tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23597037539194635402024-03-18T20:50:13.692-07:00Tahoma SustainabilityHighlighting Sustainability Work in the Tahoma School DistrictTeaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-6430812669176731952014-01-23T21:18:00.000-08:002014-01-23T21:18:10.394-08:00May TerraCycle Be With You<br />
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ever heard of TerraCycle? Well, if you haven’t, it’s a company that collects
and processes items that would normally be considered waste. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">At Shadow
Lake, we collect juice pouches to ship to TerraCycle. Ms. Fink has been
collecting juice pouches at Lake Wilderness. When Ms. Fink has enough pouches
to fill a large garbage bag, (about 500 pouches) Ms. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Castagna drives them to Shadow Lake when she comes to work
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the leftover juice, flatten the pouches, push the straws in so they don’t
puncture the bag and leak, and put them into stacks of 10 for easy counting.
Then Mrs.Chase and Mrs.White pack 100 pouches into gently-used gallon-size
Ziploc bags (100 in each gallon bag). These 100-count bags are then placed in a
very large box for shipping.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">When the count reaches over 45 lbs or around 3,000 juice
pouches, Mrs. White or Mrs. Chase transport the boxes to the nearest UPS store
and ship the oversized boxes to TerraCycle in New Jersey. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Once there, TerraCycle workers can turn the used juice
pouches into backpacks, pencil cases, benches, fences, bags, and many
more upcycled products that you can buy online at Dwellsmart! Need a
unique gift for someone special and help your environment at the same
time--check out Dwellsmart! </span></div>
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compliments to Shadow Lake and Lake Wilderness for their excellent work as
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-25621312145243249302013-11-19T21:31:00.000-08:002013-11-19T21:32:05.690-08:00It's Definitely Worth It! - Emmons Glacier<br />
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tea. The <i>majesty of the mountains and nature</i> is rather lost on me.
Maybe I have been slightly desensitized from all the dramatic documentaries of
‘<i>fantastic worldly places</i>’ I have seen and slightly jaded from movies
like <i>Avatar. </i>Nature is not as
endearing as it once was. Hikes had become rather mundane, especially when
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almost vertical streams. They were transfixing; the white water was vastly
different from the shades of green that surrounded it. The river itself was
completely different from every other river I had seen. I had not seen a more
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The water was almost white and running at a leisurely pace through the ravine.
It was nestled in between the moraines, the rocks piled from Emmons movement.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Colors clashed around the trail, from the tan-browns of the
rocks, piled and loose, to the striking white of the ice and water. Around the
trail is a sea of green trees, their pointed tips waving to the stark blue of
the summer skies. Upon close inspection, hikers can find small creatures going
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Emmons is receding. The ablation zone grows larger with
every year. The ecological repercussions of the slow loss of Emmons are…distressing.
We are losing the glacier and the river it provides. But it leaves a
picture-perfect ravine and reveals dusty rock that is gorgeous.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">While it lasts, Emmons will provide the White River with
water year round, becoming a haven for native species like the Bull Trout and
Coastal Cutthroat Trout. Somehow thinking of White River as a home for the
creatures makes it more beautiful.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hike Emmons should go. The White River is worth seeing, just for the sake of
being fiercely unique. It is in a category all its own. Emmons may disappear
before most of us do. Going up to experience it before it’s gone is a better
weekend plan than I have heard in a long time. </span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-5559325235188850092013-11-19T21:26:00.002-08:002013-11-19T21:32:26.172-08:00Global Academy Hikes Emmons Glacier<br />
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September, our class took a trip to the Emmons Glacier. If you don’t know what a glacier is, the
article given to us before the trip says they are “perennial masses of ice that
are large enough and heavy enough to flow, like a very thick fluid.” The hike to the view point we were heading
towards was only about a mile long. On
our way we saw beautiful streams and waterfalls, along with gorgeous and lush
greenery. While hiking, I thought to
myself, “If this is just the hike, I wonder what the view from our stopping
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One mishap we did have was that half of our class missed the turn we were supposed
to take and ended up traveling up the trail for another mile or so. Poor Mr. Collette, the new Global Academy
English teacher, had the pleasure of running all the way up to the top just to
find the kids that had strayed from the path.
