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School Ground Erosion Investigators
School Ground Erosion Investigators
Lead Teacher: Amy Umberger
Mentor: Chanda Cooper
Students identify areas around our school that are in need of plants, seed, or sod to help protect soil that could wash away. Students teach others about this at Environmental Science Fair.
Trout in the Classroom
Trout in the Classroom
Lead Teachers: Eli Mahoney
Mentor: Sarah Chabane
Kindergarten classes participate in this project. The lead teachers attend a training along with another teacher on their team each fall. They receive eggs in late November from Trout Unlimited. Teaches set up tank. Students maintain the habitat by measuring temperature, ph, and ammonia levels. They also learn how the indoor habitat simulates their natural habitat. They learn about the their behavior, anatomy, species, etc... The release their trout into the Saluda River in March at Saluda Shoals Park.
Kindergarten students share about their experiences in their learning celebrations.
Kindergartners were great helpers at the aquarium. They knew just what to do with the water. THey also sketched pictures of their trout.
Native Species Projects
Native Species Projects
Pollinator Garden & Monarch Highway & Bee Hive
Lead Teachers: Heather Reit & Amy Umberger
Mentor: Chanda Cooper
We have an indoor beehive in our media center. Our media specialist along with our district technology teacher (bee keeper) design lessons to do with each grade level that focus on the importance of pollinators and what conditions are needed to provide them with the best habitat for survival. Students create expert projects on pollinators across grade levels and help to create habitat in our earthtainer, raised bed gardens, and little farm. We are getting milkweed plants and seeds from IMS and from Catawba Trail Elementary and planting them in the greenhouse then to our pollinator garden. Student share learning at school gatherings (for more information on our school gatherings—just ask).
queen bee.MOV 1st Grade Raised Bed Gardens
1st Grade Raised Bed Gardens
Lead Teachers: Amy Umberger & 1st Grade Teachers
Lead Teachers: Amy Umberger & 1st Grade Teachers
Students raise seasonal vegetables year-round. So far this year, broccoli, kale, radish, carrots, and herbs. 1st graders constantly include garden projects into their writing, math, science and social studies during their learning celebrations. 5th grade students started projects in the fall as their environmental science fair project and have continued it up until the end of April. They grew radish and spinach in different types of fertilizers and light sources to see how it affects plant growth and quality. After the district science fair, they transferred their plants to a raised bed. These students shared about their learning at our Inquiry Matters conference and also led a cooking class for 1st graders using the vegetables that they grew.
Students raise seasonal vegetables year-round. So far this year, broccoli, kale, radish, carrots, and herbs. 1st graders constantly include garden projects into their writing, math, science and social studies during their learning celebrations. 5th grade students started projects in the fall as their environmental science fair project and have continued it up until the end of April. They grew radish and spinach in different types of fertilizers and light sources to see how it affects plant growth and quality. After the district science fair, they transferred their plants to a raised bed. These students shared about their learning at our Inquiry Matters conference and also led a cooking class for 1st graders using the vegetables that they grew.
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