SCIENCE
I April 10,1991
THE CLACKAMAS
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bred in Death Valley
rBc also saw a variety of bo
th] organisms. The miscon-
ck that nothing can grow in
saw and talked about.
For many people the trip
was more than an educational
h' ^alley was quickly dispelled. learning experience. Many
W over 35 different species people expressed how hard it
I;. Although many of them was to describe the feelings they
on the rain to bloom and have about the trip in words.
in bloom due to recent
“It changed the way that I
, we were fortunate to see see my environment,” said
twering plants.
Melissa Flint, one of the stu
dents in the class. “I have a new
respect for the world around me.
It opened my eyes to the world.
“It was exciting to see things
that we learned about in class
instead of just seeing them in a
book,” Flint added.
Student Troy Conlce ex
pressed that “this was the best
camped in the Texas class experience I’ve ever had. It
campground and traveled was a live-in experience, a once-
the park daily. Some of in-a-lifetime experience.”
“My purpose with this trip
s we studied were Dante’s
abriskie’s Point, 20 Mule is to get people turned on to the
tnyon,Titus Canyon,The natural sciences,” Snivcly ex
une Complex, Hanapa pressed. “Over the years I've tried
Salt Creek, Badwater, to get students more excited
ack Playa and Ubehebe about natural science and to give
them a chance to see what they
ii r. We even look a tour of
y I Valley’s Scotty’s Castle. learn about in the classroom.
“This is the most gratifying
« k the course of one day we
travel from 4,000 feet in course I teach,” Snively added.
ii< n in the mountains to 200 “I see people get really excited
and that’s something you can’t
blow sea level.
dirt of the course require- get in the classroom.”
110 give a talk about a spe-
On the day we went to Ubehebe Crater the winds were very
strong. Kelly Jurgens stands near the edge of the crater being
practically held up by the strong wind.
iMbjcct while in Death Val-
fflnyof the talks were on the
nlnd animal live in Death
J Snively also gave a variety
licgical talks throughout the
At the various places we
IA to observe. Each person
¡■class was to keep a field
ill to record everything we
At Zabrlskles Point we stopped for a group shot. Pictured kneeling are Roxanne Faust, Teresa Clay, Melissa Flint, Bill Gutherie
Patty Hvamm, Jim Berger, John Snively: standing behind are Armand Reblschke, Troy Conlee, Tina Feig, Mark Lindstrom, Rae
Baldwin, Andreas Luehrlng, Kelly Jurgens, Shaun Doyle, Gordon Jones, Tom Newfedt, Denise Keen Shani Fox and Kerv
McQuaid.
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Photos by Angela Wilson