Hi Everyone!
Everyone on Team TBT had a great time completing the EACAP Project. We were able to add a lot of great things to the garden, and we hope that our work will attract butterflies and other wildlife for the students and teachers to take advantage of. Here is out final presentation for our project!
Here is our PowerPoint presentation from a few days ago! Thank you for your support, and we hope you enjoy!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r-SsDkzr5_2jd_OfN0myJ8S_ffHbd0TFCIQSXwFQCOY/edit?usp=sharing
Last Thursday, on April 21st we presented our EACAP project. We discussed the topic of bee population decline along with how people can help out bees and other pollinators on their own. Throughout this project we realized that it is not hard to make an impact on helping bees and other pollinators. Some of the things you can do to help out is provide a bee box, a source of water for the bees to access, and plant native plants that they are accustomed with from the area. I didn’t realize that you need to provide bees with water, but it is an important, simple thing to do that really helps bees a lot. It is also important to limit pesticide use because they can be harmful to the bees. We created brochures for our project that provided some key information to look at and learn about what Penn State Berks is doing and what you can do too. In conclusion, this was a very informative project that helped teach us and others the importance of helping out pollinators and providing environmental awareness for the community. Here is our EACAP Presentation PowerPoint.
We got our final numbers with all of the fundraising we have been doing for the past couple of weeks! We raised $544.00 and got 58 books donated to us! With all of the money raised, we went to Barnes and Noble and purchased books. Today, Jess and I (Kaishla) took all of these books we got to Glenside, so that all of the kids can enjoy reading new books before summer comes around.
Yesterday our group gave our presentation about rain barrels and shared with the class the brochure we made. We also discussed our research topic and what we learned from doing this project. We have attached our presentation for anyone to see or if you would like to look at it again.
As the weather is getting nice outside and summer is approaching, the Environmental Avengers want to encourage everyone to get outside and get moving. Through our research we have learned a lot about Nature Deficit Disorder, which is the lack of time kids and adults spend outside in nature. Many do not know but this can lead to many problems for people who suffer from this. Nature Deficit Disorder can lead to multiple things such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, childhood depression, ADHD, and asthma. This is why it is so important to get outside and get into nature!
Hopefully this encourages all of you to start spending more time outside,
Environmental Avengers
On April 19 the Environmental Avengers suited up and got ready to share our project with others. We set up a board in Gaige that displayed our community service project, our research topic, and how our community service project was connected to our research topic. Below is a picture of our board that we presented. We even gave out small bags of bird seed as souvenirs! Using the board we explained to fellow students and faculty that for our research we researched Nature Deficit Disorder, which is the lack of kids and adults getting outside and exploring nature. This is made worse by the fact that there is little to no environmental education in schools. Our pine cone bird feeder projects were intended to get kids outside into nature and have them explore and learn more about the world around them. We wanted to help them become more actively engaged with nature. Through this small project we are hoping to inspire them to spend more time outside in the environment and less time inside on technology.
Speaking of limiting the amount of time spent inside on technology, its time for us to get outside into nature.
Until next time,
Environmental Avengers
On April 15 the environmental avengers assembled to start making the pine cone bird feeder kits to give to the kids of Glenside Elementary. We had previously made about 25 and on this day we made an additional 25 kits. In each kit the kids are given a small bag of bird seed as well as a pine cone. We tied strings to each of the pine cones to make it easier for the kids to hang them on a tree at their homes. The students can then take the pine cones and cover them with peanut butter. Next they add the bird seeds and the bird feeder is complete. They can then hang it outside on their favorite tree! Along with each kit, students were given a handout. The handout was created to get the kids interested in the bird feeders as well as getting them outside to explore nature. Below are pictures of the project!
Here is a copy of the handout in case you want to make one for yourself!
Environmental Avengers signing off,
