Sustainable Resources - Garden or Seedlings & Attend Thurs Lunch
Garden Work: choose 1 (a few of you still owe 1 from last week) - Weeding - Tuesday 3pm or Thursday 3pm - Soil & Compost - next week Monday 3pm OR Seedling work- Seedlings Hardening Off - move to greenhouse Monday / Tuesday this week - move outdoors next week gradually then plant on Thursday AND Everyone - LUNCH PRESENTATIONS - this Thursday - all must attend. Also important info on progress and T3 finals. Thank you to all who helped with weeding and composting last week.
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Badges for Work1. Seedlings - if you have not already started, you are running out of time 2. Gardening - put your time in weeding and adding compost to the garden beds this week and next 3. Compost - Friday afterschool- learn where the pick ups are and commit to help until the end of term 4. Bees - TBA 5. There will me more, just ask if you have idea's or desires. Career PresentationsTwo MANDATORY lunch meetings April 10 & 24.
This is your last chance to do your Career Presentations. Please sign up on the doc link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aRLXxBR6g-e0eCuMqH5peknRxOTPuOkDPLvoaYqHHmE/edit?usp=sharing Term 3 - More hands on work for all...So far, your marks have been based on what you have completed at each term deadline. For the end of year, this is how it will be determined: 1. 40% - Projects - two Projects by the end of the year.
2. 40% - 6 Assignments/Badges & 1 Career Presentation
3. 20% - Final Portfolio
FOR MOST OF YOU THIS MEANS YOU NEED TO COMPLETE 3 BADGES OR 2 BADGES & A CAREER PRESENTATION IN T3 AND THEN SCHEDULE YOUR FINAL PORTFOLIO PRESENTATION Please come see me if you have any questions about how this plan applies to you.Deadlines:
If you go to the assignment/badge forest ecology page for this you will find three hike opportunity details for February.
I have made some changes to the course outline. Please have a look at the course outline and brows the badges/assignments pages. This will not change your term 1 marks!!!
Remember this is a flexible system to talk to me if you have any concerns or questions Friday lunch meeting - garden planning, role allocations and getting started. FYI Assn 1 is due Jan 30, & getting involved with this counts.
Outdoor Veggies and Fruits
Greenhouse
Project to EdmodoCan you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE submit your Term 2 Projects Proposals for grading to Edmodo. Anything subitted from this point forward should be through that site. Lets be sustainable and keep it paperless. If your not signed up yet the new code is tmcens Homey Extraction Part 3Monday after-school
Thank you for all who met with me today after-school. Our next mandatory meeting will be next week on Monday at lunch (this is a voted change from the calendar) when you will each present to the class and then hand in your next project proposal for Term 2. If you are unsure the format or what to include please go to the website to find the outline and rubric.
The following students MUST check in with me Thursday! Jack Beaulieu, Riley King, Kieran McGuigan, Ryan Braun, Nika Payne, Benji, and Derek Zandvliet. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO THIS WEEK: 1. SIGN UP for Career Presentations using this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aRLXxBR6g-e0eCuMqH5peknRxOTPuOkDPLvoaYqHHmE/edit?usp=sharing - Space is Limited so don't wait!!!(These presentations are one of the four required assignments you must complete before the end of the year in either Term 2 or 3)
2. MAKE YOUR PLAN FOR JANUARY
3. UPCOMING DEADLINES this month: Calendar link: http://earland.weebly.com/calendar.html
Sign - Up for Career Presentation on Jan 30 or Choose from the Following Options Below Option A - Farming 101Get a sense of the local agricultural scene by: 1. Reading Urban Agriculture by David Tracey, or, take a tour of a local urban farm (ex SOLEfood, UBC farms, Loutet Farm, Terra Nova etc) 3. Come up with a list of suggestions for our garden based on what you saw at these farms Option B - Local Speaker or HikeThursday January 16th., 2014 - Title: Nitrogen fixation in the boreal forest; Putting the 'N' in Nature A free public talk for the Botany Section of Nature Vancouver. OR Sunday January 19th., 2014 - Title: Geology of some buildings and monuments in downtown Vancouver. A free event for the Vancouver Natural History Society (Nature Vancouver). Follow this link for Details and how to Register Option C - Greenhouse Tech1. Attend Robotic club meetings to learn programming starting in Term 1 2. Design a system for monitoring daily greenhouse conditions Option D - Garden CleanupBring your gardening tools and work on your own time to weed the garden space adjacent to the staff parking lot. You will need to log your hours and present them to me when you are complete. This would be an excellent assignment for several students to complete together. Option E - Sustainable Farming AssignmentsSee Team Sustainable Resources page for three suggested Options
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