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Oct 10, 2015
Science is not about the answer. Science is about thinking differently and asking questions no one has ever asked before. Write down what you find and come up with better questions. Today our group wrote a scientific paper on lichen and moss growth in increasing elevations. We also measured tree variety. This was also an […]
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
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 […]
Oct 6, 2015
Today the magnificent Blake Boles taught us how to make a website using wordpress. A place on the internet that belongs to me, where I can share my adventures and hobbies. This is my favorite challenge so far. I can look back at what I have done and feel a sense of accomplishment. This pushes […]
Sep 30, 2015
These past 2 days have been intense for my group, and very accomplishing. We were the exercise group and we were true to our name. The first day our group (Joe, Katie M, Max C, Kieran, and myself) started out by waking up at 5:00 in the morning and driving to the base of Mt. […]
Sep 26, 2015
Today our group (Spencer, Joe, Kieren, Aubrie, and Dave) did the infamous makeover adventure challenge. This challenge challenged us to change our style, inside and out. A few of us got haircuts from Dave (el cosmetologist extraordinaire). We also acquired new clothes. We took on the roles of characters that we believed were very much […]
Sep 22, 2015
First day of new challenges in week two, with a completely new group! Today’s challenge entailed doing four radical acts of kindness, two on our own and two as a group. One as a group must be completed for recognition and one anonymous Spencer, Dave, Joe, Kieran, Aubrie, and Ari as facilitator started off the […]
Sep 19, 2015
For this adventure, my group had to get from our place up on Pitkin Mesa to P hill, which was all the way across town. We started by going around this big gully by our house because we were less likely to be seen there, but, of course, our neighbor decided to walk her goats […]
Sep 18, 2015
Imagine trying to mimic the remarkable moves of Michael Jackson within 5 hours. It sounds challenging because it definitely is. The day started with the four of us looking through YouTube and finding funky music to jam to. After we got into a dancing mood we looked through YouTube once more to look for a […]
Sep 15, 2015
Making a birdhouse sounds easy right? Well let me tell you I had the exact same thought before I started looking for scraps and hammering for many hours. Our adventure began when our instructor, Dev drove our group of four down to his barn to start looking for scraps. I saw a nice old green […]