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Teen Scene Career Trips and Classes > Wonderful Outdoor World "WOW" Campout
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From: inginouity
Date: 2007-03-30 09:20:02
Reply: http://abqhomelearners.org/reply.php?topic_id=1206
Posted: March 29, 2007
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"WOW" CampoutsWHO: Any child between the ages 9 and 12 who has never been camping before and would like to learn the fun of camping.
PREREQUISITE: You must be between 9 and 12 years of age and be able to attend the entire program--it is a full 24-hour event that requires the child to spend the night. We need at least 12 participants to run the camp, but no more than 36.
COST: It is $10.00 per camper and is due with your registration packet. The cost includes all equipment, food, and supervision—you will take home your new sleeping bag, t-shirt, and camp journal.
WHERE: The campout will be at various parks throughout the City.
WHEN: Campouts will be held; June 5 & 6 (Mesa Verde CC 256-2680), June 12 & 13 (Chaparral Service Center- Girl Scouts only, 343-1040), June 19 & 20 (Westgate CC 836-8723), June 26 & 27 (Singing Arrow CC 291-6200), July 2 & 3 (Whittier CC), July 10 & 11 (Chaparral Service Center- Girl Scouts only, 343-1040), July 17 & 18 (West Mesa CC 836-3487), July 24 & 25 (TBA), July 31 & August 1 (TBA).
From 2:00pm to 2:00pm the next day.
HOW: Pre-registration is required. Call the Community Center where a WOW Campout is being held and signup. Or you can request a registration packet by emailing outdoorrecreation@cabq.gov. An Outdoor Recreation Adventure Leader will mail you the registration packet. You can also request a registration packet by calling 857-8100 and leaving a brief message with your name, phone number, and address. You can find registration packets on the City of Albuquerque's website at http://www.cabq.gov/recreation. For more information call Albuquerque's Citizen Contact Center at 311. Please mail your completed registration packet and payment to the Outdoor Recreation main office. The DEADLINE to sign up for the camp is one week before the campout, so call before the campout is full.
http://mesa.cabq.gov/cityapps/Noticias.nsf/691720db7823c3eb87256ee5006e4876/2103a4b383f76c43872572ad00574d9f/NewsBody/154.2C82?OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gifNOTICE: If you have a disability and require special assistance to participate in this event, contact Outdoor Recreation at least one week before the event, (505) 768-5328 (Voice/Relay).
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Ordonez@cabq.gov
Contact: Ordonez@cabq.gov
Duwayne K. Ordonez, (505) 768-5328
Monday, April 2, 2007
Albuquerque: Girls Fly Fishing Adventure (ages 11-18)
Posted: March 29, 2007
FLY FISHING
What: Experience a fun, relaxing, wet, and slimy sport. Fly Fishing is a life long sport that teaches fishing skills, patience, water safety, ecology, and techniques on the river. This sport can be enjoyed alone or with others. Outdoor Recreation will teach guests how to fly fish safely using the newest equipment and latest techniques. Guests will also be spending one night camping in the Farmington area.
When: July 8-9, 2007
Who: There are twelve spaces for GIRLS aged 11-18.
Cost: The cost is $40 per guest.
Where: We will meet at 1801 4th St. NW (Parks and Recreation�s administration building) at 1:00 PM. Then we will drive the group to Navajo Ministries where we will set up camp, and proceed to an outdoor Shakespeare play (put on by the City of Farmington). On the following day we will be on the San Juan River by 10:00 and be taught how to fish by guides.
How: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms are available by emailing Outdoor Recreation at outdoorrecreation@cabq.gov. You can also request a registration packet by calling (505) 857-8100, please leave a brief message with your name, phone number and address. Registration packets can also be found on the City of Albuquerque�s website at http://www.cabq.gov/recreation . For more information call Albuquerque�s Citizen Contact Center at 311. Space is filled on a first come/ first serve basis, so call quickly. Please mail your completed registration packet and payment to the Outdoor Recreation main office.
Contact: Ordonez@cabq.gov
Duwayne K. Ordonez[ (505) 768-5328
FLY FISHING
What: Experience a fun, relaxing, wet, and slimy sport. Fly Fishing is a life long sport that teaches fishing skills, patience, water safety, ecology, and techniques on the river. This sport can be enjoyed alone or with others. Outdoor Recreation will teach guests how to fly fish safely using the newest equipment and latest techniques. Guests will also be spending one night camping in the Farmington area.
