Sustainability and Creating Environmentally Conscious Students
- School:
- Gulf Coast Charter Academy South
- Subject:
- Science
- Teacher:
- Nadiah Yusuf
- Students Impacted:
- 100
- Grade:
- 3
- Date:
- August 5, 2017
Investor
Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.
Suncoast Credit Union - $301.56
Original Grant Overview
Goal
These students are faced with many different challenges, which can alter their future. Its very difficult to do your best academically when all you can think about is how hungry you are. I want to go beyond just academics. It's imperative that I make sure they are taught how to grow food for themselves. I would love for my students to compost and keep a garden so they understand how to grow nutritious food that they do not need money for. These students are the best that I have and I want to help them be the best that they can be and prepare them for their future.
What will be done with my students
I want my students to learn how to grow and maintain a garden using compost to grow stronger and more nutritious food. During the growing and composting process I will have my students journal weekly and draw illustrations of what is happening in the garden and in the composter. I believe the students will enjoy not being wasteful by composting, as well as growing things that they can eat. For this project my hope is that my students will learn how they can create healthy soil, which grows healthy food that is very easy to grow and maintain for themselves, and how the entire process benefits the earth. Thanks to Tom's of Maine for caring about our planet and making it a top priority for generations to come!
The composters and plants will be useful tools to teach the students sustainability and encouraging them to eat more fruits and vegetables.
I also want to ensure that my students are environmentally conscious and composting can help with that.
Benefits to my students
My students will be able to compost left over scraps from the cafeteria. This will allow the students to work on not being wasteful and caring for our planet. I also plan on having the students journal weekly about what they observe in their gardens so they have ideas on how to improve.
Budget Narrative
Worm Factory 360 Composting Bin (Terracotta) With 1000 Live Composting Worms By Worms Etc • AMAZON BUSINESS $149.95 1 $149.95
Yimby Tumbler Composter, Color Black and Compost Starter Bag Bundle • AMAZON BUSINESS $93.78 1 $93.78
Heirloom Seed Bank with 42 Varieties of NON GMO Open Pollinated Vegetable Seeds all Non-Hybrid • AMAZON BUSINESS $20.71 1 $20.71
The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art • AMAZON BUSINESS $14.55 1 $14.55
Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps (Discover Together Guides) • AMAZON BUSINESS $13.55 1 $13.55
Composting: Nature's Recyclers (Rise and Shine) • AMAZON BUSINESS $9.12 1 $9.12
Items
| # | Item | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worm Factory 360 Composting Bin (Terracotta) With 1000 Live Composting Worms By Worms Etc | $149.95 |
| 2 | Yimby Tumbler Composter, Color Black and Compost Starter Bag Bundle | $93.78 |
| 3 | Heirloom Seed Bank with 42 Varieties of NON GMO Open Pollinated Vegetable Seeds all Non-Hybrid • | $20.71 |
| 4 | The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art | $14.45 |
| 5 | Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps (Discover Together Guides) | $13.55 |
| 6 | Composting: Nature's Recyclers (Rise and Shine) | $9.12 |
| Total: | $301.56 |
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