MOBILE LEARNING LAB TRAVELS TO FIRST COLORADO CHARTER SCHOOL ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION
Reuven and College Field School Students aren’t the only Crow Canyon associates who have been traveling this summer! Crow Canyon educator Jon Ghahate took the Mobile Learning Lab to The Powerhouse Science Center in Durango. There, he had the opportunity to engage with a group of 1st and 2nd grade students from the Summer Discovery Camp. The theme was “Twisting Through Time.” Earlier in the day students participated in a pottery activity and made their own petroglyph panel. Jon
provided his perspectives as a science educator and showed students around the Mobile Learning Lab. Crow Canyon educators and American Indian Initiatives staff members traveled to the Kwiyagat Community Academy (KCA), the first Colorado charter school on an Indian reservation, in Towaoc, CO, home of the Ute Mountain Ute people. There, they worked with KCA to provide experiential learning out of the Mobile Learning Lab.
WILD FOOD & CUISINE WORKSHOP
Our first Wild Food & Cuisine Workshop was a blast, and we learned so much from scholars Reyna Banteah, Rebecca Renteria, and Katrina Blair. Thanks to the workshop leaders and to all the participants who joined us for the day in southwest Colorado to identify, collect, and prepare delectable meals from locally foraged foods. Through a combination of cultural sharing and adventuring through the outdoors, we came away with a greater awareness of our relationships with these biocultural landscapes—together. “Y’all went above and beyond. Every contributor added such richness to the experience! I loved the edible plant foraging focus, was amazed by the delicious foods prepared, wowed by the cultural sharing, delighted by the friendly and informative participation of all assembled.” — David
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