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We are an environmental science course at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, NJ, taught by Mrs. T. We'll be blogging about environmental issues all term, so please stay tuned!

Monday, April 13, 2015

National Wildlife Project

This year for our Interdisciplinary Project, we helped the environment out. First, we had to certify our school and make sure we could certify safety, food resources, shelter and a place to raise the young. Luckily, we didn't have to buy anything since everything was hidden in our property. We went on a scavenger hunt for bird houses, nuts, and even some insects. In class we made the bird houses a lot cleaner, glued the birdbath since it was cracked, and converted one of the two birdbaths into a butterfly puddler. This helps the environment because birds could now feel safe in our school since they have safety in our property. We all learned a lot. One of the main things was to look around and not ignore the littlest things because those help the most! For example, grass helps animals hide, a small piece of wood could rebuild a birdhouse and glue keeps a birdbath together. We felt like this hands on method helped a lot because we had fun while learning. For example, looking for equipment led to us rebuilding a birdhouse.

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