Merry Christmas ~ Discovery Boxes

Posted Dec 24, 2006 @ 3:55 pm, Viewed by 607 Visitors, Read 607 Times.

The Army Corps of Engineers Lewis and Clark Discovery Box (USACE) is a free resource for schools in the Richland Wa Real Estate area, as well as other Tri-City school districts. The project was coordinated by the Washington National Guard. The Discovery Box contains a period-correct replication of particular items that Lewis and Clark took with them or came into contact with on their expedition from 1803-1806.

Some of the items in the Discovery Box include; a dress uniform and hat, a grizzly bear footprint, a beaver skin, a journal with quills and powdered ink, items from Bateman's nature, and a prickly pear. The team of presenters takes the boxes to schools and also adult organizations for free. There is also a video presentation about the history of the Lewis and Clark expedition and contemporary Army values.

There is also time allotted for the audience to view what Lewis and Clark may have seen and activities that they may have done on the expedition by personally interacting with the objects from the boxes. In total the presentation goes for about one and a half hours, although it is flexible enough to be suited to most time frames. School districts within the Richland Wa Real Estate area, as well as the other Tri-Cities, are able to have the Discovery Boxes come to their school by contacting CPT Mary Loos on email mary.loos@wa.ngb.army.mil