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?
Programmed to complain.11
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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