Every year, Austin Career takes a whole school field trip to Millennium Park to build a sense of school community and to enjoy the nice weather on Chicago's Lakefront. This year, we decided to structure a class around it, and practice three (3) laearning skills:
1) Strategic Thinking
2) Planning Action
a3) Different Perspectives
We started by looking at the Scavenger Hunt list. At first, it was like pulling teeth, and I wondered if I had a classroom full of living zombies. Then we slowly got into it! We divided up the Scavenger Hunt list items based on who wanted to do what; looked on the map and planned our most effective route; and wrote down cellphone numbers of the group leaders in case we got separated. We got on the buses, and then it was go time!
Buckingham Fountain was our first item on the list. I was so proud of everyone for running across the street so we could be the first ones there! #BestAdvisoryEver #tooslowMr.Wagener
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The Lakefront picture was our next stop. We all had to come together and encourage Ajanae to get through her fear of water to join us...and she did! Woo! Ajanae proved that she had the group's best interest at heart, and didn't want to let us down. (Plus, it took us forever to walk all the way down to the lake, so you best believe we were going to get our points for this photo.)
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Next, we walked on over to the Art Institute to get our lion photo. But first, Alexis busted out her drum skills, and Timothy showed us his dance moves. (Maybe Alexis and Timothy will start their own band?)
At this point of our trip, we only had about 20 minutes to get the rest of our list items checked off! We made our way towards the Bean
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