When: July 8-9, 2007
Who: There are twelve spaces for GIRLS aged 11-18.
Cost: The cost is $40 per guest.
Where: We will meet at 1801 4th St. NW (Parks and Recreation�s administration building) at 1:00 PM. Then we will drive the group to Navajo Ministries where we will set up camp, and proceed to an outdoor Shakespeare play (put on by the City of Farmington). On the following day we will be on the San Juan River by 10:00 and be taught how to fish by guides.
How: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms are available by emailing Outdoor Recreation at outdoorrecreation@cabq.gov. You can also request a registration packet by calling (505) 857-8100, please leave a brief message with your name, phone number and address. Registration packets can also be found on the City of Albuquerque�s website at http://www.cabq.gov/recreation . For more information call Albuquerque�s Citizen Contact Center at 311. Space is filled on a first come/ first serve basis, so call quickly. Please mail your completed registration packet and payment to the Outdoor Recreation main office.
Contact: Ordonez@cabq.gov
Duwayne K. Ordonez[ (505) 768-5328
Albuquerque: Boys Fly Fishing Adventure
Posted: March 29, 2007
FLY FISHING FOR BOYS
What: Experience a fun, relaxing, wet, and slimy sport. Fly Fishing is a life long sport that teaches fishing skills, patience, water safety, ecology, and techniques on the river. This sport can be enjoyed alone or with others. Outdoor Recreation will teach guests how to fly fish safely using the newest equipment and latest techniques. Guests will also be spending one night camping in the Farmington area.
When: BOYS: July 22-23, 2007
Who: There are twelve spaces for youth aged 11-18.
Cost: The cost is $40 per guest.
Where: We will meet at 1801 4th St. NW, Building A (Parks and Recreation�s administration building) at 1:00 PM. Then we will drive the group to Navajo Ministries where we will set up camp, and proceed to an outdoor Shakespeare play (put on by the City of Farmington). On the following day we will be on the San Juan River by 10:00 and be taught how to fish by guides.
How: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms are available by emailing Outdoor Recreation at outdoorrecreation@cabq.gov. You can also request a registration packet by calling (505) 857-8100, please leave a brief message with your name, phone number and address. Registration packets can also be found on the City of Albuquerque�s website at http://www.cabq.gov/recreation . For more information call Albuquerque�s Citizen Contact Center at 311. Space is filled on a first come/ first serve basis, so call quickly. Please mail your completed registration packet and payment to the Outdoor Recreation main office.
NOTICE: If you have a disability and require special assistance to participate in this adventure, contact Outdoor Recreation at least one week before the trip. (505) 768-5328 (voice relay).
Contact: Ordonez@cabq.gov
Duwayne K. Ordonez (505) 768-5328
FLY FISHING FOR BOYS
What: Experience a fun, relaxing, wet, and slimy sport. Fly Fishing is a life long sport that teaches fishing skills, patience, water safety, ecology, and techniques on the river. This sport can be enjoyed alone or with others. Outdoor Recreation will teach guests how to fly fish safely using the newest equipment and latest techniques. Guests will also be spending one night camping in the Farmington area.
When: BOYS: July 22-23, 2007
Who: There are twelve spaces for youth aged 11-18.
Cost: The cost is $40 per guest.
Where: We will meet at 1801 4th St. NW, Building A (Parks and Recreation�s administration building) at 1:00 PM. Then we will drive the group to Navajo Ministries where we will set up camp, and proceed to an outdoor Shakespeare play (put on by the City of Farmington). On the following day we will be on the San Juan River by 10:00 and be taught how to fish by guides.
How: Pre-registration is required. Registration forms are available by emailing Outdoor Recreation at outdoorrecreation@cabq.gov. You can also request a registration packet by calling (505) 857-8100, please leave a brief message with your name, phone number and address. Registration packets can also be found on the City of Albuquerque�s website at http://www.cabq.gov/recreation . For more information call Albuquerque�s Citizen Contact Center at 311. Space is filled on a first come/ first serve basis, so call quickly. Please mail your completed registration packet and payment to the Outdoor Recreation main office.
NOTICE: If you have a disability and require special assistance to participate in this adventure, contact Outdoor Recreation at least one week before the trip. (505) 768-5328 (voice relay).
