Bug, Bird and Butterfly Teaching Garden & Mosaic
Site Based Liaison and parent Leah Cross led the redesign and planting of a Bug, Bird and Butterfly Teaching Garden in a barren courtyard space. The classes involved in the planting of the garden learned about why the plants were chosen, and what birds, bugs and butterflies the plants will attract. This garden will act as an important laboratory for science studies at EECS.
A year after the Garden was installed, Leah Cross led 75 first graders through research, drafting, drawing & creating tile mosaics for all the plants, birds & butterflies that could be found in their garden. The mosaic is mounted on the side of the school, within the Bird & Butterfly Garden. EECS teachers plan on using the mosaic as a guide for plant, bird & butterfly studies year-after-year with their first grade students.
Site-Based Liaison: Leah Cross
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DESIGN. PLAY. LEARN. 