No one makes good decisions in the grocery store. The whole idea – thousands of boxes stacked high on shelves – higher than one can reach. Rows upon rows, the ends of the isles places of interest, sales, deals, good buys. One finds himself examining the milk cartons wondering, “which milk is the best deal”… Read more »
The Community Adventure Trip Log (TLOG) is a tool that we use to document each trip. Students can use this as a reference and template for coordinating their own trips outside of this class and future CAP classes will use this information as a reference for future trips. This is also a reflective tool for… Read more »
“The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, and spends self in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the… Read more »
We started off this week by having a guest speaker from the community teach us about astronomy. Mike Zawaski, professional guide and instructor with Outward Bound West, wilderness medicine instructor, and graduate student, facilitated an interactive presentation called Kinesthetic Astronomy. Students learned about basic astronomy including how the stars, planets, and moon move through space… Read more »
CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some… Read more »
CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some… Read more »
“To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep his distance; to understand its form, one must move around it; to experience its moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset, at noon and at midnight, in sun and in rain, in snow and in storm, in summer and in winter and in… Read more »
The central core of Community Adventure Program is based upon three major tenets: Outdoor education, environmental education, and service learning. I wanted to take the opportunity to define these and other pedagogical approaches and techniques used to teach the CAP. These definitions offer a very broad explanation to complex terms, but attempt to synthesize these… Read more »
“He who appreciates nature learns to unburden his mind of trivial thoughts. Surrender yourself to an enjoyment of the prospect unattended by the beauty of the surroundings. Escape from the shell of your small affairs and tread for a while those mysterious paths of the spirit that lead nowhere and everywhere. Then you will know… Read more »
