Exploring Like The Corps Of Discovery and Track & Field Practice
/The Sea Lions celebrated Earth Day in an unusual way this year. We took a journey across town to B-Street Trail, where we imagined ourselves as members of the Corps of Discovery. We had to choose the job we believed would be the best fit for us (cook, naturalist, medicine maker, hunter, tracker, boatsman, engineer, salt-maker, tailor) and we worked together to find the quickest path to the river where we could easily put our canoes into water. It was strange to not be sure of where we were going, and we decided that must have been what Lewis and Clark felt during their journey. On our way, the trackers looked for evidence of predators, while our hunters kept an eye out for anything we could make a meal out of. Our naturalists and cooks knew they would need to team up to find edible plants as we were all feeling exhausted and hungry! We voted on which way to go, taking small trails off the main trail to find access to water. In the end we were successful and our engineers proposed some ingenious ways to get the canoes down the steep banks to the water. On our way back to the classroom, we were feeling mighty tired, but our Stellar Sea Lion acted as our primary encourager, reminding us of how far we’d come and how positive she was we could finish the journey together!
On Thursday, the Sea Lions walked to the Stoller Center where they met with Mike Ferris, a retired coach and friend of the ELC who led us through some fun and challenging track and field drills, including the first step in learning how to jump hurdles. We’re excited to learn more next week!
