Stairs to Pond C from
Classroom
by
Calvin Chen
Troop 111, Fremont |
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For my Eagle Project, I built a
set of curved stairs leading from the classroom down to Pond C. The
goal of these stairs was to provide safe access down to Pond C for
visitors who wanted to get a closer view of the pond. In order to
build these stairs, I used many of the other stairs at Tule Ponds as
examples, testing them to see which stairs felt comfortable to use.
After gathering my data, I began the process of teaching my
volunteers the steps for building the stairs: digging out dirt,
tamping, etc. Before the project, there was only a grassy slope down
to the pond, but within a couple minutes, we had begun transforming
the area into the stairs it would eventually become, and I hope that
you will have a chance to visit my work.
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area before project
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clearing area |
I’d like to thank everyone who
came out to my project or otherwise made my project possible.
I’d like to thank my parents especially,
Hwarung Chen and Wenling Chiu: my father for coming out to
supervise and volunteer and my mother for providing the food. I’d also like to thank them for all their
support and for helping me stick to schedule. In addition, I’d like
to thank all the youth volunteers who were a part of this project:
Adrian Jaycox, Aijit Narayanan, Alex Spry, Andy Mueller, Anson Liu,
Caroline Chen, Christopher Ha, Hamilton Trinh, Joshua Lu, Justin
Juan, Melissa Zhuang, Nicholas Fong, Shivam Parikh, and Stefan
Wooding, as well as the adults who came out to help: Biyong Chen,
Hwarung Chen, Ron Fong, Steve Juan, and Wenling Chiu. Of course, I
also have to thank Dr. Blueford for providing the opportunity and
teaching me along the way.