Lewis and Clark Adventure Day

BMS students rotated through multiple stations around the park Friday, Oct. 9, as part of the annual Lewis and Clark Adventure Day. Seen here, the teepee stations.
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Inside the visitors center at Van Meter Park, Eric Fuemmler demonstrates the American Indian technique of spear throwing to Bueker Middle School eight graders.
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Van Meter Park employee Eric Fuemmeler tells Bueker Middle School eighth graders about a cultural art project at the park where representatives of Missouri American Indian tribes have painted their symbols on an animal hide.
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Leon Borges displays a black bear pelt to students from Bueker Middle School at Van Meter Park Friday, Oct. 9.
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Steven Noll tells Kathy Papreck's eight-grade students about deer antlers at Van Meter Park.
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Jasper Alspaw tries to keep warm by covering his head and neck with animal pelts during Bueker Middle School's field trip to a chilly Van Meter Park Friday, Oct. 9.
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Tyler Eidson is acting as a European explorer trading with American Indians. Unable to communicate verbally, because of the language barrier, Eidson uses hand gestures to demonstrate what type of animal pelt he wants in trade.
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Sarah Harris, acting as an American Indian, displays an animal pelt for European traders Allie Sprague, Jesse Lundervold and Tyler Eidson to examine.
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From left to right, Allie Sprague, Jesse Lundervold and Tyler Eidson display their wares as European traders.
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Bueker Middle School students listen to music teacher Cheryl Lines as she demonstrates an activity during the field trip to Van Meter Park. In two teams, the students raced to match their animal cards with those in buckets about 15 feet away.
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The students of Amber Tottingham's eight-grade class hug a tree at Van Meter Park Friday, Oct. 9.
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