8-1.LEAF PBL

Welcome to our LEAF Journey!

Let’s get to know LEAF and our upcoming projects.

************* Additional Upcoming Activities:

June: FINAL PBL Farm to Table Celebration 2-3:30 at GMS

What is LEAF? Lakewood Earth and Food Community is dedicated to the development of a more sustainable, healthful and economically viable community through environmentally responsible actions producing broad access to fresh, local foods, knowledge and culture.

An opportunity granted to students of Garfield Middle School from LEAF,

Read about it

Our journey in Lakewood, Ohio becoming familiar with our surrounding resources….

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Presenting our Speaker Series:

Friday, Nov.1: Speaker Series-Annabel Khouri

Read about Annabel and her farming in Lakewood
Additional pictures from Bay Branch Farm
Questions for our speaker in JeopardyLab
Resource suggestions from Annabel: http://growhio.org/ and http://www.localfoodcleveland.org/
Reflection of Speaker presentation: Students are interested in hearing more about pickling and canning. Most students identified not enjoying beets and were unfamilar with swiss chard. Students wish there to be more space or set-up easier for next presenter. Pictures and visuals made for an exciting presentation.

Facts identified during presentation: What vegetable is easy to grow and very healthy? Explain the green house benefits.What portion of the beet plant is very healthy? Parsnips are very sweet after a few frosts (True or False.) Why are bees such an essential aspect of our living system?

Friday, Nov. 22: Speaker Series-Chef Nowak

Reflection of Speaker presentation: Students are surprised that all parts of the pig can be used for cooking. Students were happy to hear that chef has met several famous chefs. Did you know that some pieces of produce continue to ripen in their transport, while others ripen in the ground? Buying local allows for products to be delivered as fresh as possible.
Facts identified during presentation: Biggest challenges for bringing local produce into restaurant purchasing, was understanding how to sell the product at the quantity needed by the restaurant. Chef identified local produce and products was often better produced or prepared. There is an interest to get the dollar in Ohio, by allowing local business to contribute to one another, inorder to save resources such as petro(gas).

Friday, Dec.13: Speaker Series: Julie Hutchison

Read about Julie’s work to support people riding bicycles-Extreme makeover
The Root cafe website, look around and find something you like
Peet’s Coffee vs. Root Cafe read about the difference
The Root Cafe’s story
Questions for Speaker in JeopardyLab

Reflection of Speaker presentation: Students thought Julie was clever in her use-of resources to redesign the Cafe and the coffee cup holder. We were wowed by the amount of waste paper-to-go cups cause. One customer would have used 10,000 cups, if he didn’t use his 3 reusable cups.
Information learned during presentation:Reusing resources will help with creating a sustainable environment. Making the least amount of impact on the environment, will ensure that resources can be used for lifetimes, instead of spent up quickly, by one generation. Coffee is grown in areas where there will be no frost, areas surrounding Tropics of Capricorn. Julie can not buy coffee locally, but she can buy from Fair Trade organizations that are fair to their workers and production.

Friday, Dec. 20: Speaker Series: Bee Keeper Monica Owen

Ohio Beekeeping
National Foundation for Beekeeping
Bee video explaining bee roles and our need for bees
Hive set-up video
Jeopardy Games
Reflection of Speaker presentation: Monica is so brave to make her own hive.
Facts identified during presentation: Bees flight at the height of their hive. A hive and it’s bees stay at 92 degrees, no matter the season. Nut trees and melons are pollinated by honey bees. The ‘Waggle Dance’ is a figure 8 that the bees use to communicate between other bees and signal important resources.

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Other Adventures in Learning…

SURVEY

Take our student-created 8 question LEAF Survey!!! What do you know about Lakewood growing, gardening techniques, resources available, human habits?

Results from our LEAF Survey:

“In a survey asking Lakewood Residents, most had a postive idea about having a garden at Garfield Middle School. Some people say we should because it would avoid people getting sick. I think it would be a good idea, but then again, I don’t because you would have to pick, clean, and cut it. Some people responded no because other people could come and damage it and steal the vegetables.” -De’vryon Gray (8th grader of Garfield Middle School)

Let’s meet up at LEAF’s market at GARFIELD

LEAF Holiday Markets 2013! Both markets will feature local produce (including City Fresh’s holiday share pick up), crafts, gifts, baked goods, honey, flowers, and much more! Ohio Direction card is proudly accepted. We will have Double Value Produce Perks for both of these markets.

Tuesday December 10, 2013
Garfield Middle School
5:30-8:00 PM

Students walk to view LEAF Community Garden

Video of Cotton and T-shirt making

Let’s learn about Composting!

Friday, February 28 Cooking with Chef Sharosky of Lakewood High School’s Ranger Cafe and Chef Nowak of Black Pig

Students participate in heating, measuring and cooking from scratch. Participants made cornbread and flavored butters. Butter flavors such as hot sauce, blackberry and honey were a real hit!

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Additional Spring Quarter activities

4/11: Katy Corrigan, Lakewood City Schools’ Supervising Nurse speaks about health benefits of eating healthy and ‘pure foods’, that are not filled with chemicals or ingredients that we can’t say or spell.
4/21: Classroom Chicks in incubator hatch

5/5: Gregory Siek from OSU Extension spoke with us, as a representative College of Food, Agriculture, Environmental Science from OSU-Wooster branch.

Learning gained during presentation: Role of Animal Assisted Therapy=animals especially pets provide care to people with emotional needs and in need of wellness improvements.
An animal control officer is less likely to manage a monkey in a city, such as Lakewood.
AAZK-Animal Association Zoo Keeper
If you have a talent in attention to detail, then a profession in Animal and Agriculture, may be for you. Attention to detail is needed because the field needs more understanding of detail, since there isn’t a form of communication with our pets, animals, and ground.
Eggs hatch in our incubator in 21 days.
A veterinarian salary is approximately $86, 000.
Additional resources: www.mynextmove.org – website on understanding businesses and the science/math involved.

Agriculture Resources to visit for Websearch:

Adventures in May:

Travels to West Side Market

Walk to Bay Branch Farm Here’s our Route, get ready

Souper Market Salad Party with Missy Toms, Leaf Representative sharing

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Final LEAF PBL WEBSEARCH

LEAF PBL FARM TO SCHOOL FINAL PROJECT

Planning materials-

Directions:

1. Visit Google Doc link here
2. Sign into google mail with first initial.lastname4digits@lakewoodcityschools.org
3. Press ‘Drive’
4. Select on left, ‘Recent’, then ‘More’, then ‘Make a copy’
5. Go to ‘My Drive’, and you are ready to type
6. Can I help you edit- SHARE your document with haley.mcdonough@lakewood.k12.oh.us

Presentation time-if you are finished with editing your information and have checked your rubric to ensure you have ENOUGH information, then move to presenting

Directions:

Choose Prezi or Comic Life (not positive Comic Life works)
Register with your school email address and begin, placing your information, pictures, and music that is relevant to your topic.

OUR final year Celebration Invite

MCD Math

Math resources for learning

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