We studied with scientists who tell you about all these different things. The Jason Project allows elementary and junior high school students to be outside while they study about birds, insects, botany and other science-related topics. Twenty-two students are selected for the trips that last approximately two weeks. Next year, a new group will travel to Alaska. Students do not receive extra credit and must get permission from their teachers to be absent.
All schoolwork missed during that time has to be made up.
For Diana, even the plane ride was an adventure. None of us met each other, the people that were chosen, until the day that we were on the plane. Most young students would rather see the birds actually flying than reading about them in a textbook. When you re in New York, you don t see stuff like that. It s like brown water.