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Archive for July, 2008

There was a nice article in today’s Heritage Newspaper about our team getting involved in the Fish and Frogs program.  There was also a great picture of “Blueberries” painting a lovely green frog on the road near the storm drain.
Honey

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Today we did some volunteer work in our community with a “Climate Connection”.  We painted frog and fish symbols near storm drains to remind area residents that anything that gets washed down the drains goes directly into the water and effects the environment.  We also distributed door hangers that explain the program and learned about [...]

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The next two weeks

For the next couple of weeks we are going to be seeing our team members daily as our coach has arranged for some swimming lessons for us.  Every summer we swim in the pool after our robotics meeting, but this year we get to have lessons too.
At first it seems like swimming has little to [...]

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Today we were pleasantly surprised to receive a package in the mail addressed to the W.A.F.F.L.E.S.  It was sent to us by a kind gentleman we met on one of our field trips.  Inside we found several newsletters from “Citizens for Renewable Energy“, a book called “The Power Quest”, and a lovely letter to our [...]

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It is interesting to watch relationships develop within the team.  This year all our team members are returning W.A.F.F.L.E.S. so the kids have a real history together.  None the less is is interesting to see new friendships form.  This year Honey and Maple Syrup have really found buddies in one another.  I’m not sure if [...]

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Today we had someone come to speak to us about Global Warming. It was very inspirational and yet shocking to some of the things that are happening to our earth.  We learned quite a few new things that are happening with Global Warming and how it effects our planet. In the end we learned lots [...]

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