The groups that got lost didn’t get a chance to view the valley. We stood on the lateral moraine, a
ledge/ridge that’s along the side of the glacier, looking into the valley. We saw the lake which was filled with glacial
melt, evidentially named Glacier Lake, just below us. The water was such a pure blue that it almost
looked unrealistic. I, just a novice hiker, was not aware of the things you can
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Our
group, the students that didn’t get lost, was very lucky to see something like
this now because it won’t last forever.
The glacier is retreating more and more each year. The valley we saw was where the glacier had
passed through. We visited the glacier
while it’s in its “ablation season,” the time when the glacier loses more of
its ice than it gains, which begins around June and ends near September. Overall, this hiking field trip was a blast
and I would recommend making the hike to see the valley and lake. It was well
worth it and the trail is just as beautiful.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Guest Post by <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Caroline
M., Global Academy Student</span></b></span></div>
Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-8338198169930573352013-11-10T21:38:00.001-08:002013-11-10T21:38:30.549-08:00Tahoma Food Service - Awesome Sustainability Support<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Tahoma Food Service has taken some amazing strides over the last year plus in supporting the sustainability efforts of our students, staff and district. From redoing the menus on Wednesdays to focus on finger foods and things that would support our Green Teams in Waste Free Wednesdays, to adding more fresh fruits and produce to the choices for students. The efforts of these amazing staff just keep showing up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">At all the teacher leadership meetings we used to use bottled water. Now food service brings pitchers and re-usable plastic cups for water self-service throughout the day. We have also changed from morning treats of muffins to fresh cut apples and cheese. Healthy and great tasting! Our food service staff is amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In a recent announcement they have moved to compostable cutlery for both breakfast and lunch service starting Monday, November 4th! </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-45009068922533718492013-11-06T22:00:00.000-08:002013-11-06T22:06:48.354-08:00Tahoma Makes a Difference!<br />
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On October 26th, 2013, it was “Make a
Difference day” in Maple Valley. As a responsible citizen, I worked with the
Tahoma High School Green Team from 9am to 12pm to restore the Rain Garden in
the THS parking lot. We began with compost soil delivered to the high school
parking lot at 9am, which is when the team got to work! We had the game plan of
spreading and evening out all of the soil, making sure it didn’t cover the
puddles or rocks so that the plants we were going to put in would be safe. We
shoveled dirt for hours, and eventually were able to get all of the dirt placed
and spread it around. After all of the soil was evenly distributed, myself and
the team took about 30 plants donated by a nursery in Black Diamond and planted
them in the garden. By planting these native species, it means that the garden
will be even more self-sustaining, and support a healthier environment in the
garden. It was a very large task, thankfully with a team of myself and 8 other
people, we were able to get it done in 3 hours!<o:p></o:p><u1:p></u1:p></div>
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By contributing to planting the THS rain
garden, I was able to do a hands on project that directly benefitted the school
and environment. The High School is a large part of our community, and being
able to make a difference for both visually pleasing and eco friendly benefits
is certainly a demonstration of being a responsible citizen. Having assisted
research on the native species we decided to plant, I fully understand the
benefits of what the project was all about. To create an ecosystem in a busy
parking lot that will thrive and prevent storm water pollution. Having
Mrs.Nance and my fellow Green Team members to teach and guide one another, it
was not only a great hands-on experience but a great learning experience as
well. I learned how to apply these values of being local and sustainable to my
lifestyle, and carry on these habits to form lifelong habits that will benefit
me. Overall, the garden looks beautiful and has a function for our school!<o:p></o:p></div>
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year Camp Snowball grounded me to reality in terms of sustainability. This year
it has taught me how to move forward with my ideas. There are so many
