Monday, June 23, 2014

Fishing... Or Cutting Bait... in CompostLandia

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I have been making soil for 6 years . It all started back after my first year at Eagle Cove School.  I spent that year training my stude...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

School's Out For Summer!

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Here is my disclaimer: I have been on summer break for 2 weeks.  After a week of packing up my classroom in my now-closed-for-good schoo...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

Eco Schools Infomercial

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I'm still riding the highs of our honor award of the Eco-School award at Eagle Cove School.  (I wrote about this in my June 8th post ...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

A Great School Lives In Its Students Forever

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This week has been a big environmental week--both near and far, and far and wide within my heart: Thursday, June 5th was World Environmen...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Goodbyes are Hard

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Today in my 3rd grade class, we watched " Big Miracle "--Drew Barrymore's 2012 flick set in 1988 about 3 whales trapped in ice...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Be Out There, Get Out There! Nature, That Is!

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The window is closing over at Eagle Cove School ...we are in single digits counting down the school's closing.  Every day closer we get...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Plastic Just Continues to Rear It's Ugly Head

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Here at the end of the school year, we are beginning to close up shop. 2014 definitely has been weird with the knowledge that our school is...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

3rd Graders "Paint" the Bay Bridge

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It could be almost akin to a sensory taste sensation better than the Doublemint Twins or a Recess Peanut Butter Cup.  Last week we had a 2-d...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Celebrating Rachel Carson Through her eBooks

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Rachel Carson was a woman ahead of her time.  An environmentalist who's voice started being heard in the late 1930's for the next q...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Save the Oyster, Save the Bay, Save the Memories

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As the middle of May starts making its way to the end of the month, it's traditional for some super culminating trips to make their way...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Blast From the Past: May Green Team Gazette Newsletters

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A triumvirate of May Day specials with the May Green Team Gazettes from 2009, 2010, 2011.  Some eco facts and figures are always in bloom an...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Happy Mother's Day

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To all the mothers out there (whether you are biological moms, adopted moms, moms-to-be, moms-by-heart, role mom-models, aunts, coaches, tea...
Friday, May 9, 2014

An Annual Tradition

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No....it's not the running of the bulls. Nope...not the NFL Draft (though that HAS over-taken my television tonight). Not the Super ...
Monday, May 5, 2014

Speaking for Nature Through the Camera's Lens

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It's a "Pictures Speak 1000 Words" kind of day....so I'll let the pictures do what the pictures do. Pictures of my past ...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Earth Week Day 3: Once Upon a Time...

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Once upon a time, there was a little school on the shores of the Magothy River, with a great view of the Chesapeake Bay. Although, in rea...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Earth Week Day 2: Animals Abound!

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Earth Day Tuesday had some nice "eco" treats at Eagle Cove School for Earth Week--of the animal kind.  For my 3rd graders, it ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Happy Earth Day: #GlobalSelfie Style

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Today was a full day on every side, so I will have to share all of my goodies for our Eagle Cove School "Tuesday of Earth Week"...
Monday, April 21, 2014

Let Earth Week Begin!

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The post-noon day sun shining down made for an idyllic spring day at the ole Eagle Cove School today. Yet, despite 1 of the first few bea...