Bringing a Love of
History back into the
Hearts of Youth
1TH CHOICE
FOR YOUR HAIR
The field trip to the museum was so much fun. I learned so much from the tour guide and the exhibits are interesting for all ages. I would definitely go back and spend more time there." -Kennedy Gabel, English 2010 student
Ms. Turner’s concurrent English 2010 class have been implementing service learning aspect to the in-class learning. For one of these projects Ingrid Valladares took the B 7/8 class to the Natural History Museum of Utah. The Natural History Museum has been open since 1969 and has had so many wonderful and beautiful improvements to the building. One of the amazing outreach programs that the Natural History Museum withholds is Youth Teaching Youth. Youth Teaching Youth or YTY is program that involves High School, Middle School, and Elementary schoolers alike. These kids teach each other down the row. The high schoolers in the program teach the middle schoolers topics and help with homework and assignments where they would not otherwise get help. Following this the middle schoolers will then pass on the good deed by teaching fourth graders. This is all done through the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Inside the museum the class explored the museum guided by Jonny and were able to venture off at times and learn on their own. The museum was very interesting and many visually attractive exhibits. One student Kennedy Gabel recalled the experience saying, “The field trip to the museum was so much fun. I learned so much from the tour guide and the exhibits are interesting for all ages. I would definitely go back and spend more time there.” Throughout the entire experience every student was engaged and interacting with all the displays and information for each piece.
As the in-class part of Ingrid’s project the East High seniors in the English 2010 class took a trip to the Natural History Museum. They were bet by and lead around the amazing architecturally laid out building by one in Ingrid’s YTY instructors, Jonny Gonzales. One of the interesting details that was outfitted in the outside design of the museum is the copper plating that wraps around the building. The copper on the building was mined right here in the valley from Kennecott copper mine. The reason that the copper was used in the design on the building in different color variations represents the natural Utah rocks particularly in Southern Utah.
“I thought my service went great. I got really good comments from classmates saying, ‘Your service was my favorite.’ or ‘That was really fun.’ All of those comments made me feel like my work paid off.”
-Ingrid Valladares
There was not a bored expression in sight. Over all every student had a positive learning experience. When asked about how Ingrid felt about the results of her project overall she replied, “I thought my service went great. I got really good comments from classmates saying, ‘Your service was my favorite.’ or ‘That was really fun.’ All of those comments made me feel like my work paid off.” It seemed like the class consensus take away from the museum was that the exhibits made learning fun and it will be worth it for anyone to take a trip to the Natural History Museum of Utah.
By: Amanda Sanders Updated 9:43 PM MST May 31, 2019