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Studying God’s Creation:

Learning Without Taking

A Test Or Cracking A Book

Earning four credits where the eleven-mile trek to the bottom Yosemite National Park and

only classroom is a canyon and took two days; two more days touring the Institute for

the only test is one of were spent hiking on the floor Creation Research building in

endurance? Sounds too good o f the canyon before the San Diego. However, the thrill

to be true, but it actually endurance test — the tiresome of hiking the canyon was the

happened during summer climb back to the top. highlight of the trip. There

school o f 1994 when Dr. Gary The group went on to travel was no final exam, but this was

Parker led fourteen students through more of the a class that these students will

on a tour of the Grand Southwest, visiting Mexico and never forget.

Canyon and the southwestern

United States. The students

agreed that the trip was not all

fun, and they earned the

credits they received. “ It was

hard work, and because it was

hands-on, we learned much

more than we would have in a

classroom with tests,” said

Mason Phillips.

Some students drove and

some flew, but they all met at

the canyon for an adventurous

five-day hike — camping

overnight and carrying all

supplies on their backs. The

Half of the group seven that drove — The canyon hikers

chose to travel on Eba Spowart, Katrina often stopped to

the road rather than Wahl, Will Zinke, Rich learn about fossils

in the air, which took Miller, Jan Dunbar, and Indian ruins,

more time but gave Lisa Yada, and Jason where Robb Myer is

them the benefit of Swanson — took in set to prove that he

seeing much more of breathtaking scenery can draw better than

the United States. The throughout the trip. the Indians.

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