The fifth grade science classes from Avon Heritage North Elementary School meet their partner school in Miami Florida to start our gardening project using Earth Boxes. The Students from Miami County Day School shared common facts of Ohio and Florida and the students of Avon use Google Earth to show a birds eye view of our schools and local hot spots. Hearing the local weather forecast for Miami and Avon made us envious while their students were thrilled to hear we had a 30% chance of snow (we didn’t get any). One important comment I over heard as the students left was that “they were just like us”, we hope to hear more comments like that.
In two weeks the students will plant lettuce seeds to start our gardens. Both classes will plant their crops in Earth Boxes purchased from http://www.earthbox.com/. The Avon students will use grow lights and the students in Florida will plant the same crops but will place their earth boxes outside. Throughout the year the students will compare plants and discuss what changes each group should make as they chart their plants progress.
We look forward to working with our new friends at Miami Country Day :)
