tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12912256537071840072023-11-16T02:06:45.076-05:00Lewis and Clark Exploratory CenterAlexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-2358284564607672702022-02-15T16:05:00.002-05:002022-02-15T16:05:25.730-05:00Journaling, History, and Photography<p> We are offering workshops for small groups this February and March, teaching the skills of exploration. You can find our offerings on lewisandclarkexploratorycenter.eventbrite.com and if the times don't suit we also offer special reservations. Just pick out the program you prefer and email us at lewisandclark@lewisandclarkvirginia.org with your preferred times.</p>Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-4515131083433419032019-06-22T12:39:00.000-04:002019-06-22T13:25:39.155-04:00Connect with Us!There are many ways to connect with the Lewis & Clark
Exploratory Center online! We thought we’d put together a handy guide to our
blogs and accounts, so you can decide where you might want to explore to learn more
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Our website is the place to start! Thanks to a wonderful
volunteer we connected with through the United Way, we’re learning the features
of WordPress and we’re making changes as we learn. (Staff now runs all the
social media accounts.) You can sign up for our newsletter from a link on our
homepage. The website also has our most current blog posts, often related to
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This was our first blog, and if you go back through the
years (it goes back to 2009), you’ll learn about our programs at the Keelboat
Barn (before bathrooms, electricity and running water), and you’ll read about
our construction project and process as we built the new building. We still
make entries, though we now divide our blogging time between Facebook, our
webpage, and blogspot... and we value having the continuity (and a historical
document of our earlier activities). For those of you new to us, the Lewis
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forefront of our minds. But when we do, it’s often to thank grant-making
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If you see an Eagle Mask logo (our current photo) you’re in
the right place! We’ve just begun our YouTube channel, and our first video is a
thank you to APO, the UVA service fraternity that has maintained our boats,
built our shed and benches, put in our second gravel path, and designed and
constructed our kayak shed! (They’ve also repaired our Trevillian’s Creek
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<br />Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-77517515446995653752018-09-15T06:17:00.001-04:002018-09-15T06:17:20.176-04:00FLOWtilla!We are getting ready for the FLOWtilla event September 29th! We are going to decorate one of our new wooden boats as a cardinal, the Virginia state bird. If you'd like to decorate your own kayak or boat, come to the Center Saturday, September 22nd, for help and ideas!Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-12096138783781063852017-05-28T12:52:00.003-04:002017-05-28T12:52:41.456-04:00The Seed Exchange GardenYesterday was the first day of serious weeding in our Seed Exchange Garden, in its second year. The garden came to us through a gift of Pat Brodowski, the wonderful vegetable gardener of Monticello (her vegetables are full of wonder!). The seeds originate from the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, via Lewis and Clark scholar Clay Jenkinson, who has presented at Monticello during its Heritage Festival and who grows a garden of his own in the Dakotas. Virginia got North Dakotan seeds, and North Dakota got Monticello's seeds, and the seeds are spreading.<br />
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Pat also gave us a book to go along with the seeds: "Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden," an account of Hidatsa gardening. I read it once, before the garden, and once during. Having worked with the seeds, I understood the second reading much more, but want to go back for a third. The account went over my head the first time, and for the second my head had risen a bit...now I'm curious about what level I'm at now.<br />
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We have other seeds in the garden, besides the heritage Native American seeds. Last year we let tomatoes rot on the vine, and now we have many tomato volunteers. The Native American beans have also come up without our help, though we have since planted more. I was told to thin the ones that had already emerged. So far this hasn't happened. I am letting them grow up in a big clump together. They are flowering already.<br />
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The deer fence hasn't gone up yet, and we have our first deer tracks in the garden. I planted a seedling (not sure what it was...a gift from Monticello and I can't remember the name...an herb, I think.) in one of the tracks, which I consider a sign of optimism. Besides, we are going to put up the fence soon. Last year we worried about mammals, but it was an insect that was our enemy: the squash borer worm.<br />
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A Girl Scout troop is partnering with us on the garden this year. They came and helped sprout and then plant seeds. So far we've had an elementary school class plant seeds, the Girl Scout troop, two Master Gardners from Arkansas, and the children of two families who visited us during open public hours. The garden is more randomly planted this year than it was last year, especially with the volunteer seeds. Volunteer people and volunteer seeds have given us some surprises. The elementary school children spread out larger than I intended with the sunflowers seeds. Sunflowers may be everywhere within a month.<br />
