“Why on Earth do you think,” I love to ask of students, “do we solve team puzzles at Science School?” There is no right answer. Their answers run the gamut. “To know how to communicate without talking!” and “To study simple machines!” they suggest, or “Because it’s…fun…maybe?” I tell them they are all correct. Personally, […]
Want to learn how to integrate storytelling into your classes? Read on… “Hello! You have hired me, Captain Mark, to take you to the Land of Purple Flying Elephants. The Purple Flying Elephants have taken your purple beads. To get them back we must sail across dangerous waters, cross peanut butter rivers full of acid, […]
The mission statement for High Trails that is prominently displayed on all of the shirts we wear around is “Learning how we can all fit together on one healthy planet”. I believe that for all of us to fit together on this here Earth, we need to grow. Fit together by growing? Sounds a little […]
I watch patiently as my student grabs hold of the rope, draws a breath, and leaps. He swings out across the gap of “molten lava” (the dirt and pine needles of the forest floor an inch below) amidst the cheers of his classmates. And then his feet hit the ground and drag. Once again, everyone […]
What could possibly be going on here? Adventure Course at High Trails, that’s what. During a high climbing, arrow shooting, wander about the woods day, most students are lucky enough to get lost in a fantasy story while participating in our low elements course. What is a low elements course, and why do we use […]
