Sam and Sam examine a Monarch butterfly

Yesterday, CCBS students celebrated “Migration Celebration” with Biologist Jason Love and Ornithologist Marc Hopey as part of the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research program. Our students participated in Monarch butterfly tagging and bird banding to help document and track migration paths of these animals.

They then had time for learning fun by playing animal charades, I-Spy and Migration Headache all of which reinforced the many variables that can negatively affect a successful trip for the migrators.

All in all it was another great day of hands-on learning!

During last week’s August Family Seminar, Academic Dean Denise Savidge showcased how the Lessons of the Medicine Wheel will weave their way into the classroom for the 2011-2012 academic year. Her presentation has been converted to a pdf to share with you below:

Bringing the Medicine Wheel to the Classroom

Denise will be covering more details for the 2nd nine weeks at our next Family Seminar starting on November 2nd. Stay tuned!