On Thursday we enjoyed our first group ride through the rain to Claire Lilienthal K-8 Alternative School to help with their Eco Day Celebration.
A few of us presented a slide show to the 6th graders to get them excited about their 8th grade field trip to CELP. Another group helped out in Mr. Delwich's microscope lab where students looked for planktonic creatures living in the algae that he collected from the bay that morning. The rest of our group toured the garden and harvested fresh produce for the kids to sample during the Eco Day fair later that morning.
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| Greg, the school's naturalist with Education Outside, has worked wonders with students in the garden spaces around campus |
During the fair, we set up five booths that kids participated in:
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| A "Rock the Bike" Fender Blender was donated for the day and took some ingenuity to install |
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| The "Fender Blender" bicycle-powered blender was a hit with students, who enjoyed berry-kale smoothies that they pedaled to perfection themselves |
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Students tasted different edibles from their own garden and did a smell test of herbs like rosemary, sage and lemon verbena
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| Paige and Josh led the photo booth for the school's yearbook, where kids posed with their idea of what it means to live "green" |
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| Molly led the virtual water booth, where kids played a game to guess how much water is needed to produce 7 different everyday items and discussed "unseen" water consumption |
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Ceed, Venisha and Marguerite helped kids plant seeds for their garden
Thanks to Mr. Nicaise for organizing the event, Mr. Delwich for letting us participate in his classroom and Mrs. Guenther for hosting us in her science classroom. In spite of the rainy weather, the day was a total success!
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