The Wilderness Classroom

dave_amy_tentWe have a fun year of learning planned and look forward to interacting with your classroom.  Dave and Amy take off on the final 5,000 mile leg of their journey across North America on May 9th. Join them this spring as they explore the Great Lakes by kayak (May-June, 2012). When school resumes in the Fall catch up with Dave and Amy as kayak from Maine to Key West (September, 2012 - April, 2013).

We have developed a wide range of worksheets, lesson plans, and other free resources that will help your class participate in the adventure of a lifetime!

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What should we study in the Slate Islands?
05/20/2012

We will be spending a few days on the Slate Islands soon. The Slate Islands are a group of islands in Lake Superior located about eight miles from the mainland, near Terrace Bay, Ontario. The Slate Islands are very interesting in several ways. We need your help to decide what we should learn about w [ ... ]


The Dinner Dilemma
05/20/2012



Watch this video and help us decide how we can make sure that everyone gets the same amount of food for dinner.


Silver Islet and Porphyry Point Lighthouse
05/19/2012
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Student Response Worksheet (Lower) Student Response Worksheet (Upper) One week ago we were camped on Pie Island in Thunder Bay. Now we are on Vein Island in Nipigon Bay. It's hard to imagine we are now 100 miles further along on our journey. But we still have so many more miles to go. The fir [ ... ]


Kayaking across the mouth of Thunder Bay
05/18/2012


Watch a video of our 6 mile crossing from Pie Island to Thunder Cape and our paddle into Silver Islet.


How far should we paddle each day?
05/14/2012

Dave is wondering how long we should paddle each day. We need to average about ten miles a day to stay on schedule. If we paddle just 10 miles a day we will save our muscles a little bit, and we would be able to spend some time each day checking out some cool places. Should we do that? Or, should we [ ... ]


What do you want to learn about next week?
05/14/2012

Each week we have decisions to make about where to go, what to see and what to study. So, each week we will ask you to help us make some of those decisions. We hope you will vote on the option you like best to help us determine where to go. We can make an instructional video on cooking where we [ ... ]


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