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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Environmental Stewardship
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School Garden Installation
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Community
They are smiling because the water conserving drip system has been engineered and installed at Burton Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth, TX on Friday, May 10 with the most expert guidance and assistance from them; and they are Debbie Key and Bill Vandever, Tarrant County Master Gardeners extraordinaire. They’re happy that 200 + folks from the community at large, specifically volunteers from Mercedes Benz Corporation, parents, teachers and students have completed another REAL School Garden for instructing and facilitating knowledge through nature in context with the real world. People like these folks (Debbie and Bill) volunteer their time ...
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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A few weeks ago, the children of Academy at Carrie F. Thomas had a pair of mallard ducks visit their REAL school garden. The two liked the space so much they decided to live there. The students were so excited, and were constantly checking to see what the ducks were up to. And guess what they discovered? The teachers there sent us a little photo book to share the experience. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
The courtship begins! 
BIG discovery of little eggs 
A nervous mama paces.... 
But wait! THERE'S MORE! 
Children learn to ...
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Friday, May 10, 2013
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Sarah Geer is Director of Foundation and Individual Relations, REAL School Gardens On April 27, more than 100 FedEx volunteers completed a very special same-day delivery: they created a sustainable learning garden in the span of one day. For the 612 students at Dr. Barbara Jordan Elementary in Dallas, this garden will help them connect with their lessons – and the environment – in a new and meaningful way. FedEx volunteers applied their expertise in efficiency to make quick work of numerous projects, including: tilling the ground, depositing wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of soil in garden beds, erecting a grape arbor, ...
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Educators
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Instructional Aids
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Science
We recently attended a great workshop at the NSTA conference in San Antonio where we acquired a simple and synthesized list of some of the best iPad apps to use in the outdoor classroom. For many of the apps, students took pictures of things outside and used the pictures in the apps to create diagrams, sequences, webs, etc. We thank Judi Kur and Kimber Hershberger, two elementary teachers from Pennsylvania, for sharing this list with us. Looking for ways to integrate outdoor teaching and technology? These apps are kid tested, teacher approved!  Popplet This app allows students ...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Our partners over at Chipotle are showing their appreciation for teachers with Buy One Get One Free Burritos! (Beats the heck out of an apple, right?) National Teacher Appreciation BOGO entrée offer is coming up on Tuesday, May 7th. And, since you're a teacher, we expect you to read all the directions before you run screaming to your local Chipotle. - The promotion will run from 4 PM to close on Tuesday, May 7th.
- The offer is valid for in restaurant purchases only. No BBTB, fax, online, or mobile offers will be accepted.
- Customers must show their school staff ID to ...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Student Behavior
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Science
The wonderful thing about being an intern here at REAL School Gardens is that I get to see some of the amazing things students discover in our gardens every day. Sometimes it’s bugs and plants, and sometimes it’s their true selves. 
Each spring, REAL School Gardens partners with Botanical Research Institute of Texas for our Smart Potatoes program in which schools can plant potatoes, chart and graph their growth, then donate the potatoes to local food pantries. I got an opportunity to visit one of our partner schools to check out a lesson and take pictures last week. In ...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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Educators
This week, two of our educators have traveled to San Antonio to give a presentation to the National Science Teachers Association's annual conference. In addition to sharing our outdoor teaching tips and techniques with 2,000 of the nations' coolest Science teachers, we'll be giving away six of our standards-based STEM lesson plans, courtesy of our partners at Texas Instruments. Download them now for free! AND, because it's Spring and we want to get outside as much as we can,
we've also got three "Life Sciences Come Alive" lessons to help you get
students exploring the organisms living in their own schoolyard.
Explorations ...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
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Attention good citizens! You have hereby been officially deputized to hunt down some of the most treacherous, dastardly, malicious and pernicious villains ever to convert solar energy into food. Take these WANTED WEED posters, print them, fold them in half, and hand them out to your posse. If your posse members are little varmints, you can offer a reward to the gardening vigilante who uproots the most criminals! (Translation: To make spring weeding less of a chore for kids, download these WANTED WEEDS pages from the link below and fold them in half. Then hand them out to the ...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Volunteering
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Community
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Family Activities
As a college student, I can be the first to admit that I spend way too much time inside, glued to a computer screen, or texting on my cell phone. Adults struggle with getting outdoors and in turn, children are having the same struggle. Ronda Grimes, in the video posted below, gets right to the point when she says that our children are living in a world of technology that hinders their ability to get outside and actually enjoy that time outdoors. Here at REAL School Gardens, we think it's not only important for kids to be outdoors but ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
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Volunteering
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Student Behavior
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Community
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Instructional Aids
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Science
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REAL Supporters
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Smart Potatoes
REAL School Gardens, Surgical Care Affiliates, The United Way and Richardson Bike Mart were part of an amazing occasion held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Gaylord Texan Resort for the children of the organization, Bea’s Kids. This event was created to increase interest in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. This event not only reached out to the areas of STEM, but it also gave the kids confidence and a feeling of accomplishment after creating each project. With around 200 volunteers and about eighty children involved, ...
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