2nd collaborating to create a square foot garden. They used arrays, measurement, calorie rich plants and their companions using tech designs from vegplotter.com. They used folk art to model their collaborative plan in a patchwork quilt. Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

3rd grade using vegplotter.com to plan the garden space they will protect from extreme heat or cold. Structural prototypes integrating knowledge of heat energy transfer coming soon! Springdale Park Springdale Park

4th hard at work using tinkercad.com to design a vermicompost bin for our rooftop garden Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

5th grade creating a packaging plan and Spark logo for freshly harvested produce donations to Intown Cares while studying microorganisms Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

2nd grade putting in their square foot garden today. They used vegplotter.com to find and choose companion plants for calorie dense veggies. Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

2nd filling potato bags from our compost pile, plus a little competitive experiment to determine the best way to start potato slips. Todd is looking good, Dr. Toney entering the competition! Kristin Siembieda Todd Sulchek 𝔻𝕣. 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕋𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪💚🌳🐉 Springdale Park

Inspired by Roberto: The Insect Architect, K getting creative and using forces to build insect habitats for our rooftop bees and ladybug release. Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

1st creating a perfect pollinator habitat Springdale Park Kristin Siembieda

What a treat it’s been to have ATL artist Yoyo Ferro at Springdale Park the past couple of days sharing his artistic process and creating the perfect mural to represent our schoolwide PBL! 🌱 Such a special experience for our artists! ❤️ #apsartistscollab

2nd Grade measuring progress in their square foot garden and raising awareness about our garden project by making recycled seed paper. Excited kids = happy teacher Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

4th constructing a vermicompost bin with our community partner and getting worms acclimated to help improve our garden soil. Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

5th grade testing our produce packaging methods before donating to Intown Cares ... we are making improvements Springdale Park Kristin Siembieda

What fun adding a little SPARKle to the 1st grade bee box project. Thank you Madison Rannals and Kristin Siembieda! Springdale Park

Aphids spotted, It's ladybug release day in K! Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

First testing their garden with a pollinator census today. Everything they planted looks great, but we will have to look again when it is sunny...a good little experiment to see how weather affects bees 🐝 Kristin Siembieda

2nd making improvements to their garden and getting our Spark started potato slips, tomatoes, and peppers in the ground. Kristin Siembieda

3rd testing extreme weather prototypes for temp changes. Most showed success and we saw that cloudy vs sunny weather can affect testing results. Kristin Siembieda

Kindergarten is now testing more ways to improve natural pest control. Will water, neem oil, or ladybugs work best? Kristin Siembieda

2nd graders measuring a successful radish harvest in their square foot garden Kristin Siembieda Springdale Park

Rice balls so snow-white they’re upstaging our white tees! 🍙 Thank you Madison Rannals & Env Science Spark for this amazing lesson in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 🫶🏽 Springdale Park 𝔻𝕣. 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕖𝕣 𝕋𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪💚🌳🐉