Going Coastal 2023

Columbia River Maritime Museum 🏞️ First Nations Section

The arrival of the first colonists to the Oregon coast represented a significant and devastating turning point for the First Peoples. It led to the disruption of their traditional way of life, loss of land and resources, suppression of culture, and decline in population due to disease.

Cannon Beach is most well known for Haystack Rock. It is sometimes called the third largest intertidal rock in the world.

Fort Stevens is a military fort that guarded the mouth of the Columbia river. It was built near the end of the American civil war. 

What I was supposed to see. 				What I saw.

With the delays that occurred, a 6 hour van ride turned into an almost 8 hour car ride with around 2 hours of waiting at stops along the way, not moving. We were supposed to arrive around noon, but we ended up leaving at noon and arriving at 10 pm

What I was 			 What I saw. supposed to see.

The Astoria Column is 125 feet tall and is covered on the outside by a cartoon that depicts a story as history.

This is what would be on my level of the column.

At the border, they made me throw out my apple slices, and they made my other classmates pick the tomatoes out of their sandwiches. 

Hatfield Marine Science Center R.O.V. Challenge 👷‍♂️🔨

We planned for our ROV to be pretty small, so when it came together huge, i was worried. It was very challenging to get to neutral buoyancy, and since we were slow to start building, we didn’t have all of the right connector pieces or the right lengths of pipes. However, none of that ended up being a problem, because our ROV preformed very well. 

Hatfield Marine Science Center Estuary Investigation 🦐🔬🧬

Citizen scientists make science more accessible to every one. They let people learn about science, while also helping to make potentially important discoveries. 

Giving each other different roles seemed to help us complete the quests faster. At the start, when we had one or two leaders and the rest of the team was just trying to catch up, we were very slow. When we started listening to each other, and and building on each other’s ideas, we really started doing better, and even eventually got a PLP record on the last one.

Places like Wolf Haven are important because they give endangered and hurt animals a place to live. They can also teach people about the animals to help protect them even more. Even without pay, the volunteers work to help take care of the animals and provide visitors with information.

Hatfield Marine Science Center Speedy Science 🦀💨

I did two different experiments with different criteria. The first one, I wanted to see how fast male or female crabs could walk halfway around the exterior of a hula hoop. The second one, I did the same thing, but I was testing based off of the size of the crabs. 

Whales migrate past Oregon twice per year. 

Hi, I’m Quin. I am a high school student from North Vancouver, Canada. I like to play hockey and do Ocr/Anw/Ninja whatever you want to call it.

Columbia River Maritime Museum Crossing the Bar Section 🌊

I would most certainly absolutely definitely cross the bar, if I had at least 3 years of training. 

If people took rocks from the beach, very soon, there wouldn’t even be a beach left. It would also significantly disrupt the local ecosystem

Hatfield Marine Science Center Visitors Center 🧪

There’s a tsunami machine at the visitor’s Center because there’s a risk of tsunami in the area, and it can be important to know how they work. 

Add a sound here that describes how you felt eating this food. Get your yurt mates to help you!

The Tillamook cheese factory was founded here in Oregon because it’s a nice open place for the cows and it provides reliable, and delicious cheese for the west coast.

Replace this box with a map shows Vancouver to Newport, then add a drawing tracing the route of our trip.

Wolves are very cool animals. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in person. 

Waiting at home to play at the Seycove Cabaret and missing the first day in Oregon because of it. 

I played 3 songs in grade 8 concert band, and 6 more in junior jazz band. Some of my favourites were Poco Loco, Enter Sandman, and Twist and Shout.

High life adventures has been operating in Warrington OR since 2012. The zip line tour goes across a lake and even dunks you in water. I really wish I got to go. 😥

What I was supposed to do. 				What I did.

Activities like high life adventures are important for bringing tourism to small(er) towns. Most tourist attractions are in big cities, so small ones need something unique to draw people in.

Crazy curtains At the cabaret, the curtains behind me were blowing in the wind, and it was distracting.