visionaries in the world, yet very few people know how to push forward. That is
a vital skill that I learned this year. I was in the module focused on
innovation. This module prompted me to look into the future and see where I
could improve and innovate on the world. But then I had to actually draft plans
with budgets and clarify my detailed step-by-step actions. This really taught
me the difference between talking-the-talk and walking-the-talk. I now know how
to go about building a better reputation for the Green Team and ensuring
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-3895311972260485542013-07-26T06:00:00.002-07:002013-07-26T06:00:43.345-07:00Inspiration from Innovation<b id="docs-internal-guid-0-1428f1-1b10-454b-f2c8-a41b4b3f9257" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-83343849411766288612013-07-26T05:58:00.000-07:002013-07-26T05:58:26.554-07:00Learning Journey to Sciquarium<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Today, we took our learning journeys (basically a field trip to somewhere around camp), and I loved it. My learning journey was going to the zoo and Sciquarium. We saw a lot of animals and I realized that all the animals here, in this amazing local North Carolina zoo, were brought there under the wing of caring zoo employees. When it was in trouble, the zookeepers came to its rescue. I think it's a great idea to have animals in a zoo where the wildlife and predators weren't successful in their home environment. If we just take custody of them for no reason, then that could possibly ruin the relationships in the animal's natural area. If people did this more often, the animal kingdom would be much better compared to how it is now.</span><br />
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-33328384797556706652013-07-26T05:53:00.004-07:002013-07-26T05:54:03.875-07:00Nanotech is Astounding<br />
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the center, it was fascinating to learn about the technology of the future
based on the chemistry practices we currently already know. There were many
demonstrations of nano technology given, such as a “bubble” that could
potentially be used to be injected into cancer patients to connect to the
cancer cells and over heat them as well. These bubbles were developed through
nano technology, manipulating the structure of atoms, and should be expected to
finalize and fully develop within the next twenty years, eliminating the factor
of harmful side effects that cancer treatment usually brings. There were also
other useful technologic developments, such as lightweight lights that can be
completely two dimensional, creating energy conservation and a brighter light
projected as well. Surprisingly, these two very different future concepts were
started the same way! Through a very specific microscope to examine, change and
align molecular structure to design an all new structure to behave differently
than traditional molecular structures. Based on the alignment created, this can
determine how the newly developed nano technology will function. In the picture
below, this microscope is one of those molecular microscopes that can create
new nano technology. Estimated cost of this microscope is around 3 million
dollars, and is often used very meticulously. I was astounded to see such a
large, complex microscope, yet at the same time I wanted to know everything
about it! It was quite a bit of
information to process, but after getting my questions of future impact
answered, I understand that these new developments will be more sustainable in
energy conservation, saving money, and ultimately progressing and
revolutionizing humanity and the physical issues that we deal with, the
concrete global issues, the most important things in our world.</span></span></div>
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I chose to explore the Greensboro Science Center for the learning journey. The zoo had many animals that we got to see up close such as this stunning tiger. There was a team of college students experimenting with a monkey to train him to play target-and-match, see picture attached. It is fascinating to learn about animal cognition and their capabilities. Sometimes I wonder if they understand how much humans are damaging our co-inhabited planet.</div>
