Two Rivers Community School Garden
Two Rivers Community School was awarded a 2013-14 High Country Local First Farm to School Grant. They will use the funds to grow, improve, and utilize their garden for fun and educational purposes.
As an Expeditionary Learning school, Two Rivers emphasizes a relationship with the natural world. Through gardening, the students learn the processes behind the foods we eat, and gain a deeper understanding of the interconnected systems that sustain us [read more at http://wp.trcsboone.org/].
As an Expeditionary Learning school, Two Rivers emphasizes a relationship with the natural world. Through gardening, the students learn the processes behind the foods we eat, and gain a deeper understanding of the interconnected systems that sustain us [read more at http://wp.trcsboone.org/].
About the Garden
Typical garden days have included clearing weeds, planting seeds, watering, solo-sits, and recording sketches and observations into personal garden journals. Sixth graders in science teacher Elissa Brown’s class have also started seeds in the classroom for transplanting. They have been painting garden labels with art teacher Kelly Snyder, and over the next weeks will be undertaking a science-art collaboration to compile an illustrated garden guide for the school.
The school garden is an engaging and hands-on way for students to learn Common Core Essential Standards, including photosynthesis, cycling of matter, and botany [read more at http://wp.trcsboone.org/6th-graders-in-the-garden/].
The school garden is an engaging and hands-on way for students to learn Common Core Essential Standards, including photosynthesis, cycling of matter, and botany [read more at http://wp.trcsboone.org/6th-graders-in-the-garden/].
