Past projects 2
Growing Community in Our Community Garden
Funded Nov 4, 2024We are excited to share our progress with you since our project has been funded!
At Edison High School, we are an entry point school for many immigrant families and students. Many of our classrooms have students who were born from all over the world; each student speaks multiple languages, while representing their home language, also. Our classrooms are incredibly diverse spaces. Along with that diversity, comes some home-sickness. Many students were uprooted from their homes, leaving behind a life full of love and hope.
This project is helping bring back some of that hope by giving our students the equipment to begin growing fruits and vegetables from their home countries. As a physics classroom, we are working on tying together the concepts of Biology and Physics in an energy production unit that focuses around the natural biological processes for energy production.
With the automatic watering pots, we are able to propagate, and grow the fruits and vegetables students miss the most. One of the best things about the automatic watering planter boxes is that they are also SIP boxes (Sub-Irrigated Planter). This is incredibly beneficial to us and our adventures in growing, because we can put 2.5 gallons of water in the bottom of the planter, and the plants drink it as they need it. This helps out when we have long weekends and nobody is around to water the plants for a few days. It is MOST helpful during out extended breaks. For example, during winter break, nobody will need to come in to water, because the planter box will take care of that for us!
Thank you for your generous donation. This equipment will benefit students not just this year, but for many years to come providing us with amazing fruits and vegetables to eat while learning.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Menz
Growing in Science: Helping Immigrant Students With Mental Health
Funded Oct 5, 2024We are excited to share our progress with you since our project has been funded!
At Edison High School, we are an entry point school for many immigrant families and students. Many of our classrooms have students who were born from all over the world; each student speaking multiple languages, while representing their home language, also. Our classrooms are incredibly diverse spaces. Along with that diversity, comes some home-sickness. Many students were uprooted from their homes, leaving behind a life full of love and hope.
This project is helping bring back some of that hope by giving our students the equipment to begin growing fruits and vegetables from their home countries. As a physics classroom, we are working on tying together the concepts of Biology and Physics in an energy production unit, that focuses around the natural biological processes for energy production.
With the AC Infinity Grow light, along with the humidifier, we are able to propagate, and grow, the fruits and vegetables students miss the most. THe light provides us with the appropriate energy to get the plants healthy and thriving, and the humidifier provides us an opportunity to create the perfectly controlled growing environment.
Upon seeing the lights set up in the back of the classroom, you could feel the excitement of the students grow! We began by growing strawberries and mini-tomatoes. Now that we have spent some time growing, the students are reaping the fruit of their labor. During class, students are able to walk up to the plants growing under the light and eat a tomato or strawberry. We have plans for growing so many more varieties of produce!
Thank you for your generous donation. This equipment will benefit students not just this year, but for many years to come!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Menz
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