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Most of the species in the aquarium and zoo are endangered. Animals are caged in this zoo or confined to a tank in the aquarium, but it is sad to think that they are probably doing better in the tank or cage than in their natural habitats as a result of our unsustainable actions. I know that coming to this camp always broadens my ways of thinking and adds confidence in my mission to take and encourage sustainable action.</div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-63615001102051415022013-07-26T05:39:00.004-07:002013-07-26T05:39:44.235-07:00Next Generation Research<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 16px;">Today following our Core Modules, everyone at camp embarked on different Learning Journeys across the town of Winston Salem. While some of the Tahoma Team went to the Zoo or the Renolda Arts Center, Kylin and I ventured to the Nano Center. While there, we got a first hand look into the progression of multiple revolutionary inventions that could possibly be sold within the next 20 years. For example, we heard from a young physics major working on a project that would allow doctors to inject a "bubble" type substance with a heat generating chemical that could accurately be sent to the area of a cancerous tumor within the body, and then release the chemical to effectively burn up the cancer cells. The invention was even tested on a rat and within one day, the tumor had entirely dissipated. Overall the level of intelligence, patience and hard work that goes into the process of innovating these products is astounding and I am looking forward to seeing them benefit people world wide in the near future. </span><br />
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-67502709362306114312013-07-24T19:58:00.002-07:002013-07-24T19:58:46.517-07:00Game On!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While presenting on the Tahoma School District the day before Tracy Benson, Program Manager for Systems Thinking in Schools - Waters Foundation, advised me to really pay attention today morning to
Nancy Conrad and the winning team's story. She thought that it would be a great
fit for our Tahoma team. I had already heard about it directly from Nancy Conrad
when she presented to my class on innovation. But today morning she presented to
the entire Camp and the winning team let us in on some hints. It was inspiring
to hear about the story of her husband and why the competition was created.
Clearly the most enthusiasm for the project came from the Tahoma team, who asked
the most questions. The project is very comprehensive as they require both a
scientific and business justification. But Tahoma has prepared us for a
challenge like this, and I want to take this one on!<br />
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Married to the 3rd man to land on the moon, Nancy Conrad has started the Spirit
of Innovation Competition in his honor. The challenge forces you to use systems
thinking. Nancy wondered why high school students couldn't do amazing things. So
the competition allows students to create innovative products as a team to
better humanity. The team that won this year was actually from NC, they created
an air-quality detector. This device could detect the ozone in the air. Ozone's
presence can actually increase the chance for death through lung inflammation.
Tahoma is a school that is so far advanced in sustainability and systems
thinking that this challenge is something that we could take on!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Post by Student Leader, Jayaram</span></b></div>
Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-40947797236605127342013-07-24T19:49:00.001-07:002013-07-24T19:49:12.204-07:00It's the Little Things!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was day two of our core module classes. Today during that class we self
directed our learning by creating our very own lesson to teach to the adults in
the class. While reviewing the lesson we chose to teach with the leader of our
class, Kylin was playing with a ladybug she found at the table we were sitting
at. I was watching the ladybug as it crawled through Kylin's fingers I had the
greatest 'Ah ha' moment I think I have ever experienced. I realized that if we
are going to care for nature at all, we need to care for the little things too,
not just the big things that seem more important. Sometimes the little things
that we don't see are the most life threatening. We need to care for all of
nature or it doesn't even matter if we do anything at all.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Post by Student Leader Megan</span></b></div>
Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-34131716539798255262013-07-24T19:46:00.000-07:002013-07-24T19:46:03.657-07:00Experience of a Lifetime! (so far...)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today I was able to have a true experience of a
lifetime. I participated in a panel with Peter Senge, in which I got to speak
with teachers and fellow students. I was amazed at the dedication that both the
teachers and the students showed as the conversation went on. The personal
stories that people shared were relatable, and I was able to connect to the feelings
expressed at the panel on a personal level. I came to the realization that we
all have the same idea of wanting to make a change, and that we all want to
take the steps through system thinking to accomplish complex situations.
