Field Experiences, Travel & Camps
Be a Music Maker as you Build and Play Your Own Instrument on Thursday, 5 August!
Learn about instruments from percussion to woodwinds that you will play and then build. Build your very own thumb piano, rain stick, flute, or hand-painted drum. Explore the science of sound through fun activities. Experience rhythms and songs from around the world in this exciting three-day music-making extravaganza! Ages 9 – 14.
Thursday, 5 August from 10 AM – 1 PM
$20.00 per person, includes all materials
Instructors: Patrick Smith, percussionist with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Melinda Alcosser, Hands-on Rhythm founder and Independent Artist
What to Bring: Lunch with beverage, water bottle, swim suit, towel, sunscreen, bug repellant.
Trap Rock Ridge
We enjoy working at the farm of our long-time colleagues and friends, Rob and Sally, where students might tend to chickens, work in the gardens, split wood, learn about rug cleaning techniques (Ace Rug Company has been in business for over 50 years), have lunch outside at a campfire, or build authentic Native American dream catchers.
Two Coyotes Wilderness School
Through observation, awareness, and utilization of all our senses, Two Coyotes Wilderness School shares with students teachings about the natural environment. With the thoughtful consideration of many aspects of wilderness skills, including how to build shelter, the art of tracking, and plant and animal identification, students gain an appreciation of the strength, power and beauty of being out-of-doors, while developing a connection between oneself and nature.
Pre-Columbian Pottery
To gain an understanding and appreciation of the utilitarian and aesthetic qualities of pre-Columbian art and culture, students will create their own clay sculptures as they explore hand-building technique under the guidance of potter Evelyn Foster.
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Washington, D.C.
Connecticut Experiential Learning Center will travel to Washington, D.C. 2 – 5 March 2010. There is so much to see and do, and students are taking an active role in the planning of this adventure. Letters requesting special tours have been written and mailed to our State Representatives. Included in the highlights for our trip so far will be a private tour of the Capitol building and a visit to National Geographic’s Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit. Some of the other places under consideration for visiting are the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Supreme Court, Newseum, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Museums, and the National Zoo.
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Creative Math Camp
The Ultimate Math Experience
Students ages nine through fourteen are invited to join CELC for a unique and exciting Math Camp! Students will be provided with a dynamic experience exploring math through hands-on and minds-on activities. In addition to formal instruction, mathematical concepts will also be considered through music, instrument building, sports, games and the culinary arts. This camp is sure to offer students a rich appreciation for all things math!
