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Designing for Sustainable Crafts
A modified version of a simple DIY "crafting" activity offers a solution to an environmental problem in a way that incorporates engineering design while also teaching sustainability.
Presenting on Gender Equity & Empowerment
Daily highlights from an amazing conference will inspire you to build the future of your school garden program.
Building DIY Scarecrows
DIY Scarecrows are a fun STEAM Project that promotes creative solutions, teamwork, and interdisciplinary thinking. Four different teams constructed unique and imaginative scarecrows. They collaboratively fashioned outfits from ripped nylon hammocks, scavenged props from the toolshed to rubber band in scarecrow's gloved hands, and bent wire into eyeglasses that even had tape lenses!
Fostering Teamwork and Inclusion
A little over a year ago, I established an after school club that I dubbed "Dirt Girls." The decision to limit participation only to girls was initially motivated by the relative inequity in STEM fields. According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women make up just 29% of the STEM workforce. Research suggests that time … Continue reading Fostering Teamwork and Inclusion
Founding a Program from the Ground Up
A lot of tiny hands help maintain the school garden after school.
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