Polinators for the Apiary: US Students Science Students Plant Lemon Queen Sunflowers

polinators for the apiary

Garden to Table Salsa

Just in time for Preserve Day 2016, Maura Saurman, MS science teacher and Divisional Coordinator of the Nature Program has delivered up another amazing batch of GA salsa with produce grown by middle school students, harvested by student Green Ambassadors, as part of the science curriculum.  Fro the second year in a row, visitors to the Academic Courtyard gardens on preserve Day will get samples of the salsa to enjoy with chips!

MS Science Use iPads for Observational Studies in the Academic Courtyard

Here are some photos of my seventh graders using the academic courtyard and iPads to practice observing and creating questions.  They will use these observations and questions to begin working through the scientific method. 

US Environmental Science Students Begin the Year in the Academic Courtyard

Community Gardens: Our Littlest Gardeners

US Biology Students Grow Vegetable Plants for Academic Courtyard

Middel School Students Plant Academic Courtyard Beds

The 6th grade is learning the basics of garden design by planting the vegetable beds in the academic courtyard.  The seedlings were donated by Len Dwinell. The students will be applying what they learn in  their own designs for an expanded butterfly garden in the preserve.

MS Project Noah

Project Noah is a citizen science endeavor that was created to provide people of all ages with a simple way to share their experiences with wildlife. The 6th grade is participating in GA's Campus Green mission by uploading pictures of living things to the Project Noah website.

www.projectnoah.org/missions/1839546002

Academic Courtyard Spring Beds Ready for Planting

US Enviromental Science Students Plant Beds in the Academic Courtyard

MS Students at Play on the MS Green

Let them Eat Salsa! MS Green Ambassadors Cook up a Spicy Batch

Maura Sourman, Middle School Nature Programming Coordinator and science teacher, spent some long hours this fall making salsa  - a garden to table initiative by the Middle School Green Ambassadors.

Preserve Day 2015

Students, parents and faculty spent a beautiful autumn morning in GA's outdoor spaces cat tailing, birdwatching, making art, sampling GA garden to Table home made salsa, and building small scultures in the new Lower Scool outdoor making space - The Nature Nook.