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Field Biology and Field Geology of the Hesquiaht &
Canadian Temperate Rainforest (Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve), British
Columbia , Canada.
Expedition Upates
30 April, 2005
If you are traveling to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and have a little extra time, you ought to consider flying in and out of Seattle and then taking the ferry from Seattle to Victoria. It's a beautiful ferry ride and for some route markets might save you a lot of airplane money (Sometimes as much as $500!). The ferry takes about 2.5 hours and costs about $75 roundtrip. You can check the schedule and book the tickets online at:
http://www.victoriaclipper.com/ferry_schedule
You can easily walk from the Victoria ferry terminal to our rendezvous at the British Columbia Provincial Museum.
To get from Seattle's SEATAC international airport to the Seattle Pier 69 (the Seattle-Victoria ferry leaves from here) you can get an inexpensive public transport ($1.50). It takes about 45 minutes. Info on this is available at:
http://www.victoriaclipper.com/transportation_to_pier_69
Bus/Trolley Directions from Sea-Tac Airport To Pier 69
Go outside from SeaTac's baggage claim level and turn right. Walk to the end of terminal and wait at the bus stop. Catch the 194 bus route to downtown, leaving every 15 minutes. Ask your driver for the International Distict Tunnel Station. Also ask for a "transfer" so that you can ride the Trolley for free.
After getting off the bus, take the escalator to the street level. You will be at the intersection of 5th and Jackson. At the Northwest corner of this intersection (remember, the water is West), catch the route 99 trolley - the waterfront streetcar - to Pier 69.
29 April , 2005
Greetings!
As your school year draws to conclusion, it's probably more possible for
you to get the buzz from our upcoming expedition. I hope your planning
goes well and I look forward to learning with you all. Here are a few
items for your consideration.
1. The course will definately be going to the field. There is is still space and so we will be accepting new applications until the course fills all the way up to the course rendezvous date.
2. It is now less than five weeks until the course rendezvous. Some of
you have not sent in your course fee balance. Please do so ASAP. You can
pay by check or by credit card at:
http://www.environmentallearning.org/Credit_Card_Payment.htm
3. Please review the required personal gear and clothing list carefully.
You can view this at:
2005_TORCH_BC_clothing&gear.htm
4. Please be sure ALL the required forms are signed and faxed or emailed to the ELI
office. This includes the CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL HISTORY FORM signed by
your health care provider
2005_TORCH_ConfidentialMedicalHistory.htm
and your INFORMED CONSENT FORM
2005_TORCH_Informed_Consent_Form.htm
5. Please print out and critically read the 2 texts you can download at
these urls:
http://www.cortex.org/Rep5c1-2.pdf
http://www.cortex.org/Rep3.pdf
6. I'd like to encourage you to check out the following website for interesting
texts:
http://www.ecotrustcan.org/pubs/pubs.shtml#wlb
7. We will rendezvous at the Victoria, BC Provincial Museum at 1300 hours PM, 4 June 2005. Outside the front doors with nice weather, inside if not.
8. We ask each teacher team member to consider voluntarily making a 15
to 60 minute presentation to our team on a topic that is relevant with
the content and process learning objectives of the course. We encourage
powerpoint presentations (we have a quiet Honda generator, windows XP
notebook computer, powerpoint and digital projector and screen, please
bring both cd and floppy disc for back-up, make sure it works on a windows
XP system) or any other format (including experiential) that you may prefer.
Examples of past learning activities have included lectures on AP environmental
science, effective use of outdoor and museum centers for achieving standards
performance, traditional ecological knowledge in the curriculum, Indigenous
resource management, using the environment as an integrating context,
specific lesson plans in environmental science, multi-cultural environmental
education philosophy and pedagogy, marine wetland ecology lesson plans,
critical theory and consumerism in education...best practices in....Please
email your idea by me before doing any work on it, just helpful for sequencing...
9. Please tell your family that in case of an emergency they should leave
messages at the ELI phone number: 520-245-3711 and also send emails to
the ELI email addresses: silverberg@alum.mit.edu
and silverberg87571@yahoo.com.
Please let them know that you will be off the grid and it may take several
days for you to respond.
10. If you have questions I encourage you to direct them to me and I will
try to answer them ASAP. Please be aware that I am in the middle of my
spring-summer field season, sometimes off the grid and so I ask you to be patient
if it takes a few days to get a response from me.
11. Please consider bringing a digital camera with sufficient battery and memory. For the last 5 years teaching this course all team members have shared their digital fotos and we burn CD's for everyone with the faculty powerpoints and team digital fotos. They have proven to be useful teaching resources for our participants.
I'm looking forward to meeting you all in Hesquiaht territory. It shall
be a remarkable learning experience.
Choo;
David
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