“The Duck Pond” Abstract
Session Format
Presentation Session (20 minutes)
Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Target Audience
K12 Educators
Location
Room 1603
Abstract for the conference program
As Environmental Science class teachers, we want to always have a project involving students in real-life, real-world ventures designed to encompass an entire year in order to teach students environmental science principles, community involvement, and civic duty as well as work ethic along with team-work. This project does this and carries with it the notion of creating something big while improving and continuing the legacy for other classes at Statesboro High and the benefit of the community. The project is called, “The Duck Pond” and was so named by the 2014-15 Environmental Science classes of Statesboro High School students. The premise of “The Duck Pond” is to take a piece of school property and create an outdoor classroom for all classes at the high school to use with an ongoing outdoor science lab. The students are involved in all aspects of development including making all the decisions from the design, to the labor intensive building, through the maintenance phases. This project helps us in the continual growth of the “The Duck Pond” and the growth of the students at Statesboro High as we delve into this endeavor in a deeper scale.
Proposal Track
Research Project
Proposal Track
T1: Teaching and Learning in the STEM Field
Start Date
3-4-2016 12:20 PM
End Date
3-4-2016 12:40 PM
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Branton, Lee and McCombs, Richard L., "“The Duck Pond” Abstract" (2016). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 15.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2016/2016/15
“The Duck Pond” Abstract
Room 1603
As Environmental Science class teachers, we want to always have a project involving students in real-life, real-world ventures designed to encompass an entire year in order to teach students environmental science principles, community involvement, and civic duty as well as work ethic along with team-work. This project does this and carries with it the notion of creating something big while improving and continuing the legacy for other classes at Statesboro High and the benefit of the community. The project is called, “The Duck Pond” and was so named by the 2014-15 Environmental Science classes of Statesboro High School students. The premise of “The Duck Pond” is to take a piece of school property and create an outdoor classroom for all classes at the high school to use with an ongoing outdoor science lab. The students are involved in all aspects of development including making all the decisions from the design, to the labor intensive building, through the maintenance phases. This project helps us in the continual growth of the “The Duck Pond” and the growth of the students at Statesboro High as we delve into this endeavor in a deeper scale.
