Students took a field trip to Voyageurs National Park.
Students spotted four eagles on their boat trip.
Indus School fourth graders started their week with a field trip Sept. 11 to Voyageurs National Park.
According to their teacher, Julie Talmage, students were taught all about eagles — from nesting habits to physical features to the park’s eagle population.
Students were fortunate enough to spot four eagles on their boat trip, then enjoyed a picnic lunch and a scavenger hunt while on a nature hike.
Dylan Walls and Jacob Hasbargen experiment with twisting the newspaper cable to strengthen the capacity of the suspension load.
Students in the ninth grade U.S. History class taught by JoAnn Parish at Indus School were challenged to build suspension cables out of newspaper as an activity following the viewing of a NOVA documentary on the building techniques of the Inca.
The Inca were a remarkable civilization who ruled the Peruvian Andes 500 years ago. They built earthquake-enduring citadels, 10,000 miles of stone-paved roads, and suspension bridges out of grass.
Students had two days to experiment with the construction project. They started with one strip of newspaper and tested how much weight it could hold. Each team conducted three more trials, inventing different ways to strengthen the newspaper cable to hold more weight. Results were recorded and the students concluded they could add strength by adding, twisting, and braiding strips together in various ways.
Students conducting the experiments were Krissa Grover, Jacob Hasbargen, Irish Malapitan, Isabella Shelton, Dylan Walls and RayAnna Wolden.
