CSI Challenge Course a great place for Science Methods!

We have started another semester at CSI and ISU, and last week I took my new class of Science Methods students back to the challenge course.  It is a great way to start the semester, because the instructors spend time helping us work through exercises and challenges that remind us to use critical thinking when teaching students.  We use communication, teamwork, support, and experiential learning to move from our "groan zone" to our "grow zone!"  It was a super night with these teachers in training!

ISU Science Methods Class at the Challenge Course

Well, class last night was awesome!  We spent three hours on the CSI Challenge Course covering important topics in Experiential Learning.  It was so great!!

Defying Gravity at the CSI Ropes Course

This is becoming a favorite place for me to visit.  The CSI Ropes course is one of the largest in the West, and the elements are great fun and scary to boot.  With professional and supportive staff, I always now that I will be challenged in an effective way.   Here are a few pictures from my visit last week with the Mini-Cassia Chamber Leadership class.

Pep talk from Christa.  I'm not buying it!

Taking a leap of faith!