Project Applicant and/or teacher sponsor: Warren Galletti, Marcia Connelly and Kim Swenson
Student Groups: Students from W. Galletti's Industrial Arts classes
Teachers: Warren Galletti and Kim Swenson
Community Members: Moat Creek Managing Agency Members: Patricia Schwindt, Tom Neth, Goiya Post, Bryan Thurmond, and Nanette Parks
Partnerships Involved: California State Parks & Recreation and Moat Creek Managing Agency
Number of students affected: Up to 60
Length of project: 1998-2003 school year
Project description: Students will work building a mile and a half loop bluff trail between Moat Creek and Whiskey Shoals. This trail will be located adjacent to Highway 1 on the Southern Mendocino Coast of California. Students will be instructed by adults who are knowledgeable about building trails. The students will learn about sloping, grading, erosion control, putting in culverts and building small bridges.
Connections- How does the project connect with our theme of people, history, and place?
- How does the project interact with the community?
- How does the project connect with other NCRCN members/ sites?
- How does the project invite student planning/student choice?
- How will the project improve student learning?
- How will you evaluate or assess what students have learned?
- What kind of data will you collect?
- How will you evaluate or assess the community impact?
- How will students share their project and learning with others at their own site, other sites or within the community?
- How will students be involved in the evaluation of the project?
- Will your project have a service learning component?
Three written reflections will be collected for each student in the service learning project. One before the project begins, one during the project and one at the end. Students will use the KWL format. What do I KNOW , what do I WANT to know, what have I LEARNED. In addition one "anchor task" will be collected from each student. (An anchor task is a student work product which demonstrates evidence of student's learning of curricular content.)This should be something that is collected by the teacher ordinarily and may be collected during and/or at the end of the project.
This project gives students the opportunity to work on "a real life", practical job. We will evaluate the project by the physical results, the community response and the community use. We will monitor student enthusiasm and pride for the project. One student, Kevin Glaze, will present this project at The Autodesk Foundation's National Project Based Learning Conference. Many students will share what they have learned by speaking before the Coastal Commission.
Support- What kind of support would you like from the coordinator/TSA?
- What kinds of funds will you need for the project?
- What other sources might provide additional funding for the project?
We need Kim Swenson to arrange the weekly field trips to Moat Creek and to supervise the students while on those trips. We need NCRCN to pay for the vans and to pay for an occasional substitute teacher for Warren Galletti so that he may go work on the Bluff Trail too.
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