Goose Camp 2014. Igiugig, AK

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Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television.” -Aldo Leopold

Skiff Launch to Big Mtn. Lodge.

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Goose Camp Unit Lessons

Lesson 1: Principles of Flight: Bernoulli.

Lesson 2: Become a Specklebelly.

Lesson 3: Goose Painting & Target Shoot

Lesson 4: Big Mtn. Lodge Service Project

Lesson 5: Specklebelly: How great thou art. Debut playwright.

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Lesson 1: Bernoulli’s Principle

Objectives: 1)Students will be able to understand, identify, and

explain Bernoulli’s principle.2)Students will understand differences in air pressure

(stationary air and moving air3) Students will discuss goose flight and migration noting

V- formation as an energy conserving measure.

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Lesson 2: Become a specklebelly(Greater White-Fronted Goose – Anser albifrons)

• Cardboard wings(Axe Handle Method. 60%/40%)

• Painted shirts• Fly around• Build nests• Escape from

hunters• Use materials for

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Lesson 3: Goose painting and target shoot

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Lesson 4: Big Mtn. Lodge Service Project.

• Clean out main lodge

• Clear brush and grass from trail and grounds.

• Clean out fire pit and horseshoe pit.

• Clean Steam-bath.

• Cut dead wood(talk about beetle kill) for fire pit and steam bath. 7

Service Project cont.

Keil hauling sand for the horseshoe pit. Clean window overlooking the Kvichak and the village

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Lesson 5: Specklebelly: How great thou art.

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Scene 3: The Goose Dance.

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“Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with

the earth.” -Walt Whitman

Setting up camp. Trilling late into the night. Anyone besides Bennett know this bird?

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Community Mun’iak and potluck.

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Mun’iak

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Goose Camp Success

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Standards Addressed

Is it healthy? --- YES

Is it student centered? -- YES

Natural authority vs. Coercive authority? mostly natural.

Character vs. category? -- Character

Nurture/Care vs. Fear/Greed - Nurture/Care

Local vs. Global - Local

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CORE! StandardsUnder construction: Check back later.

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