Contact: Ordonez@cabq.gov
Duwayne K. Ordonez (505) 768-5328
Information About Easter Photos at ITZ, Albuquerque
BUNNY PHOTOGRAPHS AT ITZ:
Come to ITZ for Easter photos with the bunny! The HCS Creative Endeavor's bunny will be at the fun family entertainment center to provide photographs for your little ones. Play games with the little chicken and win great prizes! Stop by ITZ to enjoy a great buffet and games for a wide range of ages.
Date: April 6th and April 7th
Time: Photos from 5:30pm-7:30pm
Price: Entrance fee + individual photo packages offered!
Location: ITZ Albuquerque, 4595 San Mateo Blvd. NE
For More information: visit www.hcscreative.com or call 553-5138
Come to ITZ for Easter photos with the bunny! The HCS Creative Endeavor's bunny will be at the fun family entertainment center to provide photographs for your little ones. Play games with the little chicken and win great prizes! Stop by ITZ to enjoy a great buffet and games for a wide range of ages.
Date: April 6th and April 7th
Time: Photos from 5:30pm-7:30pm
Price: Entrance fee + individual photo packages offered!
Location: ITZ Albuquerque, 4595 San Mateo Blvd. NE
For More information: visit www.hcscreative.com or call 553-5138
Albuquerque:Free field trip for 3rd, 4th & 5th grader
The Performers Ballet & Jazz Company
Invite all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders
to
Project Jazz
Thursday, April 5, 2007
10:00 or 1:00
South Broadway Cultural Center
This is a one hour dance prodution that tells the history of Jazz dancing with 10 lively numbers reflecting a varity of jazz music. The choreography is professional. The dancers are elementary age through to high school. It is completely free. We would love to welcome our Albuquerque area homeschoolers. Please call Jill Avey for reservations at 321-1255 or jillavey@yahoo.com. There are 40 seats for each show available. Reservations are required.
Many thanks, We hope to see you on the 5th!
Jill Avey
Invite all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders
to
Project Jazz
Thursday, April 5, 2007
10:00 or 1:00
South Broadway Cultural Center
This is a one hour dance prodution that tells the history of Jazz dancing with 10 lively numbers reflecting a varity of jazz music. The choreography is professional. The dancers are elementary age through to high school. It is completely free. We would love to welcome our Albuquerque area homeschoolers. Please call Jill Avey for reservations at 321-1255 or jillavey@yahoo.com. There are 40 seats for each show available. Reservations are required.
Many thanks, We hope to see you on the 5th!
Jill Avey
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Notes from NMHSC Support Night at Title Wave Books, 3/28/2007
A wonderful thing happened Wednesday, through the wonderful moms who attend this monthly meeting we were able to get volunteers to run the meeting and take notes on the great speaker we had that night, Dr. Keller of Real Science 4 Kids, because I could not attend. These circumstances occurred because my daughter is going to her first tournament this weekend and the coach wanted her at an extra practice that night and she looked at me and said 'I want you there mom' so I had to be. That is why we homeschool, why we parent, why we have the community we do so that we can be there for our kids when they need us, when they are doing something that excites them or learn something new! I am so grateful for our community members that pulled together to help me out and I look forward to more great learning experiences and camaraderie in the future. Here are the notes put together, look for my next community night to be advertised this weekend:
Dr. Keller: She has a Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry. She has 3 children whom she homeschooled all the way, with the oldest now in public high school, and the younger two still at home. What pushed her to develop this science curriculum was her own struggles in the sciences, particularly in her basic level college chemistry class. It was all "Greek", having never seen or heard about many of these topics, and she spent more time trying to catch up, while losing the points of the lecture. Her take on what is missing in science education these days can be found in the front pages of their catalog. In a nutshell: traditionally math is taught as a separate entity, and then you receive general science through earth and space, and biology texts. You may get 1 semester each of physics and chemistry in high school..but by then a lot of the inquisitiveness of youth has been traded in for worries over grades and transcripts.....and let's face it-one semester is not enough to get a good grasp on these hefty subjects. She believes that any any science topic is properly and more thoroughly explained through a combination of the disciplines, for example: photosynthesis= biology+ chemistry, etc. When you leave out the chemistry, there are gaping holes in the knowledge. Too many science texts today give tons of unrelated facts, which kids are expected to memorize and "regurgitate" on a test or quiz. But do they really know the how and why? And how these facts connect into the scheme of something bigger? Her curriculum aims to give children a good foundation in chemistry, biology, and physics beginning at the K-3rd level, so that they can more readily grasp science concepts and fit them together.
