2.5 Structures for Environmental Learning
2.5 Structures for Environmental Learning
Support Pole for a Tree- May 2019
A staff member and 2 students inserted a metal pole to support part of a tree that was damaged in the Monarch Waystation after high winds from a nearby tornado. The metal pole was put in to save the tree.
Students Using Outdoor Learning Center- Sept. - Nov.,2019
3rd grade students (20 students) took books out to read in the Outdoor Learning Center. (Sept. 2019)
A beautiful sunny day to enjoy some reading outside.
5th grade students (15 students) did math fraction relays using the grounds by the Outdoor Learning Center (Nov. 2019)
Instruction on How to Play Fraction Relays.
Students playing the fraction relays.
20181112_100830.mp4Students playing fraction relays.
Planters Installed for Growing Vegetables and Flowers - July, 2020
The planters were built by the Boy Scouts (20). This was an Eagle Scout project. These planters replaced our old planters to grow vegetables and flowers and to enhance the grade-level garden curriculum.
The Boy Scouts removing the old planter boxes.
Four of these new planter boxes were built to go in our outdoor learning center.
First Grade Planting in New Planters- May, 2021
2 classes of 1st graders during hybrid learning (about 20 students) planted flower seeds in the new planters.
Flowers growing from the 1st grade planting of seeds. (Early June, 2021)
ALS Planting in the New Planters- May, 2021
ALS students (10) and staff planted vegetables ( cucumbers and tomatoes) in the new planters.
Staff and students preparing the soil by pulling out the weeds before planting.
Students planting the seeds.
A student patting the seeds into the soil.
Cucumbers and tomatoes growing from the seeds ALS planted. Pictures taken June 2021.
Deer netting was put around the planters to keep animals out.