“Put away that umbrella,” chides Kary. “We don’t need umbrellas here!” The students laugh. “It was hard in the beginning,” one admits, “but now we’re used to it. We love it.” On this afternoon they are learning about succession, how lichen on granite can give way to moss, then leafy plants, then grasses, then …
Globicephala Algebra -or- Precalculus Is A Whale of a Good Time! -or- Cetacean Creation Yields Curve Verve Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki students recently noticed Science Fellow Kyle Wonser helping some visiting Outdoor Classroom students assemble a pilot whale skeleton. “Why can’t we do that?” they asked. Math teacher Katie Curtis heard them. “I thought …
Each semester, there are typically a small handful of Latin students at Maine Coast Semester. What they lack in numbers, they make up for in die-hard fanaticism. This week, Latin teacher Steven Farrand’s Semester 61 students decided to concoct a Roman feast for the semester community, and their enthusiasm was palpable in the kitchen as …
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