They experience and develop group leadership skills on ropes initiative courses. The course includes the opportunity to earn Level I and Level II certification for use of ropes initiative courses in St. Louis area parks. Basic skills in orienteering will be emphasized. Students increase their abilities to take initiative, make decisions, and work cooperatively. This course provides involvement in the kinds of activities in observational astronomy that can be used with children.
Participants also study theory and an overview for background material.
The emphasis is on the kinds of tools the geologist uses so that the teacher is able to use these tools on a land area near the classroom. The course approaches chemistry from a phenomenological point of view. It is designed to study and classify the phenomena that occur and to seek similarities and differences in behavior. Topics included are temperature, pressure, moisture distributions in the atmosphere, and dynamic effects such as radiation, stability, storms, and general circulation. The specific topics to be studied during any particular semester depend on the instructor's background, current interest, and materials available from curriculum projects.