Planting in the garden at Pretty Lake

Working at Garden Camp from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.

Building Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers

Look at this picture of these students building spaghetti and marshmallow towers! Look how huge they are!

In this lesson, we were learning whether it was better to trade or buy materials. We hope where you live you can build one of these by yourself.

Blogger of the day: Elexus, Gaby, and Rusber

Summer break means Garden Camp!

Another school year has come to an end. It is exciting to see our students progress to the next grade, and some of them to middle school!

But just as the school year concludes, Garden Camp has begun! This year, students are splitting their time between Edison and Pretty Lake. The students have already begun taking care of the raised beds at the school and even visiyed the farmer's market!

Check back throughout the summer, or better yet, subscribe to the RSS for this blog in your reader, to stay up to date with this exciting summer program at Edison Environmental Science Academy.

2nd grade field trip - Finch Greenhouse at WMU

The 2nd grade classes embarked on an exciting adventure to Western Michigan University last week! Their destination was the Finch Greenhouse. It was a full morning of exploration as they toured the greenhouse, discussed what they saw, and had many of the concepts of our Magnet curriculum reinforced with hands-on learning. Watch part 1 of this exciting field trip!

2nd Grade to WMU Finch Greenhouse Part 1 from Edison Environmental Science Aca on Vimeo.

Earth Olympics Day 3 - Compost Scavenger Hunt

It's Day 3 of the Earth Olympics and what a difference we are making for the Earth! Today's event is the Composting Scavenger Hunt.

Students in all grades are gathering 5 pounds of organic material to be put into the composting

barrel in the courtyard. This is a timed event and the team to get 5 pounds the fastest wins!