AmeriCorps Impact Through Community Service
Having completed the first month of our AmeriCorps internship, we have gained insight and formulated plans with our respective community service projects. Each small group of us has very different projects and goals for completion of work that will better the organization and hopefully leave a lasting mark. …
The Science of Winter: Afterschool Enrichment in Driggs
The first ever after-school enrichment program run by Teton Science Schools (TSS) at Rendezvous Upper Elementary School (RUES) in Driggs finished up last Thursday, marking a successful completion to the six week course. Run by Teton Valley Community School staff as part of Teton Science Schools Idaho Initiative, …
Astros, Reflectors, and Deer. Oh my!
It’s 5am in the middle of winter, hours before dawn. The temperature is -5°F and a Chevy Astro sits on the side of the road, back hatch opened with two bundled figures peering out. Are they ok? …
Upcoming Teacher Workshops
From April to August, the Teacher Learning Center has several professional development workshops for teachers from pre-kindergarten to high school.The workshops take place at the Teton Science Schools’ campuses in Jackson Hole. Fees include, meals, …
Nature is Our Teacher
Baba Dioum, a prominent Senegalese conservationist, said: “In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” As TSS educators we use this ecosystem as a classroom to teach concepts and content in hopes that our participants will better understand the environment they are experiencing. …
Bhutan Blog: Wildlife Viewing & Meetings with the Royal University of Bhutan
The past few days have been filled with some time for us to be tourists in Bhutan as well as some final meetings for our final full day in Bhutan. Here’s a recap of some of our activities here.Saturday, …
Bhutan Blog: End of Workshop and Moving Towards Phobjikha
Photo – Himalayan peaks in the distance from the summit of the 10,000 foot pass that we went over today on our way to Wangdue.
The end of our teacher workshops in Bhutan concluded very well yesterday in Thimphu. …
All Quiet on the Yellowstone Front
With temperatures well below zero, Yellowstone National Park is a unique winter-time experience. While Teton Science Schools does not provide snowmobile and snowcoach tours of Yellowstone; Wildlife Expeditions is busy providing the Natural Habitat Adventures Wolves and Wildlife Safari. …
For Everything There is a Season; Winter Americorp 2013
The first days of the new year mark a change in the solar calendar and a return of longer, brighter days to Teton Science Schools and Jackson Hole. Over the first weeks of January daylight grows to more than 9 hours long, …
Got Math?
A photograph of a human eye; two parabolas superimposed on the eyelids; calculations of the size of the eye using integration – this problem was framed as a pattern-seeking challenge in our 11th and 12th grade math class. …
