Week 13
We began week 13 by watching The Story of Stuff which was designed apon environmental literacy, operational literacy, and functional literacy. It really shocked me to see the chain reaction of being a nation of consumers. How can we avoid buying so many things? We are constantly being targeted by advertisements which on average see about 3,000 a day. It really made me double think some of the items I buy on average such as bottled pop.
Next on my checklist of things we completed, we headed to Bagley Nature Walk. To be honest with you, I've never used a compass so this was quite an experience. My goup memmbers and I followed the directions and successfully made it through the course with limited amounts of animal droppings on our shoes. I have another confession... I had never been to Bagley Nature Park before this opportunity. I really had a great time walking through the trees and admiring the environment around me.
Week 14
Week 14 began by us having the opportunity for Brian to come and talk about his experience majoring in environmental health. I found it very interesting how passionate he is about what he's currently doing. Followed by Brian speaking we moved on to talk about our letter to a local representative. I found this very difficult since I've never had to write such a formal letter.
Now for the finale of the past two weeks.. drum roll please...... the Junk Competition!!! Calling this an interesting experience would definetly not fufill the description of this exercise. Dr. V gave our class a variety of different "junk" items to incorporate into something useful. Well, I have to say that Group 1 came up with the funniest/most creative items yet. Kathy had me laughing throughout the whole activity as she suggested the titty covers for show girls in Las Vegas.. haha I put this picture up just for you Kathy! Can you imagine our creation in Vegas on showgirls? Hahaha.. maybe after some deep sterilization...
After brainstorming, we found various items to share such as a ship in a bottle, a fingernail holder for manicures, ninja stars, and even bike baskets. We had a lot of fun through this activity as people got the opportunity to show their creative side.
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I loved the activities we've taken part of in the last weeks. I love to refurnish items in my bedroom as well and absolutely love rummage sales and bargain shopping to create my own decorations. I am so glad that Dr.V has stressed the point that someone's junk may be someone's treasure! Thank you all!!
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4 comments:
Haha, love the showgirls picture! Too funny, I had a lot of fun thinking of ways to repurpose things on Thursday’s class! Group 1 had some high quality ideas;)
My group was also successful during the navigating through Bagley, another fun class I might add. Like I said in my blog, it was nice to get outside instead of talking about it for once! Great Reflection, Christen!
Christen
That picture is hilarious! Group One's ideas were obviously the best and most creative! I had never had to navigate anywhere, let alone through Bagley! My group was pretty successful, thanks to Sara J. Fun day though! Good reflection!
HAHA Christen!
Thanks for the shoutout, lovin the show girls! That activity was so fun as a class and GO GROUP #1!!. Everyone was so creative! I also thought the Bagley Nature Walk was quite an experience as well! You and I both with less than average compass skills, I think we did ok! :)
This was a great reflection to all of the really fun things we have done as a class! Thanks for bringing back the memories!
Kathy
Christen-
These were my favorite weeks as well!!! They were a lot of fun! I had never used a compass before either, so it was quite the learning experience!! :)
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