Monthly Archives: September 2012

Garden Update: September 27

This week, we finished planting all of our leafy greens that were donated to us by Nicolas with Crystal Organic Farms. Check out the post about his donation and the delivery here and be sure to go see him at the Morningside Farmers Market each Saturday morning to say thank you! We planted: green leaf lettuceContinue reading “Garden Update: September 27”

National Green Ribbon School Press Conference

This morning we were fortunate enough to have State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Barge, and Lieutenant Governor, Casey Cagle, at Springdale Park for a press conference announcing the kickoff of the 2013 National Green Ribbons School Program. We were so proud to receive this national recognition in 2012 and we are looking forward to supportingContinue reading “National Green Ribbon School Press Conference”

Tasting with Chef Andrew: Okra Fritters

Chef Andrew from Atkins Park came to visit us today and teach us how to make tasty Okra Fritters out of the okra we grew in our garden. Check out the video of his class with our 5th graders and click here to download the recipe. Harvesting Okra and Cooking Okra Fritters from Jenna MobleyContinue reading “Tasting with Chef Andrew: Okra Fritters”

Family Science Night – October 4th!

Family Science Night is coming up at Springdale Park and there are TONS of great presenters lined up! Click the links below to find out a little bit more about the organizations they represent. Environmental Science “The Power of Solar Power” Brian Fitzpatrick, Inman Solar Power “Urban Forestry” Greg Levine, Trees Atlanta “Non-indigineous Species Invasion”Continue reading “Family Science Night – October 4th!”

Fall Clean Commute Week

The first week of October is the Clean Air Campaign’s Fall Clean Commute Week. Where can I learn about Air Quality? Check out this PBS EekoWorld Video on Air Quality. Check our current Air Quality in Atlanta. What Can We Do at SPARK? We would like to encourage all students to choose a clean commuteContinue reading “Fall Clean Commute Week”

Garden Update: September 18

We are so thrilled for our plant delivery! Nicolas from Crystal Organic Farm in Newborn, Georgia donated 350 plants to our garden and dropped them off this week. We have all sorts of leafy greens – romaine lettuce, bibb lettuce, green leaf lettuce, red russian kale, lacinato kale, chard, and collards. Please go visit him,Continue reading “Garden Update: September 18”

Math Lesson: Measuring in the Garden

This week in the garden we learned to measure using rulers. Here are the target standards for the lesson: Kindergarten CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length. CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.2 Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. 1st Grade CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A.1 OrderContinue reading “Math Lesson: Measuring in the Garden”

Teachable Moments: Magnolia Seed Pods

  Look what we found at the garden today! The flowers from the magnolia trees on our campus have faded and today we found some seed pods spreading open to reveal bright red berries. We broke open the berries to find the magnolia seeds. We had a great teachable moment about flowers, berries, and seedsContinue reading “Teachable Moments: Magnolia Seed Pods”

Garden Update: August 29th

Today Farmer D brought us 288 8-quart bags of compost and four 50-pound bags of fertilizer for our 92 center beds on our rooftop garden! Math Challenge: How many total quarts of compost did we receive? How many total pounds of fertilizer did we receive? When we divided the bags of compost evenly through theContinue reading “Garden Update: August 29th”