庭園生物學：植物生命、園藝與環境的科學
在這個令人驚嘆的課程中解開自然的秘密，該課程將先進的自然科學、生態學和園藝結合在一起，為年輕的博物學家群體提供幫助。研究植物學、農業、生態系統和環境問題的解決方案。
Peter Burke, BA Ecology & Agriculture
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每週上課 50 分鐘 小時作業
This class will include occasional, optional, simple homework assignments that can be used to fuel classroom discussion. For example: one assignment could be to look for some insects in your backyard or local park, take a picture and share it with the class. Or another could be to conduct an at-home science experiment like the soil jar test - put a handful of dirt in a jar with water, shake, and allow it to settle than observe the layers. However, classes will not depend on students completing assignments. They are optional and will only be used for classroom discussion.我們無法翻譯此文，請刷新頁面並再試一次。
課堂經歷
英語程度 - 未知
美國 4 - 6 年級
Advanced 等級
My Garden Biology classes draw upon a range of natural sciences to inspire awe and fascination for the natural world. If your learner completes a full cycle of this class they will become an expert naturalist! This is not your average biology class. I fill in the gaps left by core biology curriculum and go into greater detail about the mysterious lives of plants. Biology was my favorite subject in high school, but the textbook curriculum left me with many unanswered questions. It wasn't until my undergraduate degree that I found answers to how these miraculous natural systems work. But your learner doesn't need to wait until university to find answers.
My specialty is teaching advanced natural sciences using metaphor, games, and an interactive teaching style that captures the attention of young people. The amazing thing about teaching on Outschool is that there is plenty of time to investigate the often unexplored mysteries of nature, like: how does a snail’s tongue work? I collect lots of fun information along with big ecology concepts to create a mind-blowing adventure for your learner. This is not a how to garden tutorial but everything I teach connects back to gardening and will give your learner a deep intuitive understanding of how to work with plants. Perfect for gifted learners who need more challenging material or students that are bored with the standard biology curriculum and need a more interesting way to engage with science.
Class begins with a fun warm up activity then our weekly "nature mystery challenge". I find that this format helps students stay engaged and keeps them excited about coming back to class.
(A full year of unique classes. Join at any time.)
𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲:
October 21st
Photosynthesis, Sugars, & Cellulose - Plants power all life on earth by storing the suns energy as sugars
October 28th
Food Chains, Carbon, & Climate Change - Plants sequester carbon dioxide all the time by turning it into cellulose
November 4th
Water’s Functions in Plants - The ability to draw water up a stem gave vascular plants and evolutionary advantage
November 11th
Water, Soil, & Erosion - Clean water is created by water moving deep under ground but hard soils create polluted runoff
November 18th
De-composers & Fertility - Life comes from death especially when it comes to plants and soil
November 25th
Fertilizers, Algae Blooms, & Organic Fertilizers - Chemical fertilizers result in a lot of pollution. Instead, we can enlist the help of soil microorganisms!
December 2nd
Reproduction & Seed Dispersal - Every seed wants its own space to grow. So every plant must figure out a way to spread their seeds around.
December 9th
Seed Dispersal, Climate Change, and Abundance - Seed dispersal allows plants to travel across continents and adapt to changing climates.
December 16th
All About Flowers - flowers have many important ecological functions beyond looking pretty.
January 13th
All About Flowers - There are thousands of insects which depend on flowers for food.
January 20th
Plants vs Bugs - How do plants protect themselves from insect herbivores?
January 27th
Plants vs Bugs - Chemical defenses and beneficial insects
February 3rd
Beneficial Insects - Insects might bug us but we need them to survive.
February 10th
Beneficial Insects - Prey insects feed a wide range of important animals
February 17th
Beneficial Insects - Predatory insects can help us control a wide range of insect pests
February 24th
Endangered Species & Ecosystems - how do extinction events threaten the stability of our entire ecosystem and how could that effect humans?
March 3rd
Ecosystem Services - nature provides us with many underappreciated services without which life on earth would be very difficult.
March 10th
All About Mushrooms - The mushroom life cycle and saprotrophs: natures clean up crew
March 17th
Parasitic Mushrooms - Natural pest control and the amazing ability to make homes for woodland creatures by hallowing out trees
March 24th
Mycorrhizal Fungi, and the other Half of Plants - Mycorrhizal fungi form associations with 90% of wild plants but we’ve been farming without them since the invention of the plow
March 31st
The Theory of Evolution & Natural Selection - Two Islands, two finches, and Darwin's discovery
April 7th
The Evolution of Vegetables and Artificial Selection - Most vegetables have co-evolved with humans and have changed drastically from their wild counterparts
April 14th
The Geological History of Earth - Earth before life
April 21st
Prehistoric Plants - The first photosynthetic organisms and the first ecosystem
April 28th
The Evolution of Plants - What evolutionary leaps have plants made to become the greenery that we know and love today?
