The Clackamas print., April 21, 1999, Page 5, Image 5

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ClAckAMAs
P rint
Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Field biology training well in hand
ELC hosts course in botany for both kids and their parents
SUSAN ABE
Staff Writer
SUSANABE I Clackamas Print
Tera Hopkins uses almost all her senses - sight, sound, smell and
touch - to investigate two kinds of plants. Children were focused and
enthusiastic about the plants. The “In the Hand” series involves
teaching both adults and children.
“A fuzzy stick!”
Joshua Koch made the
discovery at the ELC’s
A Leaf in the Hand
workshop. “See—at
the bottom it’s regular,
but at the top it’s
fuzzy.”
Joshua and eight
other children, aged
6-10, brought their
parents to learn
about plants on April
14. They examined
plants in the field and
under microscopes,
made art with plants
and talked about how
plants affect their
lives.
Finally, they lined
up to pot the ferns and
geraniums they were
taking home to watch
over this summer.
They carefully packed
soil around each
young plant’s roots
and
scrabbled
through the remaining
dirt for worms to add
to the pots.
ELC staffer Chris­
tine Finlayson and
I, Americorps volunteer
Derek Clark led the
briskly-paced work­
shop with flair. They
kept the children fo­
cussed and under
control, without im­
posing any feeling of
restriction. They
adapted curriculum
on the fly to fit each
child’s level.
The “In the Hand”
program began as a
class project with A
Bug in the Hand last
spring, Finlayson said.
“The
students
thought we were learn­
ing to teach kids, but
our instructor thought
we were going to
teach grown-ups. So
we did both.”
Attendance at the
90-minute workshops
has been as high as 25
children. The next
workshop, on May 12,
is expected to raise
great interest—it’s go­
ing to be A Slug in the
Hand.
The cost is $5 per
child. Two or more chil­
dren may come with
one adult, but no child
may come alone. To
register, call the ELC at
657-6958, ext. 2351.
Clark captured the
essence of the event
when a child showed
him an assortment of
leaves and asked if
they would work for an
art project. “I, think
anything’s possible,”
he said.
SUSAN ABE / Clackamas Print
Budding Botanist: Justin Koch examines
flower pollen under a microscope and
describes it to ELC staffer Sharryce
Richards. “A fuzzy stickl See - at the
bottom its regular, but at the top its fuzzy. ’’
Choir sings at Salem collegiate festival
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The Clackamas Chamber Singers headed to Salem on Friday, April 16, to sing in the American
Choral Directors' Association [ACDA] Oregon Collegiate Choral Festival. 11 college choirs
sang in the event, which is not so much a competition as an exchange of beauty and excellence
between artists. The Willamette University Chamber Choir [above] sang the folksong “Cindy"
with choreography and a backing violinist and bassist. Clackamas' Mac McFall, Brian Stone
and Mike Nelson [right] each had solo lines on the Negro Spiritual “Ain’ Got Time To Die. ”
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