Hoover SABE (10th)

Overview: Through the lens of sustainability, students asked themselves “how can we make our lives more sustainable while honoring family traditions?” Students designed & built planter boxes, grew culturally relevant food, & made a cookbook showcasing our cultural recipes. 

Project Initiation: Our project had two main parts: a community cookbook and a sustainable planter box. First, students were asked to design a sustainable planter box to grow culturally relevant herbs and vegetables. Second, we were asked to create a cookbook for our community where we could share family recipes that were important to our culture. Our goal was to be able to share our cookbook at the Village United event taking place at Hoover High at the end of April. 

Project Exploration and Development: ENG: Project planning research slides where they answered questions about the design of their box and what materials were going to be used. Wrote narratives based on food memories, conducted elder interviews, and wrote a recipe for inclusion in our cookbook. HIST: Learned about the importance of agriculture and how it played an important role in society. Math: Used math functions to create a garden for specific plants. Completed orthographic views and isometric sketches with the measurements we got from solving equations. IED: students learned the design process from beginning to end. Students designed a 3D backpack charm for a peer client, helped to conceptualize their planter box design. Construction: Learned the basics of construction to be able to build our planter box.

Project Revision and Exhibition: IED students presented their projects to the Construction Tech students. They then received feedback from their peers and the Construction Tech students voted on which planter box they wanted to build. We also got feedback from adults on our recipes, to make sure instructions were specific and direct so that the community could replicate them. Students also presented their cookbooks at the community Village United Event at Hoover on April 29. 

Teachers and Subjects: Kristiana Riego de Dios- ELA; Dana Dale- ELA; Tenise Lenta- IM2; Arturo Gonzalez- Construction Tech; Krisztina Hagey- IED; Tasha Banchik- Physics; Lincoln Dutcher- World History

CTE Sector: Building and Construction Trades