12/11/2023 0 Comments Palouse falls![]() ![]() Brainstorming began with thirty students and their teachers. To expand the project, Janet Camp enlisted the aid of third and fourth grade teacher Amy Whipple and her students. (Davidson, Katelin "Washtucna Students Submit Palouse Falls Bill" 2014) Washtucna fifth and sixth grade teacher Janet Camp said the project began as part of the Classroom Based Assessment required by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) as part of the social studies course work. Palouse falls' road to officialdom originated, in 2013, in the form of an undefined project that would be executed by Washtucna elementary school students as part of a social studies curriculum. Washtucna Elementary/High School, Grades K through 12, serves from 60 to 79 students. The small town of Washtucna (2010 population: 208) lies about 7 miles, as the crow flies, northwest of Palouse falls. or, maybe it was a scrap between the five Wolf Brothers and a giant beaver named Wishpushya? According to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, the falls were created about 15,000 years ago by ice-age flooding of Lake Missoula. The falls are located within the Palouse Falls State Park. According to the website, World of Waterfalls, Palouse falls ranks sixth on "Johnny's" list of The Top 10 Best US Waterfalls. The Palouse falls drop 198 feet (higher than the Niagara falls) four to five miles north of that junction with the Snake River. Originating in Idaho, in the forested mountains north of Moscow, and flowing generally southwestward 167 miles, mostly through Washington State, the Palouse River converges with the Snake River in the southeast corner of Washington State. Washington State Waterfall: Palouse falls ![]()
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