Many Glen Park Students have been very impressed by the recent wet weather! From seeds sprouting to a new river beds forming on the main pathway to broccoli plant growing over 2 feet tall, all this rain has caused a huge transformation in our garden:
What we’ve been up to this week in our damp Outdoor Classroom:
Second and Fifth graders helped prepare our yard for this coming storm by finishing the sheet mulching of the yard along Brompton Street by adding layers of cardboard, compost, and wood chips.
First graders have been exploring the many creatures living in our garden habitat and building habitats for imaginary creatures. One first grader aimed to make her habitat extra friendly for our yard’s ants. When asked if she though ants would actually live in her habitat she an answered “of course! I even added some food from my snack.”
The kinders are learning about different flower parts and had a chance to make bracelets with the many beautiful flowers in our garden and read a book about the life cycle of a plant.
Third graders are finishing up their unit on adaptation with some practice using the scientific method and setting up races for various garden creatures. This process lead to a lot of interesting testable questions: will worms move faster with the lights on or off? Does food help increase speed? Will adding soil to the race track make worms move faster?
Hope everyone is staying safe out there and gets a good puddle stomp in after the clouds clear!
Education Outside at Glen Park School 