Medical Partnership 2013 - 2014: September 2013

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Eco Park & Goose Island

Medical Partnership and Community Connections have been very busy the past few days with two outdoor learning experiences! On Monday and Tuesday we ventured to the Eco Park to look at Macroinvertebrates and water quality, single-celled organisms, and how to find the area of an irregular object (a leaf)!

Catching and identifying various pond life!

Finding the area of a leaf!

Identifying Macroinvertebrates and determining their role in water quality!

On Wednesday, we took a trip to Goose Island to observe the DNR shocking fish in order to capture and study them before returning them to the Mississippi River. We also learned about mussels and their influence on La Crosse in the past!

Goofing around!

Thank you so much to Trista Schraith and Kelly Ziegelbein for bringing in bagels and cream cheese and volunteering their time to set up and clean up!

Thanks to Lora Mikkelson for donating 2 cases of water for the kids to drink!

The kids LOVED the bagels and greatly appreciated the water when it started getting warm outside!

Don't forget to check the Shutterfly for even more pictures! :)

Friday, September 20, 2013

UW-L Ropes Course

To get to know each other better and push ourselves out of our comfort zones we traveled to the UW-L high ropes course!

According to the UW-L website the mission of the ropes course is to, "Concentrate on individual and group skill development by presenting a series of activities that involve physical and emotional risk and the opportunity to succeed (or sometimes fail) within a supportive group atmosphere. Participants develop skills in communication, problem solving, decision making, trust, as well as a strong sense of self-worth and accomplishment. Adventure education also promotes calculated risk-taking, enhances leadership and management skills, facilitates organizational change, and builds effective team cohesion."