McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Outdoor biology popular “IT like to make my class more than just field biology,’’ said Vern LeClaire “I teach all sorts of outdoor related sub- jects.’’ For example, he taught outdoor survival as one of his units. Also, the students learned how to identify wild edible plants, and how to use a map and compass. A typical day in late autumn started out with the students boarding a school bus at 7:45 AM for a 15 minute ride to Little Creek Wildlife Area on Dunn Road. Then they went to their wildlife classroom to get their assignments for the day and change into their work Field Biology offers you a wide variety of ex- periences in the great outdoors. In Animal Behavior, Kelly Klatch and Chris Hayes test their sense of taste. clothes. One group started a small campfire in the Indian lodge. Another group collected and broke brush for a winter woodpile. Some people fed the animals in the small barn. And yet an- other group was setting up traps to catch small live animals. There was also a group in the kitchen cooking wild plants. At 9:30 AM, the class -boarded the bus and rode back to McCluer North. Jim Maxwell said, “I like the class because I've learned so much about nature, and with Mr. LeClaire teaching it, Field Biology is a lot of fun.”