Today was day 1 of our trip. The long van ride up was spent discussing rigor and felevance in theclassroom and Quad D to some middle school teachers and the idea of teaming up with huntington high on a service project for the freshman academy.
Our first stop was the wind turbines in Parsons, Wv atop backbone mountain. What a sight to see, it was said in the van how they look so peaceful. But the size of these things were awesome! I do not feel the pictures do the magnitude justice. We also calulated the speed of the turbines, 133 mph!
The next stop was just down the mountain in a town named Thomas. We heard the history of the once coal boom town from Dr. Little. I look forward to hearing more of this town and the effects of the mining tomorrow when we visit the coke ovens and streams. I am headed back to the room here at the Canaan Lodge to review my notes of the day and rest up for a full day tomorrow.
Oh i almost forgot...we made a friend at the lodge. :-)
Our first stop was the wind turbines in Parsons, Wv atop backbone mountain. What a sight to see, it was said in the van how they look so peaceful. But the size of these things were awesome! I do not feel the pictures do the magnitude justice. We also calulated the speed of the turbines, 133 mph!
The next stop was just down the mountain in a town named Thomas. We heard the history of the once coal boom town from Dr. Little. I look forward to hearing more of this town and the effects of the mining tomorrow when we visit the coke ovens and streams. I am headed back to the room here at the Canaan Lodge to review my notes of the day and rest up for a full day tomorrow.
Oh i almost forgot...we made a friend at the lodge. :-)
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