Structures for Environmental Learning
Blue Water Baltimore volunteers visited ConneXions, met with my and another science class and provided a lesson about growing herbs, maintaining an herb garden, and cooking with herbs.
Review 2
In February of 2022, my students in my self-contained Biology and Chemistry class learned about the cycle of the seed. They put the seed pods into paper towels so they students could watch the birth process and then plant the seed.
In March of 2022, my students are studied carrying capacity and how it relates to students’ ecological footprint. They learned about the number of people, other living organism, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
My students are growing plants in the classroom to transport to the garden. Also, when our seeds sprout, we will grow them first in the classroom as well:
Review 3
In April I taught my students multiple lessons about Community Betterment and Plant Life. I taught my students about the importance of providing the community with trees and plants. Trees absorb the toxins from the community and create oxygen as well as provide food and shelter for wildlife. They also beautify a community. The roots stabilize the soil, which keeps the soil from washing away into the bay. Here are some screenshots from our lessons:
Trees were planted on Earth Day:
My students earned service learning hours for transporting our classroom plants (grown from seeds) to the garden and planting them:
On May 31st, the Green Team is going to have outdoor class for 9th grade and self-contained Science students where we focus on good health, creating healthy meals, and using plants from our garden to create meals: