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Volunteer Efforts Sustain Garden at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity.
Growing U Volunteers and school staff have successfully maintained the garden at Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity in Bryan, TX. The students have been away since March due to COVID-19. At that time, the school administration made it a point to sustain the hard work of the children. The…
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Eco Friendly Newspaper Pots
While we are still under shelter in place orders, let’s not forget we still have our creative minds. That old stack of newspaper is just what you will need to make biodegradable planting pots. Other supplies needed for this are: a spray can or something cylindrical, a plastic container, soil,…
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Protect Yourself and Others: Good Habits to Keep During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Some good habits to keep during and after the COVID-19 pandemic are proper hand washing techniques, staying home if you are sick, if possible avoid sick people, keep hand sanitizer (minimum 60% alcohol) with you at all times. Try to avoid shaking hands and other unnecessary body contact. Hands should…
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Sullivan 4-H Growing U Participates in RGVLS
Sullivan 4-H Growing U hit a new milestone this year by participating in RGVLS (Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show). Students were able to apply their knowledge and hard work in an annual competition that has been going on for over 80 years. Not only did Sullivan 4-H compete in the…
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Walking The Straight and Arrow Across Texas
At Arrow Academy students and volunteers participated in the smoothie bike challenge to earn points for Walk Across Texas (WAT). The objective was to pedal up enough energy for the bike to blend frozen fruits and fresh vegetables into a healthy delicious drink. By doing this they earned a calculated…
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Volunteer Efforts Prove Vital to Sustaining School Gardens During COVID-19
Volunteers at Brazos School of Inquiry and Creativity are managing the Growing U garden. Due to Corona Virus concerns students have been away from school for 3 weeks and will most likely miss the vegetable harvesting. The adult leaders have since taken complete responsibility in the weeding, watering, planting and…
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March 11, 2020
Today in 4-H we ran outside and took pictures and we played volleyball. We saw baby bees and three of them were hatching. There were babies coming out of the little holes. There was like four of them newborn and I bet there was like a lot of other babies…
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Recycling is FUN!
When you recycle you are reusing something again. This activity we used unwanted paper to turn them into a platable valentine’s day card. The materials used were color paper, blender, and news paper. First, we cut pieces of paper, then we put it in a plate to pour in the…
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Health & Fitness, Hearne Elementary
Vera Plant
The importance of plants depends on the use. 2. What the lotion did for us is that it protect us and our skin 3. We used lotion ,cup ,knife,spoon to remove the gel from the plant and pout the lotion to mix it. 4. There are many medical and other…
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Nature Masks
Did you know that long ago that many people used nature for other things than planting? They used nature to make paint, dyes, jewelry, and also musical instruments. We did something similar to this but we made masks, and it was fun. We used sticks, foam paper, scissors, mask template,…
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