Eventually they hope to have texts for all three disciplines in every grade level, but for the time being she created the ones for the grades that seem to be lacking in science the most. Each text has a corresponding lab workbook and teacher manual (which helps with the labs.) The focus of the labs is to get kids to use their scientific minds. Beginning labs have experiments to use, but as the children progress, they will design their own experiments and labs. They will have scientific confidence!! On another note-she is developing a line of workbooks designed to bring chemistry, biology, and physics across the curriculum and tie it to 6 other areas: language, technology, critical thinking, history, art/literature/music, and philosophy. So far the language one is available for purchase for each of the science disciplines.
So far the texts available (along with supporting materials) are:
Chemistry Pre-Level I-(K-3rd)
Chemistry Level I
Biology Level I
Physics Level I (level I is for 4th-6th grade)
Chemistry Level II (7th-9th grade)
She recommends taking a semester for each text, or longer if the child is really into the labs! She also recommends taking them in the following order: chemistry, biology, then physics. Even though there is not a text available for every discipline in every grade, she says completing these books will lay the foundation for your student to be able to navigate areas of other chemistry, biology , or physics books with confidence.
Their website is : www.gravitaspublications.com
Their numbers are: 505-266-2761, or toll free 1-888-466-2761
The website is having ordering difficulty at the time, but you can always order by phone. Or call to make an appointment to thumb through the materials. And if you are local, order by phone (speak to Mary) and pick up your order to avoid shipping costs associated with web orders. The website also has neat links to blogs that give additional homeschooling and science info.
Finally! A curriculum that makes science easy to comprehend! Michelle Johns
Dr. Keller: She has a Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry. She has 3 children whom she homeschooled all the way, with the oldest now in public high school, and the younger two still at home. What pushed her to develop this science curriculum was her own struggles in the sciences, particularly in her basic level college chemistry class. It was all "Greek", having never seen or heard about many of these topics, and she spent more time trying to catch up, while losing the points of the lecture. Her take on what is missing in science education these days can be found in the front pages of their catalog. In a nutshell: traditionally math is taught as a separate entity, and then you receive general science through earth and space, and biology texts. You may get 1 semester each of physics and chemistry in high school..but by then a lot of the inquisitiveness of youth has been traded in for worries over grades and transcripts.....and let's face it-one semester is not enough to get a good grasp on these hefty subjects. She believes that any any science topic is properly and more thoroughly explained through a combination of the disciplines, for example: photosynthesis= biology+ chemistry, etc. When you leave out the chemistry, there are gaping holes in the knowledge. Too many science texts today give tons of unrelated facts, which kids are expected to memorize and "regurgitate" on a test or quiz. But do they really know the how and why? And how these facts connect into the scheme of something bigger? Her curriculum aims to give children a good foundation in chemistry, biology, and physics beginning at the K-3rd level, so that they can more readily grasp science concepts and fit them together.
Eventually they hope to have texts for all three disciplines in every grade level, but for the time being she created the ones for the grades that seem to be lacking in science the most. Each text has a corresponding lab workbook and teacher manual (which helps with the labs.) The focus of the labs is to get kids to use their scientific minds. Beginning labs have experiments to use, but as the children progress, they will design their own experiments and labs. They will have scientific confidence!! On another note-she is developing a line of workbooks designed to bring chemistry, biology, and physics across the curriculum and tie it to 6 other areas: language, technology, critical thinking, history, art/literature/music, and philosophy. So far the language one is available for purchase for each of the science disciplines.
So far the texts available (along with supporting materials) are:
Chemistry Pre-Level I-(K-3rd)
Chemistry Level I
Biology Level I
Physics Level I (level I is for 4th-6th grade)
Chemistry Level II (7th-9th grade)
She recommends taking a semester for each text, or longer if the child is really into the labs! She also recommends taking them in the following order: chemistry, biology, then physics. Even though there is not a text available for every discipline in every grade, she says completing these books will lay the foundation for your student to be able to navigate areas of other chemistry, biology , or physics books with confidence.
Their website is : www.gravitaspublications.com
Their numbers are: 505-266-2761, or toll free 1-888-466-2761
The website is having ordering difficulty at the time, but you can always order by phone. Or call to make an appointment to thumb through the materials. And if you are local, order by phone (speak to Mary) and pick up your order to avoid shipping costs associated with web orders. The website also has neat links to blogs that give additional homeschooling and science info.
Finally! A curriculum that makes science easy to comprehend! Michelle Johns
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