Hey, folks. Are there any collaborative projects out there related to school gardens or other issues related to food? If there are any, I'd like to know about them. If there are none, I'd like to start one. I'm particularly interested in sharing ideas and experiences related to permaculture design at schools, but any other food/garden ideas are also of interest. Thanks
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How about two projects involving fish? Fish farming and sustainability of the seas!
In Small Fry To Go you have a trout pond at school. You get some "small fry" and grow them into trout. Fish farming!
You can get info from:
Tom Schmeltzer
3260 Allegheny Drive, Suite 100
Marietta, GA 30066
770-565-7581
schmeltz@technology-solutions.org
Collaborative project about seafood: Sample the Sea
Sample the Sea...Middle and high school science curriculum (pilot phase)
ePals is part of a project from UC-Santa Cruz called Sample the Sea, which has support from a foundation.
We are looking for one more middle or high school science teacher whose class could help test the segments of the content in the next few weeks, before a full-fledged pilot will start in late March. We will also be seeking classrooms to be part of the March-May 2010 pilot.
Here's some info from the Sample the Sea folks:
We seek middle and high school teachers and students in English-speaking classrooms around the world to participate in Sampling the Sea’s spring 2010 pilot project. Participating teachers will receive curriculum guides, exercises, online training and support to help them implement the program. Curriculum modules will be flexible, and teachers can individually determine how much time they spend on in-class activities (from as little as three days to intermittently over three months). For the pilot project, students collect data and complete simple questionnaires about seafood eaten in their communities. They upload their findings into an online data base that integrates them with those from other participating classrooms. Findings will be visually displayed in graphs and other representations illustrating seafood sustainability issues and the hazards facing the ocean. Students will also be able to share photos and stories from their research, and discuss possible solutions with students from classrooms in other regions or countries of the world through a secure social networking system, ePals LearningSpace.
If you would like to help pilot part of the curriculum in February-March, or if you would be interested in having your secondary classroom participate, please contact Elizabeth Fish, elfish@corp.epals.com. Thanks!
Thanks for the link. The project looks interesting but is coming up awfully fast. Do you know if this is a project that is likely to be repeated?
Dave Janosz > William CollierFebruary 4, 2010 at 12:32pm
Yes, but no date set yet. If the response to this round is good, we were talking about running something again in late May perhaps. Also, you may be interested in beginning with the Introduction project...that will definitely run again 3-21 May.
Hi there,
I don't know too much about gardens- but we are making a documentary all about tea and have lots of information about tea production and the relationship between the Fair Trade movement and tea co-operatives in India. Something you might be particularly interested in is Biodinamics- one of the tea estates we have worked with grow tea along Steiner's principles of biodiversity. I think it could be useful- fo get in touch if you want to talk more about it: www.tracingtea.com
cath@maximumexposureproductions.com
Thanks for your reply. I will definitely pass this on to our social studies teachers, who will, I am sure, find it interesting and useful. I will keep it in mind for my environmental science class, as well.
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In Small Fry To Go you have a trout pond at school. You get some "small fry" and grow them into trout. Fish farming!
You can get info from:
Tom Schmeltzer
3260 Allegheny Drive, Suite 100
Marietta, GA 30066
770-565-7581
schmeltz@technology-solutions.org
Collaborative project about seafood: Sample the Sea
Sample the Sea...Middle and high school science curriculum (pilot phase)
ePals is part of a project from UC-Santa Cruz called Sample the Sea, which has support from a foundation.
We are looking for one more middle or high school science teacher whose class could help test the segments of the content in the next few weeks, before a full-fledged pilot will start in late March. We will also be seeking classrooms to be part of the March-May 2010 pilot.
Here's some info from the Sample the Sea folks:
We seek middle and high school teachers and students in English-speaking classrooms around the world to participate in Sampling the Sea’s spring 2010 pilot project. Participating teachers will receive curriculum guides, exercises, online training and support to help them implement the program. Curriculum modules will be flexible, and teachers can individually determine how much time they spend on in-class activities (from as little as three days to intermittently over three months). For the pilot project, students collect data and complete simple questionnaires about seafood eaten in their communities. They upload their findings into an online data base that integrates them with those from other participating classrooms. Findings will be visually displayed in graphs and other representations illustrating seafood sustainability issues and the hazards facing the ocean. Students will also be able to share photos and stories from their research, and discuss possible solutions with students from classrooms in other regions or countries of the world through a secure social networking system, ePals LearningSpace.
If you would like to help pilot part of the curriculum in February-March, or if you would be interested in having your secondary classroom participate, please contact Elizabeth Fish, elfish@corp.epals.com. Thanks!
Check out:
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/aquaponics/index.html
Dave Janosz
Project Manager
I don't know too much about gardens- but we are making a documentary all about tea and have lots of information about tea production and the relationship between the Fair Trade movement and tea co-operatives in India. Something you might be particularly interested in is Biodinamics- one of the tea estates we have worked with grow tea along Steiner's principles of biodiversity. I think it could be useful- fo get in touch if you want to talk more about it: www.tracingtea.com
cath@maximumexposureproductions.com