Authentic Learning
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Where I Want to Be ...as an Educator
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Recording vegetation coverage
Elk have a preferred diet of annual and perennial plants. We estimated coverage within our study area which was then converted to a biomass estimate.
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Bison
Bison herds live their lives in the Lamar Valley - where people stand in wonder at their daily activities. An American Serengeti
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Interactions with Wildlife
Encounters with bison, bear, wolves, coyote, elk and antelope were a part of our daily experience.
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Elk
frolicking in the rivers, here... we were investigating how the reintroduction of wolves here has impacted their behaviors
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River Crossings
We crossed rivers and maneuvered over dead fall in dense forests to reach random study points throughout the back country
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River crossing
We would watch as the herds repositioned themselves throughout the day - and how they protected and nurtured their young
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Accuracy in measurement
Here, the authenticity and importance of accuracy in measurement reached beyond our data tables into the publications of the final research
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Simplicity of Tools
There is a realization that the simplicity of our tools led to the more sophisticated manipulation of data in GIS software which we were trained on each evening
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The Scenery
simply amazing array - what an environment to study in!
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Taking a Break
Team work, collaboration, support, networking was integral to this experience
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black bear
we carried bear spray and were trained to respond to what was seen as the most constant risk factor
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Appreciation
Two weeks in the field... every day waking up and being amazed that we were actually going to be paid to hike into this amazing landscape in search of adding to the cumulative knowledge about a scientific topic.... discussing biological concepts in ways we could observe and marvel at. Reconstructing our own knowledge every day.
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