Friday, June 6, 2014

Engineering Olympics, Water-thon & Gold Country







Building the catapult.

Cupcake catapult?

Ready, aim . . .

Fire!

Coloma - Gold Country

A canon from Fort Ross!

Reviewing the story of Nancy Gooch and Pearly Monroe.

Pearly Monroe's Blacksmith's shop.

Learning about blacksmith work.

Gold Rush scavenger hunt.  The clues led to:

The inside of the mining museum,

the top of a rock (grinding mortars),

gold mining machines to sketch,

and a miner's cabin among other places.

Stage coach stories: Black Bart and One-Eyed Charlie

Crossing the American River.

Gold panning lesson.

Gold panning.





If the gold was in the river, so were the kids!

Patience and diligence.


Gina found gold.


Car trip back to TBS.

Waterthon

Assembly Presentation


The walk with our buddies!




Delicious lemonade at the ECC.


Park time.

Sack races.

Capture the flag.


Basketball.

Time with friends.