Nez Perce Expedition BBK

Sorry about the lack of posts. We have not been on top of of our blogging. The last few weeks have seen big changes to our walls. Our learning posters and astronomy work are beginning to be replaced with our Character Trait posters from literature circle and a whole bunch of great Nez Perce BBK (Building Background Knowledge) thinking. We began with a mystery quote from Chief Joseph, which led to fact gathering from our common texts about the Nez Perce War and Flight of 1877. Students investigated boundary maps of the Nez Perce homeland, treaty of 1855 and the treaty of 1863. Today we learned how to make timelines by making our own timelines of events between 1800-1900. Next week we will begin to examining Nez Perce Culture.

"We started a new expedition this week. We are learning about Native Americans. It has been a 4 day week, because Monday was president's day. We are also studying the Nez Perce war of 1877.
Avery 4th Grade

HELP SUPPORT MOSCOW"S WALK OF THE PLANETS

MOSCOW’S WALK OF THE PLANETS

Who: Palouse Prairie School of Expeditionary Learning.

Background: Our 3rd and 4th grade crew conducted a four-month expedition on Astronomy this past fall. An expedition is a focused investigation of a topic and in the end we want to produce a service to the community based on our found knowledge. During our expedition we learned about scale from Ms. Ana Dodgen, and we heard about other towns like Lewiston that had a walking scale model of the Solar System. Our crew thought it would be nice to have our own walking scale model in Moscow.

Where: We would like to put the scale model on the Moscow City Bike Path, preferably the stretch along the Moscow-Pullman Highway between Winco and the student rec center. Another potential site would be on the Troy Trail or Chipman Taylor Trail.

How: We would use the 1-10 Billion Scale Model. Scale model information would be placed on a metal sign, fastened to a wooden post, cemented in the ground at the appropriate distance from the start point/SUN.

When: On April 22, 2011 – Our students would walk to the site, measure the path to fit the scale we select, and install the posts. On April 23, 2011 – Our students would put on a public dedication at the beginning of the Model.

Things in the Works:
• Getting approval through the city, and we are working to get our proposal on the March City Council agenda.
• We need to determine the cost.
• Pick a specific site.