Liz Rasper
June 29, 2011
Service Learning
Julia Kirchner
Final Research Paper
For my time spent doing community service, I chose the Urban Ecology Center. I was mainly interested in the field research opportunities as they pertained to my education in Natural Science as well as my own personal passions and interest. The Urban Ecology Center is a community built organization, which gives back to the environment, educates children on being conscious of the environment as well as provides a public space for any one to come and be a part of the goings on or just hang out and use the facilities. The Urban Ecology Center at Riverside Park is where I spent most of my volunteer hours, the building is more adequate for school groups and other programs to do activities such as rock climbing, canoeing, conservation and gardening.
I have had the opportunity to work on a bunch of different outings, not only the field research projects. I helped out with the Teen Adventure Challenge which consisted of a number of teams made up of four teens and one adult, most came from schools within Milwaukee county. The teams then set off on their adventure to complete all the events in a timely fashion and score the fastest time. There was biking, which I was stationed at one of the checkpoints in order to take photos of the challengers. I was also stationed at rock climbing and took photos of the teams completing that challenge as well. I really enjoyed helping out on the event, especially in the rock climbing area, many of the teens had never climbed a rock wall before and watching them fight to scale the wall with their team cheering them on was very inspiring and rewarding, it was a great thing to watch.
The main opportunities that I helped out with at the Urban Ecology Center were the field research projects. I was considered a research intern and I helped monitor and conduct surveys in order to better understand populations of certain species of animals in the... [continues]
June 29, 2011
Service Learning
Julia Kirchner
Final Research Paper
For my time spent doing community service, I chose the Urban Ecology Center. I was mainly interested in the field research opportunities as they pertained to my education in Natural Science as well as my own personal passions and interest. The Urban Ecology Center is a community built organization, which gives back to the environment, educates children on being conscious of the environment as well as provides a public space for any one to come and be a part of the goings on or just hang out and use the facilities. The Urban Ecology Center at Riverside Park is where I spent most of my volunteer hours, the building is more adequate for school groups and other programs to do activities such as rock climbing, canoeing, conservation and gardening.
I have had the opportunity to work on a bunch of different outings, not only the field research projects. I helped out with the Teen Adventure Challenge which consisted of a number of teams made up of four teens and one adult, most came from schools within Milwaukee county. The teams then set off on their adventure to complete all the events in a timely fashion and score the fastest time. There was biking, which I was stationed at one of the checkpoints in order to take photos of the challengers. I was also stationed at rock climbing and took photos of the teams completing that challenge as well. I really enjoyed helping out on the event, especially in the rock climbing area, many of the teens had never climbed a rock wall before and watching them fight to scale the wall with their team cheering them on was very inspiring and rewarding, it was a great thing to watch.
The main opportunities that I helped out with at the Urban Ecology Center were the field research projects. I was considered a research intern and I helped monitor and conduct surveys in order to better understand populations of certain species of animals in the... [continues]
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