Instructor: Ms. Dorwart

Do you…

• Like recreational water activities?
• Like to build things?
• Value our natural resources?

If so, let’s make a kayak out of recycled water bottles and duct tape, learn how to paddle real kayaks, and discover ways to be environmental stewards of our waterways and earth!

Activities

🛶 Paddle a raft from Algadones to Corrales in the beautiful Bosque of the Rio Grande with Quietwaterspaddling.com (*transportation provided)

🚣‍♀️ Learn to paddle a real kayak at Genoveva Chavez Community Center in Santa Fe and paddle our recycled water bottle kayaks (parents need to arrange for transportation)

♒ Kayak from Corrales to the Alameda Bridge in Albuquerque (*)

⚒ Design and build plastic water bottle/sports drink kayak with duct tape.

⚙ Visit UNM Civil Engineering labs, plus see the concrete canoes used for college competitions.

⛑ Take paddle sports safety course on-line

Supplies and Skills Needed

• Strong swimming skills and enthusiasm to maintain our natural resources.
• Backpack, sack lunch and snacks, water, sunscreen, hat, appropriate swimming suit, river shoes or river sandals, fleece pants and jacket for paddling. (Life jackets will be provided and worn at all times while on the river!)
• LOTS of WATER BOTTLES or SPORTS DRINK BOTTLES to make our kayak!
• Chaperones are necessary and APPRECIATED! Background check needs to be done well in advanced and will be reimbursed from this Discovery. Chaperones can participate in the activities with us for free!

💵 Cost: $400 (instruction, paddling river tours, transportation, materials)