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Archive for April, 2006

First Sunny Day Photos – Burbank

Welcome to literally the first sunny day we’ve had for gardening at Burbank this spring. It has been so dreary lately. I think these photos taken by the students in Ms. DeSnoo’s 3rd period class capture our day quite well. Above: the new sproutsBelow: the wild onesThe workers: The photographer(s):

April 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Five Resources for School Garden Educators

My apologies to Britt! It’s taken me a month and a half, but I’m finally responding to this meme Britt tagged me for, to answer this question: “What five resources – online or otherwise – would you point people to, if you wanted to give them an entry into your field of expertise?” To become [...]

April 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

How much Sugar in my Drink?

Today in Ms. Boggess’s 7th grade Peer Resources class at Burbank, we compared the amount of sugar in different kinds of beverages. In order to compare we took four steps: We read Nutrition Facts on each bottle and found the grams of sugar in one serving size, or 8 oz. We calculated how many servings [...]

April 6, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Schools Represent at SF Flower Show

Congrats to all the SFUSD school and SF Green Schoolyard Alliance gardeners who created this amazing garden vignette for the SF Flower & Garden Show, held March 15-19 this year. It was so great to have the schools represented at this big, high profile show. And our district Educational Gardens Director, Arden Bucklin-Sporer, gave a [...]

April 4, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed