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School Project Photos

Grand Rapids Christian Elementary School, Evergreen Campus (K-5) (9 Photos)

Evergreen campus tree planting, mulching
Young students on Evergreen campus tree planting, mulching
Evergreen campus playground tree planting, mulching
students planting flowering sapling on evergreen campus
young students digging hole in playground to plant
students digging hole for tree sapling on grass

Shawmut Hills Photos (44 Photos)

Final product Shawmut Hills sycamore circle mural
student drawing design for Shawmut Hills sycamore circle mural
student presenting bird design for Shawmut Hills sycamore circle mural
up-close on bird drawing
student drawing plants for Shawmut Hills sycamore circle mural
student designing the Shawmut Hills sycamore circle mural

Potter's House (19 Photos)

2020-2021 Project Photos

students learning outside reading
students learning outside reading by the creek
student reading outside
classroom instruction
learning outside at picnic tables
learning outside at picnic tables at different angle

Peach Plains 2020-2021 (8 Photos)

Student Poster Share-Out
Student Video Share-Out
Student Video Share-Out-1
Student Poster
Student Poster Share-Out-1
Student Poster Share-Out-2

Ferry Elementary & Voyager School (6 Photos)

Students outside learning
students in the park
students under awning
Students outside learning about macros
Students outside learning, macroinvertibrates
Students outside learning on the pond

Coit Creative Arts Academy (9 Photos)

Photos from 2020-2021 academic year.

Coit CAA - Sprouts
Coit CAA - Students planting sprouts
Coit CAA - Students planting with trowel
Coit CAA - Students planting with shovel
Coit CAA - Students planting together
Coit CAA - Student learning

Wellspring Preparatory High School (5 Photos)

Students use an instrument to test water in a cup
Students stand on a sand bar in water
Students in waders stand in a stream
Students pick macroinvertebrates out of a net
A student in waders holds a net on his shoulder

Valleywood Middle (4 Photos)

Students share nature books
Student holds shovel and container of soil
Students stand behind milk jugs filled with soil and native plant seeds
Students work on turning milk jugs into greenhouses

Southwood Elementary (7 Photos)

Student observes stream water in a test tube
Student stands in stream and looks at sample of water
Student stands in stream and grabs sample of water
Student looks at water sample to test turbidity
Two students look at bucket of water to identify macroinvertebrates
Two students look at rock in a bucket of water

Grandville Central Elementary (3 Photos)

Central Woodlands students read to kindergartners
Central Woodlands students help kindergartners read
Central Woodlands lead a reading circle with kindergartners
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