Posted by Louise Lintilhac Due to a number of requests to hold the Lost Ski Areas GPS camp later in the season, the camp, sponsored by the Vermont Ski Museum and the University of Vermont Extension 4-H Program, will take place on the weekends of October 27th-28th and November 3-4th. Camp Schedule: October 27th- To register for the Lamoille County Lost Ski Areas GPS Camp, please call Louise Lintilhac, Program Coordinator at the Vermont Ski Museum at 1-802-253-9911 Ex. 201 or send her an e-mail at programs@vermontskimuseum.org. In an e-mail or if a phone message is required, please leave your phone number, mailing address and e-mail address so that you may receive a schedule of camp events and other important mailings. The maximum number of campers is 10, and registration information will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis. If registration is full, a wait list will be created in the event that a registered camper is not able to attend the camp. The cost of the camp will be $20 per camper, and all pick up and drop off of campers will be at the Vermont Ski Museum on Main Street in the Village of Stowe.
on 10/1/2007, 11:55 am
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Lost Ski Areas GPS Camp Offered Again!
6-8th Graders, come participate in the Lamoille County Lost Ski Areas GPS Camp sponsored by the Vermont Ski Museum and the University of Vermont Extension 4-H program
Weekends of October 27th-28th and November 3-4th
The first Saturday camp will begin at 9:30 when we will go for a mild hike to Marshall Hill in Stowe, a lost ski area that once had a mechanized lift that no longer operates. We will learn to use a GPS unit by mapping the area. The remaining sessions will focus on making maps using GIS software. Dana Allen, a Middlebury Graduate and GIS Consultant, will lead the hikes and teach the four lessons. The final day of the camp will be on November 14th when campers will present their maps at an exhibit opening at the Vermont Ski Museum during the museum’s celebration of National GIS Day.
This camp provides a unique opportunity to learn new and useful skills while gaining a greater understanding of place. A place based education is vital in Vermont with its tight knit communities and locally based economy. Learning the history of these places that have been influential in the creation of modern Vermont is an important part of helping students understand the world they live in. To show this connection between history and the Vermont of today, camp counselors will take a group of kids out to an area that has been lost over time to the changing Vermont landscape and GPS the ski area of old. We will then go back to the ski museum and use the GPS data we will have collected to make hypothetical maps of what these areas once looked like and compare them to what they look like today.
9:30am: hike to Marshall Hill and Town and Country Resort in Stowe. This hike is where each camper will learn to use a GPS unit.
1:00-3:00pm: Fist Lesson
October 28th-
1:00-3:00pm: Lesson 2
November 3rd-
1:00-3:00pm: Lesson 3
November 4th-
1:00-3:00pm: Lesson 4
November 10th-
Optional lesson review/make up time/ exhibit preparation
November 14th-
Lost Ski Areas GPS Camp Map exhibit opening at the Ski Museum and National GIS Day celebration. This will be when all campers get to present their maps and have an end of camp party.
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