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International aeronauts Larry Newman of the United States ,left Vla
dimir Dzharubekov of the Soviet Union and Richard Branson of the
United Kingdom, spoke with students from Sheldon High School in
Eugene about their upcoming around-thoworld balloon flight
Students at Sheldon High
talk to aeronauts on ESPN
By Doug Hightower
i rpofaid Contributor
Twenty four Sheldon High
School students participated in
i nationally televised KSI’N
special documentarv of an
,iround -the- world manned ba 1
oon flight
Sheldon was chosen as one
d tour si tiools m the nation to
take part in the broadcast of
Larthwinds A Live Inteiactive
Classroom ' The program is
part ol KSl’N's continuing cm
e r a g a o 1 the Might of
Lurthwinds an attempt to Iw
come the iirst multinational
aeronautical crew, including
members from the I SA. Britain
and the Soviet Union, to cir
mnnavigete the earth non stop
in a balloon
The program provided Shel
don students with tin; opportu
nitv to ask juestions ol the
darthwinds cl cn assembled at
i-.Sl'N s Bristol, t..inn , studio
Sin .don's edr Moiter . a.
.- M-d it;, hartfiw tut-- :ew : w
. .irrv New man of the t hide !
State . ’lie project leader and
■ dot, explained licit the path of
the balloon is totally controlled
r>v tin' wind
" the wind provides the mo
engine
Richard Branson, co pilot
:mm Britain said. " 1 here is no
,Vii\ to steer a i illootl so the
Ills W av to (hungi dire* t. ais
S to drop the balloon s altitude
»ome U),0()U fee! and li t the
wind arry you from then
The unique design oi the
arthwiuds ship ' orisists id all
.pper helium and a lower, up
side down, air tilled balloon A
cressuri/ed goml-du < upside,
i-ft.long by 10-ft in diameter
s suspended in between
('belle bmwiler a junior,
! .1 till ::. i'..i. ia .li ’ w
,ug<■:; .s with. ■ cti a ill! . m
nr ( rail Branson said the
auru h ot any baboon is uiwa’.x
■ tie tcjigest riss
U'hi'ii a till. - ' a1 ’
'els a :to ot its owe act am
wants to go anywhere he
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Newman. Branson an.! \
mir l)/.hanibekov • ! •• Sov.. '
Union is sui , i «iss 1 u 1. 1 hi1 ir
around-the world manned ' i!
loon (light will i i v it 1 (KM)
mill’s in 1- to 1 ii-1vs I Ins u ii
brimk tliii old rn mil rsl.ib
llslli'il 111 I flfl tot !'.-!W :u;
six days
rhi' show was jiart of tin a
blu industry s "t able in t !:■
Ulassrooni" surli’S pr gi an
filing designed ' a! •
vision as all i'll a. ition.il tin .
Sheldon High Sihool Assis
taut Principal Si.-.an .Scherer
said uni: of the reasons Sheldon
was chosen was because the
si bool already bad (In’ nei us
sarv broadi as! tai illties
Kids learn environment lessons
Outdoor School uses activities, M & M’s to teach
B> 11 )po Nea son
r ■ C s! s i k,
V,;s :j;"> .uni \|>; h-s nut with
: '
, ,i . <■■■... a •* • '■ ■■ go ‘i1
: VV.tliir-^i.’lV night to
'* .' .\ - . 11 ’' i * \ ; .rugh'
;■ i. 11 w h.i! ' heir s .1 -.
u.w'1-r tSi.-in .it - .vmp ;
: O ; ir s, t 0j_ a program
■nth a through i.M API-, .il
.v , i , u r gr st ud ents In be
■ n:;- ■ 11IIIM-I • ■ till lit. 'ith.
.it Mh . graders Dr llv t* thiv ••
i fit.' i til! MSI'IT V I i! It til fee
i red its in the |>r<« ess
!• ,u li l t y i tiv i i f r N .i tl l a
Ii'im-v -.aid thf i ounselofs
hi i thf ramping week
til li... iss thl'IT expel lent t's
ami - .ggest ways of linprov
ing thf pttM 1't.t
"A t' iielieve that in oriitT to
giit mure out ot thf expert
t'lH.i'. there ts a ri'flt’Ction pro
i fts siiti said If you think
about tilt- expnrieni :es, you
learn from that a whole lot
more than il you do the at tlon
and move on right awav
Ami tin1 i ounstilors said the
learned a lot Mefore thtiy
taught the this they hud tu
learn the material themselves
Depending on the camp and
age group, different of envi
ronmental information was
taught Fifth graders tend to
get marine biology and mi
em es. whereas nth graders get
lores Is and the is.iter cviie
Telsey said
The counselors are split up
in groups of sis or seven and
i r t> t i u x h l b v a n
t-.iMhologtsi.'1 i eertain letter
!rmn hi DC'!(' \ inn h letter
st.u is for .1 ddfermtl part of
hilt in • I example, th« ‘Vs"
.«! ‘or '( vi it eoininu
nut: trill change ami .1
stiMxj li a i.iaptuti.u
he . ,lurtM-lurs aere then
cti h assigned a different. trail,
ind : .ugh! about their word
‘You had these 12
little sixth graders
and they’re all
yours for three
days. You had to
be their mom and
dad.’
Christy Evanson.
Ot.uiiW Sctxx)/ counsokx
nn different (lari', of tint trail
The ktils traveled different
trails isicli day and learned
tui h letter. and thus tint dif
ferent aspi'i Is of Haitirn
rho kids t.uuld also idioos*'
ir.iiii different at tsvilies in
eluding workshops on friend
ship brat abets, aft hery and
drawing But the lounseiors.
with nicknames. Ilka Oiler,
Dm Lv and Apples, said they
i onsidttrnd these lighter aeliv
lie's to be their free time
University student l d i r i s I v
h van son sa: i she vsas nervous
iihuut being a counselor .11
Hrsi
You hud these 12 little
sixth graders and thiiy'ru •(11
v ours for three days, ' she
said 'You h.ul lo be ihi'ir
mom mi! dad !t ihi'V win1
mi k vuu !uu! to take ihitin n>
I!ii) nur«>
They asked tor hugs und
•wanted vuu to stay up am!
la!k lo them at mght
fv.jnsori sau! lilt’ klil.s wi n
sill j>t In llgly already very
knowledgeable am! compas
sionate about the om iron
mnnl
"They wore really aware of
tho uriviroiintiinl and what
they needed to ilo to improve
It." hvunsori said
In one activity a plate was
put on the ground of the forest
with a hig hag of M fi M's on
it Tho i lass was split into live
generations The toucher then
told the kids the candy repre
sented resources, and each
generation should take as
nuiriv as they felt they needed
"The first generation went
out and took the resources
t h o v felt I ti e y n a e d e d .
Kvanson said "They were
really careful I'ltoy took, like,
three each, she salt!
"Then the sci und genera
tion (iime out and hoarded
I'hi-, started taking handfuls
i venlually the fifth genera
tion yvas left with none, she
said
It w is a really effective ex
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