Complex situations often seem impossible to solve, but talking about the
approach to solve these situations, connecting students and teachers, is
ultimately the most inspiring thing that occurred to me tonight. The panel gave
me the chance to recap the idea that both students and staff work exceptionally
hard to achieve greatness for each other. I believe that once we realize that,
collaboration and associations with each other absolutely creates a solid
foundation to teach future generations to come about how to prepare for the
world we live in today. The education system often undergoes multiple changes,
some better than others. Regardless, we learn as we experience different
teaching methods and curriculum. Nothing will ever be perfected, but by the
work that we have been doing at Camp Snowball the past 5 years, it makes a
great difference to those who choose to make a change. In the picture given
here, there is myself seated with the members of the panel. It was an honor to
be seated with these people tonight, and I learned about the true connection we
all share with our passion for the future and what we want to accomplish in our
communities.</span><br />
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-31547182460287849622013-07-24T05:05:00.000-07:002013-07-24T05:05:03.988-07:00A Question to Answer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today, we also met with Mrs. McHennry about ideas we want to start next year and what we want to carry on from the previous year. In each of our schools we will be doing Green Team activities throughout the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have been planning for the start of school with Mrs. McHenry. We came to the conclusion that we wanted to get the word out that green team isn't just ' tree huggers', and that we need kids to help with art, filming, acting, etc, and we brainstormed ideas for how to do that. We came up with some ideas that we are very excited to see happen!</span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-58820257211018299612013-07-24T04:02:00.001-07:002013-07-24T04:02:54.551-07:00Connections at Snowball!<br />
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It's a day of firsts for us at Snowball! While Jon, Kylin, and I were in the 'Nature As A Context Of Science' class,
Kathryn, Jayaram, Savannah, Madlin, and Grace were in the 'Innovating for a
Healthy Future' class. In nature As A Context, the leaders of the module went
over specific things that the program they run does for the environment. It is
a non-profit organization yet they do get lots of donations for their hard
work. They make sure
every child gets the chance to experience the outdoors, provide a mentor for
the child to help them understand the environment. They help the ecosystem if it needs support
and schools as well. I think it's a good idea that they are doing this to young
students. The kids are the future. We need to help and protect the future as
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After our module classes, we went back to the meeting
room where we met that morning and discussed what we liked and thought,
"wow, we could really use that, that's a good idea!" We got together in
groups of four with people we didn't know, and basically just shared what we
thought was interesting. I was paired up with a man from the Philippines, a
lady from Illinois, and North Carolina. It was nice to see people's different
points of views.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On another note, we went to see a baseball game which was
really fun. It was a great way to connect with people from the other parts of
the country. I loved it. They even won! I'm glad we have such a good group this
year and I hope we all stay connected even when we leave. It would be a great
way to share what new updates we have in our schools or just to be friends. I
love you guys!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">Post by Student Leader, Megan</span></b></div>
</b>Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-37988556984650750402013-07-24T03:53:00.001-07:002013-07-24T03:53:41.974-07:00Tahoma Connects Across the Country!<br />
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the day off, I was beyond excited to begin the modules and continue to meet and
connect with students and teachers from all over the United States. The module
I took part of was Nature incorporated with Learning Science (using it in
context), which is an inquiry based class that takes a scientific approach to
evaluating our environment. I have a large interest in science, and enjoyed the
activities right away. Being able to work and share things I am passionate
about, such as science, is such an honor and opportunity for me to do. I
carried on scientific thoughts and ideas as our groups moved on to the Project
Market Place presentations. I presented about Tahoma Green Team and what our
whole entire district is doing to continue to work towards a central theme of
sustainability. I talked to individuals
from all over! Such as the Philippines, New York, California, and more. It
amazed me that so many people in our country alone work so passionately and
effectively to achieve greatness and leaving lasting impacts that will form our
future generations to come. I felt inspired and empowered while having these
conversations, and I could have stood at our display all day talking to people! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">With such little time we have been here so far, I already feel such connection,
motivation and respect from everyone here at Camp Snowball. I am ecstatic to
continue on tomorrow, with hands on approach to learning that I can continue to
gain knowledge from to take back to the Tahoma Green Teams this year. This
opportunity has opened my eyes to so many ideas and connections I would not
have thought of on my own, and I am very grateful for this opportunity. I am
enjoying meeting new students, and working with them on common interests and
ideas. I plan to use this week at camp to accomplish as much work as I am
assigned, and enjoy the learning as it happens! In the picture to the left is a
