bloodthirsty, vicious, wild animals. Unfortunately, these notions have lead to the near extinction of the species throughout the United States. This August, through the Cottonwood Institute’s Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking course, students had the opportunity to discover just how false these stereotypes are… Read more »
Nature Sculptures
Today, students at PS1 learned about nature sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy is an innovative artist who uses only natural materials, such as flowers, icicles, rocks, mud, leaves, pinecones, and snow. After viewing several of Goldsworthy’s pieces, we ventured down to the Cherry Creek River to create our own! D’Razhane, Kenia, and Zach formed their sculpture… Read more »
