The guide also helps locals and tourists to be sensitive to this remarkable resource. Computer technology provided by the Mendocino Community Network is not a mystery to the Anderson Valley students. For the project, teams of students produce 75-second radio programs on any science topic of interest to them. Community interest in the project is high. Adults help kids research and produce their projects, and each team of children has an adult mentor helping them.
Children learn to make digital audiotape recordings.
When we won, it felt like we were about to explode. It was very fun to know that people all over the world would hear our show about hydropower and know that we won. Voices of the Valley Anderson Valley school students created a book and CD called Voices of the Valley , an oral history of Boonville and the surrounding area. The project was so popular, students created and marketed a second volume, and a third is scheduled. The books and CDs are sold in local bookstores and businesses.