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This year we enlarged the garden, pulling it longer with the tractor. Here is where I made my first mistake: I decided to plant it in rows going down the hill instead of going across like we did last year. I changed the pattern to better resemble the diagram in the book. The couple from Arkansas warned me after the fact that having rows running down the hill might cause runnels. After our heavy rains, there is now a runnel in the middle of the garden. Last year we didn't have the same heavy rains or a runnel. Now I'm thinking I can try to plant some horizontal rows at the top of the hill.<br />
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The Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center is about the Rivanna River and about the Missouri, since we have three replicas of the boats that made it to the Mandan villages. Highlighting the agriculture that fed Lewis and Clark in the Mandan villages seems right, but it also leads to questions. Is planting Native American crops appropriation? Are we using it for our own gain in a negative way, or is it a way of knowledge, to understand Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara cultures? Are we imitating without full consciousness, or are we following in footsteps to understand them, or both?<br />
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<br />Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-49201240345671168642017-05-23T07:41:00.001-04:002017-05-23T07:41:18.317-04:00Unlock History!We've developed a new history game for the Center, with an easy and a difficult version, depending on your age and your familiarity with puzzle games. It's called Unlock History! and it will be available to the public through the summer, and to school and scouting groups by reservation the entire year. It is similar to an Escape Room game, but it does the opposite--solving the puzzles lets you in, not out!<br />
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Each of our full-size boat replicas are locked up--and you need to figure out the numbers to unlock them. The Keelboat cabin must also be unlocked with a password. Entering the cabin, there will be three boxes that will be the next challenge. Their combinations are figured out by doing three puzzles within the Center: Jefferson's Decoder Puzzle; the Trail Map and Math Puzzle, and the Compass and Language Puzzle. Each puzzle teaches you about history and leads you to learn even more.<br />
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Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-89518911112814398542015-11-15T18:49:00.001-05:002015-11-15T18:49:22.291-05:00Long-awaited Lewis and Clark center set to officially open in May - The Daily Progress: Local<a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/long-awaited-lewis-and-clark-center-set-to-officially-open/article_61c375d2-8675-11e5-b283-5335bddec58a.html#.VkkZ7ySYJ-4.blogger">Long-awaited Lewis and Clark center set to officially open in May - The Daily Progress: Local</a>Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-18990225340147610742015-09-08T21:14:00.003-04:002015-09-08T21:14:58.553-04:00Save the Date: Boats and Butterflies Festival, October 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're having our second Annual Boats & Butterflies Festival at the Center Saturday, October 3, from 10 AM-2 PM. Please join us for this free family event! Ride our wooden boats and kayaks on the Rivanna, and participate in art activities relating to butterflies and pollinators. </div>
Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-46577090383215560602015-02-12T18:33:00.001-05:002015-02-12T18:33:58.158-05:00Day Eleven: Glyptodon!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Kickstarter Animal of the Day: Glyptodon!, one of our favorite prehistoric animals. It came into North America from South America, and it resembles other animals that it's not related to. That's called convergent evolution. Because of t</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">he way the environment impacts evolution, animals that aren't related can develop similar physical characteristics. In millions of years there may be an animal that looks like an elephant, but isn't...because of whatever vegetation and environmental pressures there will be then.</span><br />
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<br />Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-37975145380575394132015-02-12T11:37:00.004-05:002015-02-12T11:37:54.508-05:00We Reached Our Kickstarter Goal!Today we reached our Kickstarter goal! Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen! And we're announcing a STRETCH GOAL to cover parts of the program not already included, such as documenting the choreography with photography and film, and a learning dance mat with map components on it.Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-57017523794290650012015-02-10T14:53:00.001-05:002015-02-12T11:35:39.903-05:00Day Nine: Mammoth!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a still from our wonderful new Kickstarter video about the Teaching Children Science through Dance project!Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-58809853192079120962015-02-09T12:51:00.002-05:002015-02-09T12:51:32.827-05:00Day Eight: the American Cheetah!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Today's Kickstarter Animal is the American cheetah! North America has had many animals that we don't think of as North American: the camelops, a form of camel; the American cheetah; the American lion (resembling an African lion more than a </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">cougar); and the mammoth. North America has also had many forms--at one time there was a sea in the middle of it called the Western Interior Seaway. We'll be teaching about these animals and about North American geological history at Earth Day 2015.</span><br />
