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| Ivan, our guide, took us to the very bottom of Grand Coulee Dam. We were able to go to this area which is off limits because of 9/11 to regular tourists. Before all the security measures, the townspeople used this tunnel to exercise in during the cold winter months. The tunnel runs the full length of the dam- over a mile and we could see the light at the end of the tunnel! |
Seeing Steam Boat Rock on a brisk November morning was spectacular. Ms. Kuhle reminded the students that the reason it remains after a dozen or more floods down the coulee is because of the granite outcrop on the front other wise the basalt rock would have been washed away.
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| Steam Boat Rock 8:30 a.m. Friday, November 4, 2011. Ms. Kuhle is just beginning to give the narrative and ask questions to the kids. |
http://iafi.org/ This is the link for the Ice Age Floods Institute--major source of all our information.
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| Inside the dam and feeling the vibration of one of the turbines. |
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| After we had a delicious authentice mexican meal at La Presa in Grand Coulee, Mr. Moody, President of the local Cheney Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute talking to the kids after dinner and showing the original map of the channel scablands drawn by J Harlen Bretz. |
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| DRY FALLS!!!! The whole crew packed was so excited to see the 3.5 mile long ancient waterfall. Their mouths dropped open as soon as they saw the size. Here Mr. Neff, former H.S. Physics Teacher, whose Dad walked this land with Mr. Bretz came to the Interpretive Center to tell the kids first hand stories. |
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| At Grand Coulee before the 'Hard Hat' tour. We came to get an idea about the volume of water that flowed and to see the coulee that is the grand one of the flood that occurred 18,000 years ago. |
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| The fabulous chapersones-Mr, Jaekel, Ms. Caudill, Ms Berkana, Ms. Kuhle, Ms. Caisely, and Mr. Wulfhorst |
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| Birdie, who helps publicize the Coulee Corridor and Mr. Moody discussing the amazing scablands. |
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| Driving in the coulee on our way to Steamboat Rock. |
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| Ready for the hard hat tour!!!! |
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Attentive listening and thinking as Ms. Kuhle explains the water direction and our first stop IN the scablands. The kids burst from the cars talking about how much they noticed and how they were following the map and discussing the geologic changes of the lithosphere.
These are a few pictures; more to to come!
Thank you families for supporting such an educational experience. The kids traveled around 400 miles together talking, learning and experiencing great content. |
