Today we got to witness the incredible médina of Marrakech. We began by visiting a herbalist pharmacy, where we learned about how the famous Argan oil is made and tested many of the herbal products on our arms. Many of the students, including two of the bloggers for today, got a relaxing massage. By...
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On Wednesday we traveled north to the absolutely breathtaking Lake District. Once we saw the landscape we understood why it inspired the Romantic poets and caused Pride and Prejudice‘s Lizzy Bennet to exclaim, “What are men to rocks and mountains!” We took a rainy but gorgeous hike above the village of Grasmere and visited...
Continue readingPrototype Presentations, Pines, and Pizza
Today we started off the day by enjoying the donuts that Cameron had brought while finalizing our video prototypes to present to the Pinelands Preservation Association. In the foggy mist, we boarded the bus to get to the Pinelands. We presented our ideas to Mr. Howell, who provided valuable feedback essential to the Design...
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Let’s Sew for Babies: Day 4: Visiting Philadelphia NFP
We started off our day by gathering in the Greenleaf building and sewed until our departure for Philly at 9:00. We headed to the Nurse Family Partnership headquarters to learn about why we are sewing for babies. First, we took a tour of the office. Then, we learned about the every day schedules of...
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Fellowship of the anvil
Today, we all got started by dropping our bags in the main building. Then we walked over to the forges to fire them up. After a few minutes most of them were hot enough for blacksmithing. At 11:30, the call for a early lunch was made and a few people walked back to the...
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Stratford-on-Avon: An Afternoon With the Bard
On Tuesday we left London behind and made a two-and-a-half hour drive to Shakespeare’s birth (and death) place, Stratford-on-Avon. We stopped first at his wife, Anne Hathaway’s beautifully preserved cottage and gardens. Once in town we broke for lunch and then toured the home where Shakespeare was...
Continue readingExcursión MFS — Dance Lessons
Before the day started, we stopped at Wawa to get some energy for our two-hour dance lesson. We went to Estilo Dance Studio to learn about and try some traditional Latino dances. We learned to dance the salsa, meringue, and bachata. After each session we learned about the origin of each dance. For example,...
Continue readingAnd so to Canterbury …
On Monday we made our pilgrimage to Canterbury, like Chaucer’s 14th-century characters. We toured the cathedral and grabbed lunch in town. We later returned to London for dinner and then headed back for our last night in the hotel....
Continue readingSouthwark Bilingual Elementary School
Our day started off with a fun bus ride to South Philly. We spent our second day at Southwark Elementary Bilingual School. We were split up into different kindergarten and first grade classes. We helped the teacher out with her work and then we spent time...
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Our Dominican Safari
We began our day At 7 and getting ready fot a 7:30 breakfast. We ate breakfast all together at several different tables. The breakfast was a buffet. There were eggs, croissants, cereal, and bacon. After our stomachs were full we started on our safari! We began the journey by visiting the sugarcane fields. The...
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Yoga Day 3: I like the orchids
We started off the day with yoga practice at 7:00am in the morning. Today’s morning practice was less physically intense than yesterday’s. Today we practiced ashtanga yoga. Each pose was drawn out and lasted for five breaths. After yoga we had a healthy breakfast of homemade yogurt and granola. We made bracelets and other...
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Going DEEPer into Design Thinking through Prototyping
The Design Thinkers started out the day by enjoying a bounty of beautiful bagels for breakfast to get started and energized. After that, the groups reviewed their work from the day prior on their MoVE worksheets, analyzing their “what if … ” questions and the task at hand. Building off that, the students presented their...
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Monday, March 27, 2017 Today was a great day for the Cuba trip! We began the morning at 8:30 with a breakfast of bacon, eggs, bread, and cheese, along with fresh fruits and guava juice. At 9:30, we were off to a Friends Church in a coastal town of Puerto Padre,...
Continue readingLet’s Sew for Babies, Day 3: Work Day
Today we continued working on our projects. Almost all of us are at the stage of working on bigger projects such as rompers and dresses. We went to Passariello’s for lunch and came back and kept working!...
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Rain, Rain, Go Away!
On the bus, it was stormy and rainy. We were all anxious to go blacksmithing and have a lot of fun. Soon the clouds parted and we were able to strike up a fire (albeit with some struggle) and continue our projects. The first hour went rather smoothly, with everyone working on their projects....
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