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ESC, Light Foundation
get families outside to explore
GREENVILLE – It was 24 degrees outside and about 30 families showed up…
Angie McMurry, Educational Service Center (ESC) Science Curriculum
Coordinator was delighted. “It exceeded my expectations,” she said.
The Light Project, a pilot program being funded by the Light Foundation
and conducted by ESC, brought first graders and their families to Matt
Light’s Chenoweth Trails for the first of five visits to discover
science in the outdoors. The goal that morning was to see how many
different animal tracks they could find in the snow. Then they went
into one of the cabins where April Wulber read a book to them, “The
World is Waiting for You.” But first…
“I saw fox tracks!” said one student. “I saw squirrel tracks…” Several
students saw rabbit and squirrel tracks. They matched them to a sheet
showing what each animal’s tracks looked like. A couple students saw
fox tracks. Other possibilities included deer, woodchuck, raccoon,
skunk and opossum...
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