This term we completed 3 fall/winter adventure cycles. The case study was titled “Fire making” and the guiding question was “how did my ancestors make fire and where did it come from” The activities were designed to emphasize individual goals, stating needs, encouragement/support, fear/anxiety, success/failure. The 6th-8th grade adventure norms guide our interactions “Be Here”, “Be Safe”, “Be Honest”, “Set Goals” and “Let Go and Move On”. Our outdoor classroom is the Eco-Garden and the Jordan River Nature Study Area near the Day Riverside Library, however our fire making activities occur in the adventure field just west of the school. We acted like Voyagers by staying warm in the winter with collecting materials for fire making and carving pieces of our own bow drill fire kit and practicing techniques for plow and bow drill with practice kits. Students set short term goals of who can generate friction for enough heat to be sensitive to the touch and eventually generating enough friction to make smoke.
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