More than three鈥憅uarters of students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Plants, herbs, and lettuce growing without soil in a Bridgeport classroom!! How?!
My students will have the opportunity to harvest their own lunch from indoor hydroponics in the classroom. My twenty-six Special Education students will have a chance to choose the type of food they want to grow. The choices will stay in the realm of herbs and lettuces.
Hydroponic equipment will be used to create an indoor garden in our classroom. Students will see to the full cycle of growth for their seedlings. I am likening it to the old "Egg" experiment students would do in their middle and high school classes; they needed to nurture and protect their egg from cracking. In the same respect, my students will take on a parenting role so that their seedling thrives and becomes their own nourishment-a full cycle.
Many of my students do not have a backyard, a garden, a chance to grow and cultivate. I want to provide them this opportunity for five reasons: to care for something outside themselves; to build patience and wonder; to become more connected to the Natural World; to become more compassionate; and finally, to see where food comes from and be part of the process.
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Plants, herbs, and lettuce growing without soil in a Bridgeport classroom!! How?!
My students will have the opportunity to harvest their own lunch from indoor hydroponics in the classroom. My twenty-six Special Education students will have a chance to choose the type of food they want to grow. The choices will stay in the realm of herbs and lettuces.
Hydroponic equipment will be used to create an indoor garden in our classroom. Students will see to the full cycle of growth for their seedlings. I am likening it to the old "Egg" experiment students would do in their middle and high school classes; they needed to nurture and protect their egg from cracking. In the same respect, my students will take on a parenting role so that their seedling thrives and becomes their own nourishment-a full cycle.
Many of my students do not have a backyard, a garden, a chance to grow and cultivate. I want to provide them this opportunity for five reasons: to care for something outside themselves; to build patience and wonder; to become more connected to the Natural World; to become more compassionate; and finally, to see where food comes from and be part of the process.