The third and final morning of the Acadia trip began with one last tasty meal in the cafeteria together. We enjoyed egg scramble, home fries, bacon, cereal, fruit, chocolate chip muffins, yogurt, and oatmeal!
Students then packed up and cleaned their rooms, including sweeping! Rangers checked each room to make sure everything was clear. Students did a great job taking care of their bunks the last few days.
Our first activity of the day was RAD (Resist, Accept, Direct). This is a framework for how parks and communities can choose to respond to climate change.
We broke into groups and each group got a specific case study from a climate event in Acadia. Together, they brainstormed their ideas for how to respond.
Next, we looked at the GPS coordinates from each study site that students recorded over our field trip and used iPads to see how the sites are connected on the Schoodic Peninsula.
Then we created a map of our locations using the UTM coordinates we took, connecting our understanding of UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) to GPS and GIS.
To wrap-up, students spent time thoughtfully reflecting and journaled about their experiences in Acadia.
We said farewell to our home the last few days at the Schoodic Education Adventure and began the five and a half hour trip home. We look forward to sharing all we learned with the CRS community this spring!