Citizen Science Raingarden Transformation
Over a 6 week process, I got to know 10 girls very well, and I am very proud of the work that they did for planning the garden. I thought […]
Category Archives: Girl Scouts
Citizen Science Good Earth Adventures: The Final Chapter
Today was a day for transformations! During early April, the girls got together and we created concrete “badges” to permanently decorate our “sash”. and leave our mark on the project […]
Citizen Science Week 5: October 26-27th, 2013
Well, I am like over a year behind on the writing of this blog (life is busy, and actually running my programs take precedent to writing about them.) I will […]
A Cure for Mites?
So, my dearest Fluffy Guinea pig ended up with mites from the immune system stress caused by getting attacked by Ron. He was crying in pain all the time, and […]
Soil Texture Teaching Kit
I do a lot of workshops with youth on weekends (including my Citizen Science programs). Most of these workshops involve teaching about the 12 different soil textures, which are made […]
Pumpkin Heights and Fertilization
So, on Wednesday night, Bella and I went out to fertilize pumpkins and measure their heights. Some of the plants are over a foot tall, and others are only 3 […]
Citizen Science – Week 4
For week four, the engineers came back out (as did the CFO of the girl scouts). The girls got into groups and had to plan out a garden size and […]
Citizen Science – Week 3
So, I have been derelict in posting these last sessions for citizen science, mostly because life got kinda busy (new house, new hobbies, new jobs, etc.) But, I am going […]
Spotty germination…
Well, in the lower portion of my plots, there is a distinct accumulation of moisture…. Since it has been so dry, this has really helped the germination rates in this […]
Groundbreaking!!!
After a several month delay due to health circumstances, the ground is finally broken on the Citizen Science Agronomy project. The sweet sorghum crop is in my hand, and will […]
African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best!
African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best! So, I love combining art and soils, and this is by FAR my favorite activity! I have done several variations of […]
Six Weeks of Crazy, and a Saturday to Forget
This week, I got my Sawzall and angle grinder, so I have been tearing up the pallets needed to construct the new quail and guinea pig cages! YAY! I also […]
Citizen Soil Science Rain Garden Day
I realize that I am skipping ahead like seven blog posts… but my girl scouts are doing amazing job teaching younger girls about rain gardens before we plant our final […]
Soil Science: Citizen Science Series Week 1 & 2
For those of you who didn’t get to read, Duke Energies gave the Girl Scout Council a grant to build a rain garden at the Camp Mary Atkinson Leadership Center […]
End of Camp Acres
Another one of the baby Californians died this week. They had plenty of food and water, and were slowly added on to grass. I think we may have introduced them […]
Soil Horizon Cupcakes
I love soil, it is super important to a lot of basic life functions, and it very pretty!Soils generally have different horizons. The topsoil (A) contain a majority of the […]
Return to Wicked Chicken – 7/7
Well, the rabbit cages have relocated to the horsebarns as of last week, even though most of the inhabitants had been eaten. So, this prompted a return visit to Wicked […]
Camp Acres – Week 9 and 10
So, I have had back to back weekends with Agility Trials, so I haven’t gotten to update as planned. Every year at camp, the state health inspector comes. My boss […]
Ipad Program: Awesome Fungus in Raccoon Loft
Camp owns 8 Ipads for use in technology education. I was tasked with coming up with engaging activities. We are doing citizen science combined with a fungus hunt! With all […]
Camp Acres, Week 8
The chickens have moved permanently to a new home. The 12 of them are snug inside the coop at night (as it is only 0.7 square feet per chicken); however, […]
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