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Oct 9, 2015
On the fourth day of the fourth week of the U.A. Adventure Semester, my group was challenged to create, execute, and finalize a scientific experiment. In the beginning, we were faced with the decision of whether we wanted to do a psychologic experiment or a biological experiment. It was split down the middle, and on […]
Oct 8, 2015
Imagine not being able to see, hear, use your dominant hand, or speak. Each one of us experienced to a certain extent not having these capabilities for the length of today’s challenge. As we experienced this, we were also rotating and teaching one another first aid techniques. Joey, Dave, Ben, Max, and I each taught […]
Oct 8, 2015
Today I had a challenge to portray myself on the internet. I have created a few websites for others but this time I was making one for me. This was a challenge that brought self counciousness to another level. It was hard thinking about your whole life and then condensing it in to a few […]
Oct 8, 2015
The day started slow and enthusiasm levels were at rock bottom. We shared Ideas and themes for the video. There was a idea about doing the video just on the trampoline, after realizing it wouldn’t meet all the exercise category’s we settled with a basic video. Just as we were getting up from the table […]
Oct 7, 2015
Lichen Proliferation in Fire Damaged Areas, a Study in Organism Replacement vs. Displacement in Desert Ecology Mitchell, K. Wolfenstein, O. Talbott-Carey, S. Stone, M. Abstract We studied whether lichen would be more prolific directly after a fire, or long after a fire. Our study surveyed three sites of varying time elapsed between the last fire […]
Oct 7, 2015
The Art of Staring: Energy Between Space by Talbott-Carey, S. Stone, M. Mitchell, K. Wolfenstien, O. Abstract: Noticing the varying results when it comes to the question “Can you feel people staring at you behind your back?” led to the experiment of which we would attempt to come up with a solid answer. After multiple […]
Oct 7, 2015
Today, our challenge was to create and film a exercise regime. We decided to create our fitness video for peers and staffers right here at the High Desert Center in Paonia, Colorado! We started out with some basic safety, like remembering water and staying protected from the elements, be them rain, snow, or sun. Then […]
Oct 7, 2015
Today, our group’s challenge was for each of us to create a personal website, which will be our public online presence. While the technical work was a hurdle, the main difficulty was trying to figure out what you want your public appearance to be. Speaking for myself, Joey Phelps, I really enjoyed the entire process, […]
Oct 7, 2015
I stand on the rocky hillside. I have a perfect view out over the valley and the huge, stretching fields of Paonia. Mount Lamborn stands proud and tall in front of me, the white lamb-shaped mark for which it was named shining in the sun, my view unobstructed by any trees. Twenty-five years ago this […]
Oct 7, 2015
It was a cold morning, one of the coldest so far, I think. We knew from the night before what roughly our challenge today would be: to teach people with three different disabilities (blind, deaf, and using only their non-dominate hand) a new skill or technique. We learned the next morning that we would be […]