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| Adobe making |
Fifth Grade students built an adobe structure in the community garden on President and Van Brunt Streets. What could be more sustainable than using mud and straw and wooden stakes to make a shelter?
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| Trimming branches to frame house |
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| Pounding in stakes |
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Working on the front of the house (it has to be attached to the sides!) |
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?--Kids are jumping on a tarp full of sand, clay and straw to mix it up.
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| Working on sides. |
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| Almost done! |
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| Inside View |
Amazing! Thanks to Nancye Good for teaching our students Earth Living Skills. Thanks to Nora Painten for allowing our students to use the Urban Community Garden on President and Van Brunt Streets. Thanks to fifth grade teachers, Rachael , Jessica, Carrie, Antoinette, Nancy, Rachel, and Laurie for envisioning and making this project a reality. (Photos were taken by Jessica and Rachael.) Thanks to the BNS Community. As Marisol said: "Anything is possible at BNS."
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