What REALMS is about

What is REALMS

REALMS is a Hands On Learning Charter School in Central Oregon. We are very different from most schools because we normally do not believe in learning by textbooks and homework (though we do have some). Our purpose is to foster scholarship, strengthen community, and inspire stewardship through active learning.

Here we have a mission, a mission to challenge each other to investigate, understand, and become stewards of the human and natural world around us.

Our Mission

Our Mission

Our mission is to help the process of restoration for Tumalo Creek. Meaning what we did to help restore Tumalo after the Bridge Creek fire. Since the fire was so devastating loggers came and took all of the trees away including the trees that were in the banks. After that there was nothing left. People finally realized that what we are doing to the creek is wrong so they started to fix it. They thought that it would be nice for the schools to get involved and that’s where we come in.

The 8th grade classes started to get really involved. We replanted trees and most of the riparian vegetation along the side of the creek along with a couple other schools.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Setting up the Plot Week 2

Setting up the Plot 

Soulen is helping set up the plot

Week 2

When setting up the plot we took 3-4-5 right triangles (three of them to be exact) and used the pythagorean theorom then  combined them to make a large square plot. Three students were in charge of each triangle (made of 12 knotted ropes) used to make the vertices of the square. We then used measuring tapes to measure 82 meters then made the next triangle.
     The plot was used as a sample of the forest (we didn't have enough time to measure the entire forest.) for carbon storage data. It was very interesting and exciteing to adventure  through the forest for the first time at tumalo and noticc the effects of the bridge creek fire.  It was almost spooky not knowing what to expect. It was a great opportunity to get to know and explore another part of our study site.





Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)