So my fabulous third graders are here to show you their interpretation of the water cycle. ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦Jackie Pippins⁩ ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦Bilingual Barcroft⁩

Barcroft kinders are learning about water and how we use it. I just love these littlest Eagles! They are recording info, watering plants and enjoying our fish who’s habitat happens to be water! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

More water lesson photos! @APSscience BarcroftEagles @GabyRivasAPS

Nice to get out Barcroft’s Environmental Stewards outdoors with our master gardener volunteers. Kids snipped and turned cover crops in our vegetable bed! ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

Barcroft 3rd Ss dissecting owl pellets! How does an owl use adaptations to hunt & catch prey? What exactly does an owl eat?! Students found skulls, jaws, femurs and more, belonging to mice shrews and voles! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

So proud of these students! Completely student led initiative…Recycling Club committee speaks with custodial staff , sharing plan to help custodians collect weekly classroom recycling! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

Guess what Barcroft’s Environmental Club started? Walk (bike,bus,carpool scooter) to School Wednesday!! Cut out fossil fuels. Carpool/ride the bus! If you live/work close, walk or bike⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

The fabulous 5th graders researched, voted on, secured funding, ordered and installed a new bird bath in the Barcroft garden! I love when kids make things happen! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩

Forces and motion playgrounds.Kinders built models of their designs. Simply Amazing to watch when children are given science time & a tray of simple supplies! Good for brains, hands and souls to build and create.⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩

New initiative from Barcroft Environmental Club members! Lights Out Friday. Let’s conserve energy! Other benefits, a sense of calm throughout the building. Happy for admin & custodial support @APSscience APS Sustainability @GabyRivasAPS BarcroftEagles Jackie Pippins Bilingual Barcroft

What a lovely turnout on a beautiful Saturday for our Barcroft Garden Work Day! We tackled weeding, mulching and planting flowers and seeds. ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦Bilingual Barcroft⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦Jackie Pippins⁩

4H volunteers talking about Earth Day & how to transplant seedlings from mini greenhouse jugs to raised beds (cleared on garden work day!) ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦Bilingual Barcroft⁩ ⁦Jackie Pippins⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩

And more volunteers talking with the kiddos ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦Jackie Pippins⁩ ⁦Bilingual Barcroft⁩

Barcroft YES Club members participate in a school yard clean up activity. #1 reduce waste #2 reuse items whenever possible #3 when the others aren’t possible please practice recycling ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩ ⁦Project Y.E.S.⁩

Our Barcroft garden! Thanks to 4H-environmental club members, kinder &1st grade students and garden work day families for preparing, planting & weeding out garden space! ⁦@APSscience⁩ ⁦BarcroftEagles⁩ ⁦APS Sustainability⁩ ⁦Bilingual Barcroft⁩ ⁦@GabyRivasAPS⁩