The projects will be planned, implemented and completed by the students. Not only will they learn during the projects implementation but will also be creating a permanent living classroom for those that follow. The students will develop the surveys for each. In addition our local agricultural advisory board with the curriculum coordinator and the principal will help in evaluating the success of our projects. My educational philosophy is in part supported by the projects that my students have completed.
Students learn best by doing and experiencing the learning.
My students, under my direction, just completed a 140 foot boardwalk in Taylors Falls at the Bryant Nature Center. We have done numerous landscape projects in the community from retaining walls to complete design-built landscapes. Every tree, shrub and all of the landscaping at the high school was done by my students. We have designed, routered, and finished many community and school signs. We have sheared shrubs, designed and planted flower beds, poured concrete, sandbagged for community members and the city.