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2022-23 Honors Ecology Students worked closely with representatives from the Jersey Friendly Yards School Certification program which is a partnership between the Barnegat Bay Partnership and the Ocean County Soil Conservation District. After experiencing the 8 Steps to a Jersey Friendly Landscape through investigation and experiential learning, it was decided that the best way to use the grant money was to purchase informational signage. Student artwork, photography, and projects completed throughout the year were incorporated into the designs by Bailey Sanders of the Barnegat Bay Partnership.
The graphic panel signs were printed by Fossil and delivered to Pinelands in October of 2023.
May, 3, 2024: Advanced Ecology students begin installing the JFY Grant informational signage along our Pinelands Bogs paths!
Pinelands_Trailhead_18x24.pdfTrail Head Sign (18" x 24")
Background Informational Signs (12" x 18")
Giffords Mill Branch_FossilFinal.pdfMacroinvertebrates_FossilFinal.pdfBB Watershed_FossilFinal.pdfSoil & Fungi_FossilFinal.pdfCarnivorous Plants_FossilFinal.pdfAtlantic White Cedar_FossilFinal.pdfOrganisms of Interest Signs (6" x 8")
Barred Owl_FossilFinal.pdfBlue-Spotted Sunfish_FossilFinal.pdfEastern Box Turtle_FossilFinal.pdfGreat Blue Heron_FossilFinal.pdfMountain Laurel_FossilFinal.pdfOaks_FossilFinal.pdfPitch Pine_FossilFinal.pdfSummersweet_FossilFinal.pdfNorthern Bayberry_FossilFinal.pdfMaple_FossilFinal.pdfFebruary 13, 2023: Becky Laboy, Eileen Miller, and Jessica Pinto of the NJ Friendly Yards program and Ocean County Soil District met with all classes as part of the NJ Friendly Yards school certification program. Students learned about soil characteristics, soil health, comparison of natural and synthetic fertilizers, and took samples of soil from our project area for further testing.
February 27, 2023: Becky Laboy, Eileen Miller, and Jessica Pinto of the NJ Friendly Yards program and Ocean County Soil Conservation District met with all classes as part of the NJ Friendly Yards school certification program. Students performed sieve tests, jar tests, and ribbon tests to determine the composition of their soil samples.
March 6, 2023: Becky Laboy & Jessica Pinto of the NJ Friendly Yards program and Ocean County Soil Conservation District met with Honors Ecology classes as part of the NJ Friendly Yards school certification program. Students finished exploring their soil samples by testing pH, nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium levels.
Soil Test_2023-03-08_14-19.pdfMarch 8, 2023: Mrs. Laboy shared our official soil test results from Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station!
May 22, 2023: Becky Laboy and Jessica Pinto of the Ocean County Soil Conservation District along with Bailey Sanders from the Barnegat Bay Partnership joined us for a bog walk to brainstorm ideas for informational, interpretive signage to install along our bog paths as a culminating activity for our NJ Friendly Yards certification.
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