May 5th
Intro to Soil Science - What is dirt made of?
May 12th
The Geology of Farmland - Mountains turn to dust and eventually great farmland
May 19th
Desertification - Farmland can turn into deserts if it isn't cared for properly
May 26th
The Dust Bowl and Soil Organic Matter - There is a fine line between deserts and grassland. Most of our farmland lies on these vulnerable areas
June 2nd
Grasslands & Carbon Sequestration - We can sequester the same amount of carbon we currently produce and create amazing soil at the same time
June 9th
Soil Nutrients - What are the nutrients that plants need to grow and what do they do inside of plants?
June 16th
Soil Nutrients - Understanding the nitrogen cycle, phosphorous, and pollution
June 23rd
Soil Nutrients - What are natural sources of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium (NPK)
June 30th
Plant Characteristics - Identifying common families of plants by their leaves and flowers
July 7th
Plant Characteristics - Identifying the carrot and squash family
July 14th
Plant Characteristics - Identifying the onion family and the bean family
My mission on Outschool is to equip this upcoming generation with the scientific knowledge that they need to solve the many ecological crisis that we face today. The simple act of planting a garden can create shelter for small creatures, create food for pollinators, feed birds and other small creatures, sequester carbon dioxide, and manage the flow of water through the watershed to create clean streams and lakes. I want your learner to feel empowered. I want them to feel like they can grow plants and be a part of the solution. I try to offer lots of solutions in my classes because it can be scary to hear news of wildfires, climate change, and endangered species without knowing what to do about it. With a deep understanding of plants and ecosystems, there are plenty of solutions.
In the Garden as Habitat section of this class we look at ways we can create habitat for wildlife, like planting bunch grasses, native flowers, and keystone species. In Plant Characteristics section, I encourage students to take a close look at the leaves and flowers from different families of vegetables so that they can identify common families of plants. My hope is that learners become more curious about the nature around them and start to observe the subtle differences in leaf and flower patterns.
In the Evolution* of Plants section of this class I take your learner back to the beginning of time, when earth was just dust gathering around the sun. Then we observe the earliest relatives of plants back when they were single celled organisms floating in the oceans, and we look at some incredible imagery of microscopic algae and their predators which are still alive today and imagine what life on earth would have looked like two billion years ago. We continue through the story of geological time to observe some of the incredible evolutionary leaps that plants made from surviving on land to defying gravity.
Much of what I teach is not available to young people anywhere else. This type of information is stuck in science journals and scholarly articles that are inaccessible to young people. But I make this information come to life and take learners on a journey that will leave them awestruck and inspired.
This class is a great way to introduce your learner to science. It does not require prior knowledge or include too much scientific lingo. I am particularly good at making the science concepts approachable and understandable. I use props like legos and home experiments to make the scientific concepts accessible to a variety of learners.
If your learner has an interest in growing vegetables, growing flowers, trees, the forest, or nature in general than they will love this class! I love to show my plants on screen and use them as examples. I will use real life examples, games, and nature photography to make my class come to life.
As a teacher, I am particularly good at encouraging classroom interaction. Learners are often surprised by how much they are talking and thinking in my classroom. However, my class is also a safe space for learners who may not feel comfortable talking or appearing on screen. I celebrate neurodiversity and can adapt this class to a variety of learner needs. Please contact me about how I can accommodate for your learners needs.
There is a hidden drama taking place right under our noses at every moment in the natural world. I hope to make this drama come to life for my students and inspire them to take a closer look at the life around them.
You can expect to see classes that draw upon the fields of plant physiology, soil science, ecology, hydrology, earth science, entomology, mycology, and geology woven together, into a mind-blowing adventure for your learner.
My classes start with 10 - 15 minutes of a warm up activity followed by 35 - 40 minutes of power point presentation with plenty of time for questions, comments, and discussion.
