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Colorado History
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A new series of classes is
starting up in March: an overview of the History of Colorado
from its earliest beginnings to the present day. There will
be two gatherings each month through 2008: the first (held
at the martial arts studio on Buffalo Park Road in
Evergreen) will be an introductory class on the particular
era of Colorado history under study that month, and the
second will be a field-trip to a local place of interest
that will loosely tie in with that (or a previous) month's
topic. The classes will be aimed at a
elementary-to-middle-school level, but all who are
interested in participating are welcome. For more
information, contact Lucy Bauer
(doublebeetlebass@aol.com) or Lisa Pettitt.
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Geography and Prehistory
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In this class we will take a look at the overall geography of
present-day Colorado, constructing a salt-dough map of the state to
show the location of major mountain ranges, plains, rivers and
settlements. We will briefly consider Colorado's geology and the
forces that have shaped it over the past billion years or so,
including its dinosaur legacy.
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Time: Tuesday the 11th of March at 1pm |
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Place: Evergreen Martial Arts Academy, Buffalo Park Road, Evergreen.
Map Link |
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Additional Information: Contact
Lisa or
Lucy |
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Field trip to Morrison Natural History
Museum (www.mnhm.org)
We will learn more about Colorado's geologic past and in
particular, its fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous
Eras. During the Fossil Footprints lab, the kids will paint
and ID a dinosaur 'footprint' cast to take home. Cost is $6
per child (or $3 if our group decides not to do the Fossil
Footprint part). Afterwards we can consider walk a visit to
Dinosaur Ridge to see more footprints 'in situ'. Please call
Lucy Bauer (303-816-9112) by Monday 19 March if you plan to
come.
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Time: Monday the 24th of March at 9:30am |
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Place: Morrison Natural History Museum,
Morrison |
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Additional Information: Contact
Lisa or
Lucy |
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Earliest People
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In this class we will consider the
arrival of the earliest people to Colorado over 10,000 years
ago, and the lives and locations of various Paleo-Indian
groups including the Basket Makers and Cliff Dwellers in the
south of the state. We may borrow a 'cliff dwellers' kit
from the Colorado History Museum and 'excavate' prehistoric
artifacts buried in sand.
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Time: Monday the 7th of April at 1pm |
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Place: Evergreen Martial Arts Academy, Buffalo Park Road, Evergreen.
Map Link |
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Additional Information: Contact
Lisa or
Lucy |
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Field trip to Denver Museum of Nature and Science (www.dmns.org) to
visit Ancient Denvers (paintings of the Colorado landscape in past
eras), Prehistoric Journey (fossil history of Colorado) and the
Indian Hall (including dioramas of tribes native to Colorado). Cost
is $6 per kid, $10 per adult. (or free if you have membership).
Please call Lucy Bauer (303-816-9112) by Monday 21st April if you
plan to come.
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Time: Monday the 28th of April at 10am |
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Place: Denver Museum of Nature and Science |
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Additional Information: Contact
Lisa or
Lucy |
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Chess Classes for All Abilities
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| Learn to play chess, or improve your game, all ability levels will
be accommodated in these classes. Each class will involve specific
tutoring appropriate to the participants’ abilities plus lots of
opportunity to put new-found skills to use in fun drills and mini-games.
Basic rules, basic maneuvers, basic principles, intermediate maneuvers,
openings, famous players and championship games will all be covered
(depending on ability level, of course). |
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| Time: Monday the 14th of April at 10:00am |
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| Place: Matt’s house. |
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| Additional Information: Contact
Matt 674-5763 |
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Chemistry Class
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Groups 13 (boron, aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium) and 14
(carbon, silicon, germanium, tin and lead) are to focus of these two
chemistry classes. As before, there will be a brief presentation about
the elements in these groups, followed by a series of experiments with
them. |
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Time: Monday the 17th of March and the 21st of April at 10:00am |
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Place: Matt’s house. |
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Additional Information: Contact
Matt 674-5763 |
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Spanish Classes
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Lucy Benson continues to provide the Spanish classes for a wide
variety of ages and abilities. The classes are held every Tuesday at the
Evergreen Library.
There is a fee of $10 per class per child (families with more than two
kids will just pay for 2 kids) and the schedule is as follows;
Class times (3 separate age/ability groups) are from 10am until 1pm,
every Tuesday. |
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| Place: Evergreen Library |
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| Additional Information: Contact
Lucy Benson
670-2079 |
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Martial Arts Classes
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| Evergreen Martial Arts Academy offers a daytime Tae Kwon Do classes
for the convenience of homeschool families, every Wednesday from noon
until 1:30pm and Saturday from 11am until 12:30pm. EMAA also provides
top quality Tai Chi Chuan,
Aikido, Jujitsu, Judo and Kung Fu programs. For
more information, visit the
EMAA website.
A discount is offered to MAHS members for most of
the programs and there are numerous additional discounts for multiple
family members and multiple program participation. There’s no
obligation for the first two classes, so give them a try! |
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| Time: Daytime Tae Kwon Do classes are still every Wednesday
from 12:00 pm until 1:30 pm and Saturday morning 11:00 am until 12:30
pm. For other class times, please visit the
EMAA website. |
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| Place: Evergreen Martial Arts Academy, 28677 Buffalo Park
Road (about half way between Evergreen library and Evergreen High
School)
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| Additional Information: Contact
Matt 674-5763 or
EMAA
679-0181 |
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