Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today we visited the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. It is a research center that trains scent working dogs, including cancer detection dogs, diabetes detection dogs, search and rescue dogs, bomb detection dogs, and more. We got a tour of the facilities. We even got to help socialize the 8 week old German...
Continue readingToday, we were applying a second waterproofing layer to the large masts of the ship. We also arranged and painted the pulley blocks. In between the painting, small groups picked up trash along the Bayshore premises. The weather was breezy and sunny, so it made for an ideal day for working outside. Another activity we...
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Today we went to Ocean City, NJ to create some art in a different environment. This was our third body of water —the ocean. Once we arrived at 9th and the boardwalk, we went straight to the beach! As a group we created two mandalas in the sand drawing shapes with shells. One we...
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Today we discussed peer pressure and parties through a variety of improvisational exercises and scenes. We practiced our “pure improv” skills (as opposed to improv comedy) and we revisited the “Five Frames” activity we learned from Pig Iron Theatre Company. We also enjoyed a delicious lunch at Akira full of group bonding. We look...
Continue readingToday we headed to Collingswood Manor, a retirement home in Collingswood, NJ. We started off the day by circling the building and parking lot looking for trash to pick up. At 10 we split up into groups. Some went to give a few of the residents manicures, while others played and called bingo. A...
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Today we started later than usual, which is unusual for this trip. Usually we woke up around 6/7 to get ready for breakfast at 8, but today we had the luxury of sleeping in until about 8:30/9. From the hostel we embarked on a walking tour of Sevilla, led by a local named José...
Continue readingWe went on a exciting bus trip to the Mathematikum museum today to explore hands-on exhibits and learn about the history of mathematics. For lunch, we walked down the street to a little kebab restaurant and tried out new food choices like gyros and doner kebabs. After that we took the bus to Geissen...
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Today was quite the day for the Pine Barrens Intensive Learning group. At the start of the day, we learned a bit about the legend of the Jersey Devil, who is said to be from the Pine Barrens. Then, we left school for Wharton State Forest. At the state forest, we broke off into...
Continue readingThe bus careened toward the Restore, our 3rd Day set to begin. There were tiles, there were asphalt shingles, and there were rugs, oh so many rugs. We started by hardily smashing furniture sets with sledge hammers. Half of the group quickly moved to the Restore’s secondary warehouse to dispose of broken pallets. One...
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Today we did some relaxing activities. First, we opened with a game of “Zip, Zap, Zop!” Then, we wrote in journals about the importance of knowing yourself as an individual and its correlation to being a leader. We followed that up with another personality test to determine our individual four letter codes. Then, we decorated t-shirts...
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Our fourth day of sewing for babies was tons of fun and everyone was very productive! From pants to overalls, students enjoyed sewing all crafts and tasks they chose. Some embarked on new projects while others finished up any sewing tasks left undone on day three. During lunch, we sat on the balcony and...
Continue readingMarch 30, 2016 We completed our part of the outdoor gazebo at the Casa del Niños by leveling the floor, which will remain a dirt floor until they get more funding to pour concrete, and then stamping it down to compact it. The poles that will hold up the ceiling beams we painted were...
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Wednesday was the third day of Quilting for Intensive Learning, and we went to Olde City Quilts in Burlington to quilt our projects. We used long-arm machines to sew the three layers (the top, the batting, and the backing) of our quilts together and make it more like a complete product. The task looked daunting at first,...
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Here we are at work in the greenhouse — and outside with the Center’s farmer, Dean....
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