Project Green Substainable Green Project
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7th and 8th Grade Science/Math Class
Science Teacher:
Ms. Lucky |
Assistant Principal:
Mr. Vogel |
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Assistant Principal, Mr. Vogel, has played a vital role in contacting different
businesses, with community support, ,for different supplies to build the Project Green Sustainable Progrom. Supplies included: hard scape, to build the raise beds, chain
link fence, to enclose the project, water collection system, to trap water, and top soil.
Recycling Program
Parks Elementary and Middle School eighth grade science/math
class developed a Project Green Sustainable Program to develop
a recycling program that is sustainable and profitable for the Science
program.
Service Learning Project
This is a service learning project for PEMS and the community,
as well as a tool for understanding the role of decomposers as an
integral part of any ecosystem.
 
STATED PROBLEM:
You are now the project engineer for a The Project Green
Sustainable Program at PEMS. You are approached by Mrs. Lucky, Science Teacher, at PEMS, to design and complete construction
of the project. You have a deadline of one month to draw up and
complete this project. As project engineer, you must work with
Mrs. Lucky to pick the project site and complete the project within
the allotted time.
Main Problem
Mrs. Lucky does not have money to finance the project. How will
you get it done?
How Seventh and Eighth graders accomplished task!
Students drew up a scaled drawing of the project, estimated
needed materials and resources, figured out how to finance and
how construction would be provided for the project. Donations
of materials were asked from local community partners
and students used math skills to figure out how to square the
chain link fence, raise garden beds, and how much cubic feet of soil
was needed to fill the garden beds.
A Positive for Saturday's Detention
Sixth through eighth grade students completed the labor for this
project on designated Saturdays during Saturday's Detention.
Vermicomposting/Plant Life Cycle
Students compost waste food from the school cafeteria to
fertilize the gardens. Students learned how to grow vegetables
and understood the plant life cycle and was engaged in
vermicomposting to help reduce cafeteria waste and generate
economic resources for the perpetuation of the Green Program.
By using a series of rain barrels and a gravity flow system, a water collection system was devised.
Materials Used
The Vermi-Culture project utilized worms, paper, cardboard, fruit, vegetables, and other organic materials to create vermicast,
nature’s fertilizer. Worm-recycling bins for organic materials are
also being used for this process.
Cooperative Learning Groups
Students work in three to four cooperative learning groups to
properly care for their worm recyclers. Students will be in charge of feeding, watering, and harvesting their worms.
Consultants
Students will act as consultants to other classes in future projects.
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