SATURDAY, NOV. 27th - Sawdust flew, snowdrifts shattered, and 9 participants got their chop on as the first ever TIMBERRR! Lumberjack Challenge at FortWhyte Alive went into the books.
The nine hardy racers ran a 2 mile course, laden with logs. Along the way, they identified trees, worked the saw, chopped kindling, living the adventurous life an early-20th century lumberjack - if only for 45 minutes.
Weather conditions were perfect for the event. The course volunteers (Thank-you Axeman Jack and Sawmill Gord!) were as excited as the racers.
TIMBERRR!!! was the first in a series of similar events happening at FortWhyte Alive before next summer. the next event - the Second Annual Spears and 'Shoes Atlatl/Snowshoe Biathlon, set for 1pm on February 19th, 2011.
Thank-you to all the participants and spectators who came out on Saturday - and keep looking here for more details on Spears and 'Shoes 2011!
-Barret
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
An Expedition to the Frontier
I am having trouble sitting still at my desk this morning.
It might be my wake-up coffee, or, more likely, it is my barely contained excitement and enthusiasm. I fly to Norway House, MB (part of the Frontier School Division) this afternoon, to deliver two days of custom interpretive programming!
Tomorrow, 70 students from the Helen Betty Osborne Inniniw Education Centre will be conducting a "Forest Inventory" - counting and classifying the life in the forest around their school. This is the beginning of an outdoor "lab" space, where students can encounter their local landscape on many levels. My plan is for it to be a load of fun, too!
I'm spending Friday with teachers from the school, dreaming and planning on how to best use this new resource. The hope is students have more class time outdoors, engage more with their local landscape, and see a direct application for their science classes.
Two days of increasing outdoor education time. Two days of helping students learn and grow as citizens of their local environment. Two days of playing in the bush...with a purpose.
No wonder I can't sit still!
I'll let you know how it goes...until then, have a good one!
-Barret
It might be my wake-up coffee, or, more likely, it is my barely contained excitement and enthusiasm. I fly to Norway House, MB (part of the Frontier School Division) this afternoon, to deliver two days of custom interpretive programming!
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Tomorrow, 70 students from the Helen Betty Osborne Inniniw Education Centre will be conducting a "Forest Inventory" - counting and classifying the life in the forest around their school. This is the beginning of an outdoor "lab" space, where students can encounter their local landscape on many levels. My plan is for it to be a load of fun, too!
I'm spending Friday with teachers from the school, dreaming and planning on how to best use this new resource. The hope is students have more class time outdoors, engage more with their local landscape, and see a direct application for their science classes.
Two days of increasing outdoor education time. Two days of helping students learn and grow as citizens of their local environment. Two days of playing in the bush...with a purpose.
No wonder I can't sit still!
I'll let you know how it goes...until then, have a good one!
-Barret
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