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Pronghorn! The Pronghorn is a wonderful link between today's animals and prehistoric animals. It is the fastest animal native to North America --it evolved its speed to escape the American cheetah (yes, we had cheetahs once upon a time). It is the last of its kind; the other eleven species lived in prehistory. Today is our final feature of the migratory animals that will show up in our Kid*Vention Migration Station Feb. 21st. Tomorrow we move on to the prehistoric mammals that will appear for our Earth Day booth on the Downtown Mall! Be prepared for Megafauna!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">This drawing of the Mountain Goat is from one of our afterschool workshops. When we teach children about animals through art and dance, we talk about the different ways animals move and we draw </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">the animal to understand it better. The Mountain Goat is unique to North America, and it's not related to the domestic goat, but to antelopes and cattle. It is very nimble and has dewclaws that help with traction on the mountains. It can jump from one rock to the other very easily. When the nannies (female Mountain Goats) fight they lower their heads and circle one another.</span>Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-15431873819814590032015-02-04T07:40:00.001-05:002015-02-04T07:40:51.057-05:00Day Three: Salmon!<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Here is the Kickstarter Animal of the Day: Salmon! Salmon are born in freshwater, but then usually migrate to the ocean. To spawn they return to the river to the exact place where they were born, leaping upstream, even over small dams. They are vigorous and can travel hundreds of miles upriver.</span><br />
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At the Lewis & Clark Butterfly Festival last fall: Dancing the Lifecycle of the Monarch</div>
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A Monarch wafts up the stairs at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center, heading to Mexico</div>
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<span class="userContent">We have two weeks to reach $2000 on our Kickstarter campaign, and each day we're going to post about the animals our dance and art program teaches children about. Here are some photos from our maskmaking and drawing programs. Also, included is a buffalo sign that we use for scavenger hunts along the trails.</span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span style="background-color: #f6f7f8; line-height: 15.3599996566772px;">To translate an animal into a dance, we teach children the basics of their movements. Here are the buffalo basics: Their huge heads and hump make them seem top heavy as they move. They are big, but fast and agile. They move in herds, and can go as fast as thirty miles an hour. When they shed their long fur in the spring, they rub against trees and rocky outcrops. Their fur falls off in tatters. Buffalo roll in the earth to relieve themselves from insects. In the mid to late summer the bulls fight each other for females. They lower their heads and paw the ground. Historically, buffalo could be found not only in the Midwest but on the East Coast, and as far south as Mexico.</span></span></div>
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Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-13040164651194705912015-02-01T11:02:00.005-05:002015-02-01T11:02:55.168-05:00Teaching Children Science through Dance: Our Kickstarter Campaign is Live! <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We're excited to announce that our first Kickstarter campaign has gone live! Please support us and make a pledge!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br />
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<br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">We're raising money for our new activi</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">ties that will be offered to the public at Kid*Vention and Earth Day 2015. We'll be teaching about North American animals past and present through dance and art, delving into current animal migrations and then into the megafauna of 10,000 years ago. These are the mammoths and giant ground sloths that Thomas Jefferson was so interested in--and that he hoped Lewis & Clark would find out West! </span>Alexandria Searlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02127232806983762336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1291225653707184007.post-3456085969321929782014-10-14T13:53:00.001-04:002014-10-14T18:12:48.242-04:00The Haunted Keelboat! October 25 and 26, 3 to 7 PM, Terrace of the New CenterWe're haunting our Keelboat for the first time ever! Our 55 ft. replica keelboat has moved to its new home, and some ghosts have come with it. There are thirteen ghost animals that Lewis & Clark encountered on the Expedition: condor, bear, prairie dog, passenger pigeon, magpie, ox, horse, rattlesnake, buffalo, monarch butterfly, beaver, salmon, and dog. And there are the ghosts of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and William Clark. Sergeant Floyd is also inhabiting the cabin where he died of appendicitis...but not in his old form. <br />
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Appropriate for young children, groups leave every twenty minutes to hear about the animals and to board the Keelboat. Admission $5. Children under three years old are free.<br />
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We also have some room for a few animal performers! Email lewisandclark@lewisandclarkvirginia.org if you are interested.<br />
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