Environmental Issue Instruction
Monet Swann a twelfth grader who receives instruction outside in the school yard where she is directly sowing seeds to grow lettuce in a raised flower bed. After the seeds are planted and watered, Monet covers the seeds to protect them from pesky insects. All students in the school have the opportunity to work and learn in the gardens.
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Environmental instruction is offered to all students in grades nine through twelve. Students go to the schoolyard for outdoor education every day during spring and fall growing seasons. They learn about the environment through hands on activities that focus on the work skills they will need to transition into a sheltered work setting and community participation.
In early spring students fertilize the soil with compost made from table scraps and vermiculite for aeration. Then, seedlings and seeds from the Great Kid Farm are planted in raised flower beds and salad tables. Students learn how to grow edible flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruits in containers to take home to share with their families. In the early summer and late fall students harvest the remainder of the summer crop and plant winter vegetables.
The schoolyard has changed from a place to sit into a sustainable outdoor learning environment filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers. Non ambulatory students have two salad tables that are wheelchair accessible that were built in wood shop to support the green culture in our school.
Ms. Weber from the Department of Recreation and Parks instructed students in grades 9-12 about how herb roots grow under ground, collect nutrients and water for herbs. They were taught how to make a terrarium. Students used recycled tennis containers as flower pots. Staff assisted students in filling the containers with soil, water and basil. The entire container was covered with black plastic to simulate how roots grow underground. Roots are covered
Roots are part of the curriculum for science and are in discussed in living and non-living things.
All students in the school are taught a Yard and Home Maintenance through Community Based Education Curriculum. This curriculum covers identifying plants, and how they grow and which season to plant in. Students also use the curriculum to learn how to identify garden tools and how they are used in the garden. And they learn about the appropriate protective clothing to use for gardening. The students learn vocabulary words like perennials and annuals, herbs, flowering plants, plants that just have leaves etc.. Students learn all of the vocabulary words associated with germination. Students practice their work skills, for transitioning into sheltered employment. They read about the garden, they practice communicating about the garden, and they use adapted materials such as cups for scooping to improve or increase their gross motor skills, hand eye coordination, attending skills, and pincer grasp.
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Energy Conservation Lessons-
Mrs. Esquerra's Science class has started a 6 week Energy Conservation curriculum . On February 6, 2014 the Baltimore Energy Challenge Team taught the first lesson for Mrs. Esquerra’s science class and several additional students which included green teams for a total of 26 students from 9th-12th grade. The BEC Team also taught an energy Bingo Lesson which taught students how to conserve energy in their homes by turning off lights, taking short showers and hanging their clothes to dry. The BEC team used a light meter to demonstrated to the students how much energy a CFL light bulb compared to a regular light bulb. Students took an energy saving pledge and earned a energy savers badge.
In the 2nd lesson students learned about energy and conductors and resistors. Learning the fundamentals of how energy is generated will help students realize the importance of conserving it. The remaining energy curriculum will be taught this spring which includes practices established through routine hands on experiences. Turning off the lights has been incorporated into this daily activity in our school.
Mrs. Esquerra's Science class has started a 6 week Energy Conservation curriculum . On February 6, 2014 the Baltimore Energy Challenge Team taught the first lesson for Mrs. Esquerra’s science class and several additional students which included green teams for a total of 26 students from 9th-12th grade. The BEC Team also taught an energy Bingo Lesson which taught students how to conserve energy in their homes by turning off lights, taking short showers and hanging their clothes to dry. The BEC team used a light meter to demonstrated to the students how much energy a CFL light bulb compared to a regular light bulb. Students took an energy saving pledge and earned a energy savers badge.
In the 2nd lesson students learned about energy and conductors and resistors. Learning the fundamentals of how energy is generated will help students realize the importance of conserving it. The remaining energy curriculum will be taught this spring which includes practices established through routine hands on experiences. Turning off the lights has been incorporated into this daily activity in our school.
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