BTN started this Fall by doing Traveling Naturalist programs for EACH CLASS in EACH GRADE LEVEL at San Juan Elementary.
While the K-2nd grade students grew plants from seed, the 3rd - 5th grade students participated in an outdoor program -in the future garden - where they tested the abiotic factors of the ecosystem (temperature, amount of sunlight, percolation of water through the soil, soil pH, etc.) The students took core samples and observed the soil, measured the area of the garden plot and monitored the animals already present in the garden. These tests will be repeated in the Spring, once the garden has had a chance to mature.
Volunteers from the community gathered to put 15 tons of DG (decomposed granite) in the habtat garden, to create the trail. Future students will use the trail to observe nature, and use the garden for art, writing, and even math activities!
Volunteers from UCLA, UCI, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton helped dig the holes.
BTN staff and Interns (Yuki, our intern is pictured here) assisted students in planting over 560 plants in the garden.
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