While Outdoor Education draws in staff that has a passion for being outdoors, working with students, and understanding the natural sciences, one of the continual challenges for us at High Trails is finding new and innovative ways to provide opportunities for our staff to grow. One solution to this problem is to bring in fun […]
Here at High Trails, one of the most discussed adaptations organisms have is that of sight. And we know what sight is: the ability for our eyes to detect light. But…how do we actually see? Why do we actually see what we do see? Questions of color blindness and issues of rods and cones often […]
“All right, ladies, what do you know about animals active in the night”? I ask this question to begin a class taught after sunset. The class, Nocturnal Nation, is designed to empower students to begin overcoming fears of the night by learning more about it. By the end of class, my students are able to […]
