December 3, 2 0 0 9
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
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Science, math served with a SMILE
By Terri Harber
Spilyay Tymoo
Pre-teen girls sat at a cafete
ria table with aluminum pans and
pieces o f foil. But they weren’t
preparing to w ork w ith food;
they were conducting a science
experiment.
Similar experiments were car
ried out all around the multipur
pose room at Jefferson County
Middle School one recent N o
vember evening.
S tu d en ts from th e W arm
Springs reservation participated
in th e an n u a l e v e n t, w h ich
b ro u g h t to g eth er a group o f
4th-12th graders and their fami
lies as part o f the SMILE pro
gram. Warm Springs Elementary
S ch o o l, J e f fe rs o n C o u n ty
M iddle S ch o o l an d M adras
H igh School are area schools
that participate.
T he alum inum pans w ere
filled with water. And, n o t as
visible at first glance, piles o f
pennies w ere stacked around
the table. The idea was to use
the foil to create a strong vessel
to float the pennies in the wa
ter. N o glue, tape, or cutting was
permitted in designing the boats.
Only folding the foil into differ
ent shapes was allowed. Engi
neering skills were key because
the m ost resilient style boat was
the one that held the m ost pen
nies.
A nother group o f children
were arranging— and rearrang
ing— pill bottles atop a large
The Warm Springs Annual
Christmas Lights Parade and
Tree Lighting is this Thurs
day, Dec. 3.
The car light parade lineup
begins at 6:35 p.m. at the
W arm Springs E lem entary
School.
Entries will be judged in
two categories: tribal enter
prises and departments; and
community m em ber entries.
There will be prizes for first,
second and th ird place in
each category.
T he W arm Springs Rec
re a tio n D e p a rtm e n t w ill
present the Christmas Tree
Lighting following the parade
at the community center.
T here will be Christmas
carols, and h o t chocolate and
snacks in the community cen
ter social hall after the tree
lighting.
Com e and join the cel
ebration. For details about
this event, call Warm Springs
Recreation at 553-3243.
Christmas Bazaar on Dec. 12
Terri Harber/Spilyay
Marisela Sanchez, 11, and Mascena Nava, 10,5th graders at Warm Springs Elementary
School, try an experiment during the SMILE event at Jefferson County Middle School.
scale. All o f the botdes were the
sam e size, b u t o n e b o ttle
weighed more than, the others.
A younger boy watched care
fully as m iddle sch o o l girls
placed bottles on both sides and
tried to make the scale balance.
It was a physics lesson to il
lustrate the concept o f size vs.
weight. To be exact, it’s a mass
balancing experiment, explained
N ia T om and C irelle Frank.
B oth are in 7th grade at the
middle school and from Warm
Springs.
High schoolers helped middle
school students who, in turn,
help ed elem entary schoolers
participate in an array o f hands-
on projects.
D em onstrations, how ever,
were the m ost popular events.
Young and old alike were im
pressed, for example, w hen diet
Report, Web site consolidate information
on Columbia Basin fish and wildlife
F in d in g
in fo rm a tio n
about the status o f fish and
wildlife populations in the Co
lumbia River Basin has just
becom e easier w ith the re
lease o f a new rep o rt and
Web site developed by tribal,
state and federal fish and
wildlife resource managers
from throughout the N orth
west.
Drawing from these and
other sources, The Status of
Fish and Wildlife Resources in the
Columbia River Basin profiles
the status and trends o f fish
and wildlife, habitat condi
tions and efforts to improve
fish and wildlife populations
th ro u g h o u t the C olum bia
River Basin.
Inform ation provided in
th e annual re p o rt is su p
p o rte d by a W eb site
(www.cbfwa.org/sotr) that al
lows users to view data at a
Holiday parade, tree
lighting on Thursday
fin e r scale, su b b a sin by
subbasin, from the Colum bia
River estuary to the upper Snake
River.
The web-based form at is in
tended to be dynamic. A ddi
tional data will be incorporated
on-line as it becomes available.
U sers can quickly identify
what fish and wildlife popula
tions are the focus o f restora
tion efforts in an area, how they
and their habitat are doing, and
w hat actions are being taken to
improve those populations.
T he project is an on-going
effort coordinated by the Co
lumbia Basin Fish and Wildlife
Authority (CBFWA), with col
la b o ra tio n fro m n u m e ro u s
tribal, state and federal agencies.
Funding was provided by the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion as part o f the N orthw est
P o w er an d C o n se rv a tio n
Council’s Fish and Wildlife Pro
gram that helps mitigate im
pacts to fish an d w ildlife
caused by the operation o f
the Federal Columbia River
Power System.
The report was developed
in collaboration w ith BPA
and the council to provide an
easy-to-read guidebook on
the annual status and results
o f mitigation efforts in the
Columbia River Basin.
The CBFWA, which de
veloped the report, was char
tered in 1987 to coordinate
ongoing efforts to p ro tect
and enhance the fish and
wildlife resources o f the Co
lumbia River Basin.
Members o f the CBFWA
include th e C o n fed erated
T ribes o f W arm S prings,
B urns Paiute tribe, C oeur
d’Alene, Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribes.
Looking for that special gift
for a loved one?
You will find w hat you are
lo o k in g fo r— fro m jew elry,
homemade crafts and beadwork
to baked pie and other food—
at the T h irty -F o u rth A nnual
Christmas Bazaar.
The bazaar is set for 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12
at the Warm Springs Commu
nity Center, 2200 H ollyw ood
Boulevard.
For information, contact the
C o m m u n ity C e n te r at 553-
3248.
soda and M entos w ere com
bined to create a huge wave o f
brown, foamy spew.
SMILE is short for the Sci
ence and Mathematics Investi
gative L earning E xperiences
Program. It’s a partnership be
tween Oregon State University
and 14 school districts across the
state— including Jefferson— to
provide science and m ath en
richment.
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