*This class teaches *EVOLUTION*. You can contact me directly if you want to join this class but don't want to attend the evolution classes.學習目標
This course will cover:
how to garden, how to grow vegetables, photosynthesis, climate change, carbon sequestration, food chain, water cycle, erosion, compost, fertilizers, desertification, hydrology, pesticides, organic farming, pollinators, pollination, botany, seed dispersal, abundance, scarcity, nectar, biology, pollen, pollination, pollinators, DNA, diversity, plant reproduction, life cycles, predatory insects, beneficial insects, orchids, types of flowers, flower families, mycology, ecosystems, mycelium, topsoil, trees, habitat, xylum, ploem, no-till farming, organic farming, mycorrhizae, mycorrhizal fungi, mycoremediation, toxic waste, superfund sites, biology, nectar, pollen, reproduction, butterflies, moths, beetles, aphids, entomology, predatory insects, beneficial insects, organic farming, pollinators, pollination, botany, how to garden, how to grow vegetables, monocultures, agriculture, pesticides, insects, bugs, farming, pest control, bio control, human health, ecosystems, extinction, endangered species, jumping spiders, dragon flies, lady bugs, parasitic wasps, hover flies, lacewings, assassin bugs, Biology, Ecology, Ecosystems, Ecosystem services, Erosion, Flooding, Food Security, Drought, Climate change, Biodiversity, Diversity, Endangered Species, Hydrology, Topsoil, Geology, Agriculture, Farming, biology, nectar, pollen, butterflies, moths, beetles, aphids, entomology, predatory insects, beneficial insects, organic farming, pollinators, pollination, botany, how to garden, how to grow vegetables, monocultures, agriculture, pesticides, insects, bugs, farming, pest control, bio control, essential oils, epidermis, Biology, Gardening, How to garden, pollinator garden, butterfly garden, solitary bees, specialist bees, pollinators, pollination, keystone species, nature's best hope, Doug Tallamy, entomology, ecology, ecosystems, biomes, tidal pools, swamps, beaver dams, carbon sequestration, watershed management, hydrology, food webs, food chains, wildlife, endangered species, topsoil, gifted, after school, gamification, gamify, gamified, games.
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已加入 July, 2020
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學士學位 在 科學 從 Hampshire College
I currently sit on the advisory committee for the Shao Shan Temple Community Garden which works with community members of all ages to create a nourishing space for mindfulness practice, community engagement, and to provide fresh local veggies for the temple programs and the local food shelf.
I received my Outdoor Leadership Certificate from Hanfl Center for Outdoor Education and Environmental Study in 2019 along with an Advanced Wilderness First Aid Certificate.
I had the privilege of managing the gardens at the Art Monastery, which is dedicated to cultivating personal awakening and cultural transformation through art making, spiritual practice, and reciprocity with the earth. I managed volunteers to grow local organic food using ecologically informed techniques. And I am currently planning native perennial pollinator gardens to be planted at their facilities next spring.
I have been teaching English abroad for the last three years. I have a TESOL certificate to teach English as a second language. I have traveled to Thailand and India while teaching English as a second language.
During my Ecology and Agriculture major at Hampshire College I volunteered with Help Yourself Northampton to plant Public Access Food Forests in public spaces around the city. This involved working with the local government to approve such plantings and educating the general public about the importance of food security, food access, and the ecological benefits of diverse gardens as apposed to lawns. I had the privilege of working alongside youth volunteers, talking with them about ecology and gardening as we planted an edible garden next to a bike path in the center of town. I got to work side by side with young people from my community and understand their relationship to food and nature.
I had the privilege of volunteering for Fresh New London; their mission is empowering youth, connecting community and growing food to dismantle systemic oppression and build food sovereignty. Again I had the amazing opportunity to work alongside high school students in the area to talk about gardening and the environment, but also to understand the local community and the needs of a diverse population. We worked to grow culturally relevant food options like Ahi Dulce, a popular sweet pepper from Latin America.
I have also had the opportunity to volunteer at Nuestras Raices, a grassroots urban agriculture organization based in Holyoke, MA. Their mission is to create healthy environments, celebrate “agri-culture,” harness collective energy, and to advance a vision of a just and sustainable future. We worked together with the understanding that cultivating youth leadership can powerfully influence policy and systems change.
I also had the wonderful opportunity to assist with a nature based after school program at Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School which used nature games and nature based arts and crafts to teach K-4th grade students about basic ecological principles and basic outdoors skills. We ran activities such as identifying the signs of spring, looking at animal tracks, and building simple shelters to let kids connect with nature, get out of the classroom, and develop useful outdoors skills.
During my six month apprenticeship at Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center in San Francisco, CA I had the opportunity to meet with local high school students to talk with them about mindfulness, meditation, and organic farming during community outreach programs at the farm.
During my time at Hampshire College I worked with the organization Real Food Challenge which is dedicated to mobilizing young people to redefine real food and build a food system that benefits everyone. I worked with youth leaders from around the country to advocate for more ethically and sustainably sourced foods to be served in dining halls in schools around the country.
I was one of the original members of the Pioneer Valley Workers Center Farmworker Organizing Committee. They are pursuing a future in which workers, immigrants, and all people of color, revolutionize the way that we feed and sustain themselves. My role included organizing childcare and education for the farmworker meetings so that the parents could meet and discuss strategies to improve working conditions at local farms.
I was lucky to present at the 2017 Northeast Organic Farmers Association about soil grown sprouts and the environmental benefits of growing fresh greens at home rather than buying them from farms across the country.
I have had the privilege of taking a permaculture design course with Eric Toensmeier, the award-winning author of Edible Forest Gardens and Carbon Farming, and an appointed lecturer at Yale University, and international lecturer. I studied ecosystem mimicry in food production and we discussed innovative techniques to grow food, sequester carbon, and sustain wildlife. 評論
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