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Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden. Show all posts
Monday, July 6, 2009
Look for the scarecrows
We have a big garden at Pretty Lake this year and we are working hard to take care of it. We don't want the birds and other animals to take what we are growing, so we decided to add some scarecrows! Watch this video and see how we designed them.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Garden Camp 2009 Day 1
Garden Camp 2009 kicked off today with a fantastic time at the farm! We are at Pretty Lake this summer and looking forward to learning and fun.
On this first day, we took a tour of the areas we will be spending time in and did a little bit of work. Some planted in the garden while others painted crates for the chickens to lay eggs in. We also took time out to "chillax" and read in peace and quiet. We also had a wonderful lesson called "Rooting for the roots" where we found plants with big roots, brought them back to the classroom, and took scientific measurements with rulers and magnifying glasses.
Like last year, we will be posting pictures, videos, and written updates from Garden Camp. We also have some students shooting and editing video this year. Here is a video that was made by two 5th grade students and Mr. Gettig. Check back often to see more great happenings at Garden Camp 2009!
On this first day, we took a tour of the areas we will be spending time in and did a little bit of work. Some planted in the garden while others painted crates for the chickens to lay eggs in. We also took time out to "chillax" and read in peace and quiet. We also had a wonderful lesson called "Rooting for the roots" where we found plants with big roots, brought them back to the classroom, and took scientific measurements with rulers and magnifying glasses.
Like last year, we will be posting pictures, videos, and written updates from Garden Camp. We also have some students shooting and editing video this year. Here is a video that was made by two 5th grade students and Mr. Gettig. Check back often to see more great happenings at Garden Camp 2009!
Garden Camp 2009 Day 1 from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The importance of local
After breakfast and journaling, we went outside to work in the garden. There is always something to do out there! Our hard work is starting to show as we see the tomatoes, carrots, peppers, strawberries, and other plants starting to get bigger...even bigger than they were just last week!
When our gardening was done, we went to the front of the school to work in the flower beds near the main entrance of the school. We pulled weeds, trimmed bushes, and planted many pretty flowers like hostas. It is a good feeling to know that we are making our school look better all the time.
After cleaning up and enjoying a snack, we played a game. Mr. Johnson gave half of us tiny marshmallows and half of us pieces of spaghetti. We also got post-it notes that represented money. We could buy more marshmallows and spaghetti from each other or from Mr. Johnson. In fact, Mr. Johnson sold them to us at a lower cost. He said that we represented the local people and he represented the big store. That's why he could sell them to us cheaper. Here is a video that shows what we did.
Our goal was to build the tallest building we could using those materials. But since no one had
all the materials to start with, we had to buy from each other and Mr. Johnson. At the end, some of us had buildings that stood and others did not. But the real lesson came when Mr. Johnson showed us that he, the big store, had all of the money! He showed us how when we buy locally, the money and the jobs stay in our local area. But the big store is owned by someone who doesn't even live here and so all of the money left our local area, or "economy". We all agreed that buying locally whenever we can is better than buying from a big name store.
After lunch and silent reading, we all wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Gardner for the dirt pudding and juice she brought us last week. It was very tasty!
Tomorrow, we are taking a field trip to a local restaurant. Check our blog tomorrow to see pictures and read all about it!
When our gardening was done, we went to the front of the school to work in the flower beds near the main entrance of the school. We pulled weeds, trimmed bushes, and planted many pretty flowers like hostas. It is a good feeling to know that we are making our school look better all the time.
After cleaning up and enjoying a snack, we played a game. Mr. Johnson gave half of us tiny marshmallows and half of us pieces of spaghetti. We also got post-it notes that represented money. We could buy more marshmallows and spaghetti from each other or from Mr. Johnson. In fact, Mr. Johnson sold them to us at a lower cost. He said that we represented the local people and he represented the big store. That's why he could sell them to us cheaper. Here is a video that shows what we did.
Our goal was to build the tallest building we could using those materials. But since no one had
all the materials to start with, we had to buy from each other and Mr. Johnson. At the end, some of us had buildings that stood and others did not. But the real lesson came when Mr. Johnson showed us that he, the big store, had all of the money! He showed us how when we buy locally, the money and the jobs stay in our local area. But the big store is owned by someone who doesn't even live here and so all of the money left our local area, or "economy". We all agreed that buying locally whenever we can is better than buying from a big name store.After lunch and silent reading, we all wrote thank you notes to Mrs. Gardner for the dirt pudding and juice she brought us last week. It was very tasty!
Tomorrow, we are taking a field trip to a local restaurant. Check our blog tomorrow to see pictures and read all about it!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Day 1 - Here we are!
It was a great start to Garden Camp 2008 at Edison today!
We started with introductions, then got right into it. First, we journaled and asked ourselves these questions: What do all plants have? What do all plants need? How do we use plants? There are many different answers and we wrote about them in our journals.
After a quick snack, Mr. Johnson reviewed how to water plants, pull weeds, handle tools, how to plant, and handed out gloves for us to use. Then we went outside and planted peppers and tomatoes.
Part of Garden Camp will include serving our community. Together, we wrote a letter that we will give to our neighbors near Edison asking if we can be of service to them and help keep their garden and yard looking as good as ours. It is good citizenship to be of service to our neighbors.
After lunch, we toured the school grounds looking for different kinds of plants that grow right in our own yard. We took samples of these and brought them back to our classroom to organize them. There were big, small, skinny, wide, and many other ways to categorize them. We put them on large sheets of paper so that we can study them further and better organize them.
One of things we need to do twice a day is water the plants that we are growing. We have some things growing in the greenhouse, but some things are outside too. We all get the opportunity to water, weed, and care for the things we are growing.We wrapped up the day with silent reading, learning about the different parts of a plant, and listening to Miss Smith read to us. Overall, it was a great first day of Garden Camp at Edison Environmental Science Academy!
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