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River Journey High School Story Maps
for Art-led Environmental Education
Jonee Kulman BrighamResident/Senior Research Fellow
U of MN Institute on the Environment
ESRI Education SummitJune 26, 2016San Diego, CA
A Call To Mapping
Is there a stream of water that exists before we name it “river?”
Is the world what we have labeled it to be?Are we?
The mapmakers tell us where to lookand what to see
They choose the names to re-write old storiesAnd lose the names
of places and people—forgotten, invisible
But the naming is not finished.
You, too, are the mapmakerthe teller of stories
Disconnection
Leader: “This is a picture of your classroom sink. Where do you think the water comes from?”
5 year old: “The ocean, maybe.”
(Prior project)
Approach
Design an experienceto connect participants to Nature and Community by engaging them in a journey that reveals how interconnected they are with the Mississippi River through the Infrastructure of the Urban Water Cycle
Earth Systems JourneyDesign Strategies
Engaging with Infrastructure
Specificity to Place
Narrative-Aesthetic Experience
Earth Systems Journey
Basic facts about River Journey
Year long pilot (2014-2015)
At River’s Edge Academy– Charter high school
– Grades 9-12
– 70 students +/-
– Environmental Education
– Experiential Learninghttp://www.riversedgeacademy.org
Basic facts about River Journey
Location:188 Plato Boulevard
West-Saint Paul, MN 55107
• Short walk to river & Harriet Island
• Lower Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization
Basic facts about River Journey
Funding• Institute on the Environment:
Resident Fellowship for project leader, Jonee Kulman Brigham
Team & In-Kind Support • River’s Edge Academy• U-Spatial : GIS story map training and support• National Park Service: river education, NPS Centennial support• West Mississippi Watershed Commission: stormwater education• St. Paul Regional Water Services : water treatment plant education• City of St. Paul: water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities education• Metropolitan Council Environmental Services:
wastewater treatment plant education• Lower Mississippi Watershed Management Organization:
stormwater & rain garden education• Full Spring Studio: design & planning support
And more advisors and contributors from the U and wider community
Phase 1: Field Exploration
Opening PoemRiver Journey
From the sky there comes a storm
causing thunderclouds to form
Lightning flashes like the sun
rain falls down on everyone
Making puddles for the toads
cleaning up the dirty roads
From the land the water flows
And the Mississippi grows
Its water flowing from the earth,
how do we know the river’s worth?
At river’s edge we watch the stream
and hear the stories waters’ dream
Passing through the gills of fish,
then cleaned and piped to wash our dish
Sacred? Common? Safe to drink?
What is flowing in our sink?
Symbolic of our own rebirth,
please speak a word for water’s worth
Journey Bottles
Journey Bottles is a participatory art and reflection activity resulting in a display of over 70 plastic bottles containing mixed waters and labeled with each student’s expressions of water value they identify on their River Journey throughout the year.
Phase 2: Reflection/Story Map
Fall/Winter
• U-Spatial GIS Training
• U of MN Map Library Activities
• Story Map Reflection Work
• Mid-year Celebration of Learning presenting story map & Journey Bottles
River Journey Fall Story Map
River Journey Fall Story Map
River Journey Fall Story Map
River Journey Fall Story Map
River Journey Fall Story Map
River Journey Fall Story Map
Celebration of Learning
Phase 3: Spring GIS Story Maps
• Math: Students analyze Twin Cities population projections and speculate on what this means for future water demand.
• Science: Students explore a variety of ecological issues along the length of the Mississippi River.
• English Language Arts: Students interview people about their relationship to the Mississippi River.
• American Studies : Students examine historical maps from the Civil War, and consider the role of water.
Extend the place-based River theme Integrated into four core classes resulting in four class story maps linking to 70 individual student story maps
River Narratives Class Story Map
River Narratives Class Story Map
River Narratives Class Story Map
River Narratives Class Story Map
River Narratives Class Story Map
Story Maps as part of Narrative Aesthetic
Experience
Act of marking and naming place
Virtual aesthetic understanding of the land
Vessel / Object of the Quest
Role of Story Maps in Educational Experience
• Reflection & integration of place-based learning in the field
• Authentic audience for academic work published online
• Collaboration with community experts and agencies
• Greater awareness and understanding of environmental issues
• Map literacy• Technology skills
Thank you
Jonee Kulman BrighamSenior Research FellowInstitute on the EnvironmentUniversity of Minnesota & Artist, Full Spring [email protected]
River Journey Project Websitehttp://rea-river-journey.blogspot.com
Links from there to project background, team, student story maps, and exhibit information