BioTech

Lesson: Magnetism 101

Students will learn the mystery of magnetism. From the quantum to the electro-mechanical students will explore all types of magnets.

Lesson: Creating an Ecosystem

Students will create a map or maquette of the ecosystems of Mezzacello and determine using science and data if it is an ecosystem.

Lesson: Basic Sanitation 101

Sanitation is a critical skillset on an urban farm. This lesson introduces students to the basics of sanitation and pathology.

Lesson: Nested Levels of Reality

Reality is a web of details, structures, and dependent systems. organism to the quantum realm, this lesson explores it all.

Lesson: Nested Levels of Reality
The Nested Levels of reality.

Lesson: Ecosystem Anomalies

This is a fun search and ID lesson where students work in teams with a hula hoop to take surveys on ecosystems to find a mystery.

Lesson: Animal Evolution Body Puzzle

Lesson identifying different parts of three distinct species of animal and finding commonalities and needs among them.

Lesson: Animal Health and Safety Puzzle
Parts of the Chicken Species

Lesson: Animal Health And Safety

A fun and safe way to introduce students to the realities of handling live animals and their pathogens, like a real vet.

Why Communication is Key on an Urban Farm

Lesson: Lasagna Garden Basics

Students will explore compost and growing systems from a biological and chemical basis to understand life systems through a model.

Recycling grass, leaves, manure, food compost, and peat moss used to store root vegetables back into the no-dirt lasagna garden beds.