photograph I took last night on my walk back home to my dorm with fellow Senior
Jon Cantalini. The architecture here is stunning!</span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-22964098436530819152013-07-24T03:45:00.002-07:002013-07-24T03:45:24.748-07:00What a Day!<br />
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Wow wow wow, just what a day. I definitely did not get any sleep but
that didn’t stop me. (Or any other Tahomies for that matter.) The day started
with breakfast of course, but then it was off to the opening and general
session. <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Opening session we watched this video on a group of
students who created “the breakfast club” who did random acts of anonymous
kindness for one another. I really found that touching. I think that is
something simple that we could do as a school as well which I would just love.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">At my core
module we learned about innovating. We also had a guest speaker who talked
about stem and having students innovate to make a better future. I think it
would be incredible (and Dawn I know you thought this too!) if we could take
problems in our community, state, country, or even the world and gave them
opportunities to think with teams. Then they could create solutions. Not only
is it hands on learning but it improves the world/community. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">General session in the afternoon was phenomenal too! I
made some great teacher adult friends and got to share about my personal goal I
want to snowball. All in all it was a phenomenal day!</span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-74659216775406382652013-07-24T03:42:00.000-07:002013-07-24T03:42:22.457-07:00An Important Snowball Idea!<br />
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off the day with a grand opening session at which everyone at camp attended.
Right away I noticed a reoccurring theme that would come to appear a multitude
of times though out the day as well. And that is, "The Snowball
Effect". The Snowball Effect is basically the idea of a small action or
goal that is in the works to start off, growing into a much larger one over
time. The entire idea centers around scaling the idea, it's exponential growth,
growth over time, and then sustaining that momentum of growth as it goes
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Jayaram spoke on a panel at the opening session. He spoke about what he has
seen and would like to see "snowball" in Tahoma School District. He
spoke first about our commitment to composting and recycling in all our schools
already, and then moved into our recent launch of the Waste Free Wednesdays
program across the district. Something he would like to see continue to
snowball is the improvement and growth of support towards our Waste Free
Wednesdays program throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to see Snowball in Tahoma school district is eliminating the negative
connotation associated with our Green Teams. Our club is not about being a
"tree hugger" as some would call it. It is about helping students
build sustainable habits for themselves to use for the rest of their lives,
while also working towards modifying our community to better benefit the
environment in any way we can. If students came to understand how important and
interesting our work is, then we would be likely to have more support. And our
plan to eliminate this negative image is first to enlist the help of drama,
film making and art students from our very own schools. Sometimes public
speaking is not everyone's strong suit, but students should know that there are
different ways that they can help us with our club, that could actually be of
their interest. For example, we would love to have our extremely talented art
students create artwork to promote our club. Or have our articulate drama
students act in a video to educate our student body. Overall, my day was very
insightful and I now am excited to return to my core module tomorrow to further
develop our plan to build this snowball.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-63538586435730116842013-07-24T03:38:00.000-07:002013-07-24T03:39:14.235-07:00Tahoma Gets Started at Snowball<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After a long day of traveling the
night before, the Tahoma team conducted a Sustainability ambassador student
meeting led by Kim McHenry! During this meeting, we not only discussed our
hopes and plans for the following year in Tahoma School District. We also
talked about what struggles we were facing at our individual schools and soon
found places where these struggles overlapped. And this new found communication
between the students of the Green Teams across the district helped us better
develop solutions to these problems by taking past experiences and applying
them to new situations from each other. The meeting as a whole was ground
breaking and we discussed many possible strategies to apply once arriving back
in Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But that's not all. Later on in the
day, us students met up with Dawn Wakeley to discuss and plan for our Student
Network Meeting. In previous years at Camp Snowball, we have only had mild
success in connecting with other students from camp after the 5 day trip is
over. But this year we hope to connect with the other students all year long
through the use of technology in order to allow us to gather new ideas from
across the country while also sharing our work with them. At this meeting each
attending student will share the work that they are doing, and learn what
others are working on as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-27393023779302760462013-07-24T03:32:00.001-07:002013-07-24T03:32:12.294-07:00Checking in from Camp Snowball<br />
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It's actually the day before Camp starts and we are here early. We were up and exploring the campus. We
walked around the college, looking in stores, and a couple of us bought
sweatshirts and other merchandise. Around mid-afternoon, we had a meeting with Ms.
