Classroom Without Walls: Families: 6th grade: Magdalena Medio

Magdalena Medio

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Our sixth grade Magdalena Medio program will take us first for a delicious traditional breakfast in Guaduas before completing our transfer to Honda. While in Honda, we are going to visit the Magdalena River Museum, a very hands-on museum all about the importance of the Magdalena River in Colombian Society. We will also go on a tour of the historic town of Honda, an absolutely beautiful Colombian town with a rich heritage. While in our rotations, we will also have a workshop with local fishermen and learn about their tools of the trade. We will also explore the Charca de Guarinocito (Guarinocito lagoon) which is famous for its bird watching. While there, we will explore in traditional style boats and do some bird spotting and also walk through a forest. Then we will head out to Mariquita where we will have a very popular exotic fruits workshop which will get us ready for some serious competition in our very own exotic fruits masterchef competition. We will also travel to Estación Cocorna. This is where we will camp overnight, but most importantly where we will meet Chavita and she will teach us all about her turtle sanctuary. Later that day, we will get to spend time with our peers from Estación Cocorna as together we run and have fun playing in the feria de la alegría. What fun community outreach that will be. Now that we understand much better the importance of the conservation of different turtle species, we will have the chance to take a river boat to see waterfalls, release hatchlings and try an absolutely delicious fiambre on the side of the river. We will then head to Doradal for a night of board games before heading back to Bogotá the next day. 

Discover all the details about this program:

FLIER (English version)

CIRCULAR (Spanish version)

Learn more about Zambo, the company we collaborate with for this CWW program.

Introductory Video

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Scope and sequence 

• We are going to focus on being community builders as we work on our learner profile throughout the week, meeting many different types of people, with a particular focus throughout the fair (feria de alegría) our students will be running with local students
• There will be a core value focused on responsibility while we also explore the success skill of critical thinking. There will be a focus on team building with explicitly taught activities that force the students to work in teams that are not just their friends. They will have the opportunity to work on their responsibility skills by having them be in charge of some activities that they will do with the local students.
• The SDG 8 focus (sustainable development goal) is on decent work and economic growth.
• Outdoor skills in sixth grade students will involve being encouraged to pitch a tent with minimal supervision from adults and sleep in it. They should be able to follow a checklist (with a supporting video and packing workshop) of how to pack a multi day overnight bag. We will introduce the skill of lighting a campfire. Hiking in this grade level is less than 3 hours. They will continue building their first aid skills where they will review hotspots and dehydration and will be given a quick workshop on how to treat a nosebleed.