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Show The around four adventure series. The first of the four programs is the Poseidon Series, a fourteen day canoe trip covering 80 miles and dealing with water based activities like skin diving, drown-proofing, aquatic and field biology. Its land based equivalent, the Hermes Series, is a fourteen day, 40 mile hike and includes activities like backpacking, Braod 1) climbing, survival skills, instruction in field biology, geology and chemistry. The Vulcan and Athena Series complete the outdoor learning experiences, and incorporate the more specific points of both the Poseidon and Hermes Series. 2) pants is 30% Black and Caucasian and 20% Native American Indian and Spanish Surnamed. | the site of Apollo 170,000 square mile program land Campus,‘ the isolated participants are indicating positive growth rates in the academic areas of up to 62%. Human Potential—Through the involvement of stress-challenge activities such as climbing, rappelling, initiative problems, endurance marathons and group dynamics, the students explore their own. selfconcepts, awareness, concern for Students are presented with a series of progressive and seemingly impossible tasks and asked to master them. the Lakes. national recreation area. Located fifteen miles from the Murray State Univer- sity 187 others, values, attitudes and feelings. . activities is between 8 Experiential Outdoor Education— The objective of this component is a 70% increase in academic approaches first reflect sexual, urban rural and racial-ethnic tendencies, the ethnic distribution of partici- The Page exposure and on-site achievement as measured by pre-and _ post-testing. The On-site Academic Achievement test is composed of twenty-five components structured to evaluate five factors from each of the follow-ing disciplines: social science, Physical science, biological science, outdoor recreation-education, and humanities. Measurable results on the rock Each of the Apollo series consists of thirty students divided into three, ten person crews and two Apollo instructurs. Divided to 1975 September Ax During debriefing sessions these problems are treated as symbolic to semi-wilderness area lends itself to a multitude of physical, obstacles in everyday emotional, and educational, activities.” crux of ‘the life and are the phenominal. growth patterns in such areas as confidence, autonomy, self-imagery, interpersonal adequacy etc. This has been the most productive component with over 90% of the participants showing, positive growth factors as measured by the ‘“‘How | see Myself’ pre-and post-test. 3) oat Resource Training—Faculty from sending school are asked to construct a mini-project with like objectives and activities as in Apollo for usé in their individual locale upon. their return, thereby enabling the participant to return to his own locale as a resource person. The resource training is deemed 4) Project Apollo is a National Demonstration Project funded through a grant from the Office of Student Assistance in HEW. Project Apollo is based on four primary program components and corresponding objectives as stated in the MSU report: successful if 90% of the faculty complete their assignment of one mini-project by the seven month follow-up evaluation interval. ca il Outdoor Living Skills—The Outdoor living skills activities are set .up to enable the student to function completely in a wilderness environment. The emphasis is not on meeting nature as a foe to be conquered, but rather, on compatibility with nature through understanding, and awareness. appreciation |