Wakeley. We talked about what we could do for a meeting with all the rest of
the students on Wednesday. We ended up deciding on and instagram hash tag where
the kids from Camp Snowball tag 'whatssnowballing' and soon there will be a
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Jon, the mastermind behind most of all our ideas, came
up with this one. Soon we started seeing this tag on notification handouts we got at dinner
that night. Our decision had gone 'viral' to the Snowball community. All of us
Tahoma students were very proud of everyone else in our group. Thanks for making
it such a great experience! :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-35942323769148096072013-07-23T03:38:00.001-07:002013-07-23T03:42:44.122-07:00Snowball - A Look at What's to Come<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Today was the planning day for us Tahoma students, as the new campers arrived we sat in our air conditioned room building up a plan of action to connect and share ideas from one side of the world to another. It all started as a seed -- I guess you could call it -- of “how can we connect to those who weren't in our own backyard?” As we began to stir up some ideas slowly watering our seed the idea of using a social network came up, we discussed Facebook and Twitter but who likes to read all those posts anymore, not us! </span><br />
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<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K7xhRFybNPW1Bplmy6oMMLcoRS2cpBOaQ4rSVza6TG156Ek0sTKDikGhy06i3XpffFWfmWLjKTqspBLya6pYMj4z-8dlTbdkGcY-WhdRFbgWZIjoV0j4ZsDh" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K7xhRFybNPW1Bplmy6oMMLcoRS2cpBOaQ4rSVza6TG156Ek0sTKDikGhy06i3XpffFWfmWLjKTqspBLya6pYMj4z-8dlTbdkGcY-WhdRFbgWZIjoV0j4ZsDh" width="188" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">So, the idea of Instagram popped into my head, this is one of the newer social media sites that has been added to the internet circuit, but the difference is that it is all about posting pictures rather than writing a paragraph of nonsense that people never get around to exploring. Instagram opened up a whole new world of opportunities, so we decided to snowball off that idea, people would post pictures of projects they have completed or are in the process of completing and share their contact info in the caption to the picture so if people wanted more information to start that snowball in their community, they would be able to get it. The only flaw to this equation was that we needed a way to group all these posts and pictures together, and boom, the idea of creating a universal hashtag came into play. we mulled over a couple different ideas till the phrase came to us #WHATSSNOWBALLING. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instagram did the rest, it took all the pictures with that hashtag and grouped them into one separate document, all you needed to do was click the highlighted hashtag! This is a simple yet effective way to reach those around you, and the way you can get involved is just by downloading the app to your smartphone or logging on to registering online at instagram.com. So try it out or come join in the fun because it only takes one to get the snowball rolling!</span></div>
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</b></span>Teaching and Learninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13355768180482878830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359703753919463540.post-44579479059050459342013-07-23T03:34:00.003-07:002013-07-23T03:35:04.608-07:00Camp Snowball - BDay Trip!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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At five o'clock am my alarm blared alerting me of the jam
packed day full of travel ahead of me. I was so excited for camp snowball. I
couldn't wait to meet my returning friends from other schools across the
nations. It was such a great experience last year. But I knew it was going to
be different this year, it was at a university with dorms instead of a
luxurious hotel, and it was humid instead of dry heat. With a fresh year of
experience and new knowledge that I will gather I am ready to enlarge the snowball
and get it rolling in our community. I knew I spent my birthday traveling on an
airplane for a good cause.<o:p></o:p></div>
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