7/11/21 7/11/21

Indicator Species

This was my first year of summer camps at Mezzacello. I used fresh horse manure in the garden. big MISTAKE! Now we know better.

6/8/21 6/8/21

The New Neighbor Who Has 100 feet

6/5/21 6/5/21

The Launch of Mezzacello 2.0

6/3/21 6/3/21

The Manure That Infected Mars

5/6/21 5/6/21

Ecosystems Alone And Together

5/5/21 5/5/21

The Rule of Sustainability - 3 and 5 Strategy

Sustainability is an important topic right now. We need more of it, and better metrics to define what "it" is.

4/15/21 4/15/21

Redefining Mezzacello

4/1/21 4/1/21

Spring 2021 at Mezzacello

3/23/21 3/23/21

Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

3/21/21 3/21/21

Chicken Coop Starter Set

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Micro Hydroponics Systems

Students will repurpose takeout container to start growing seedlings in a small hydroponic container with a heat map to promote germination and growth,

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Creating Perfect Fertlizer

Students will explore the molecular nature of fertilizer and its relationship to NHCOPS, the water cycle and the sun.

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Food From Waste and Ash

Students will learn to make soap from waste products and ash as well as fire starter kits from lint, wax and soap.

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Animal Babies and Health

Students will learn the basics of vet tech, like treating wounds, medicated feed, and identifying illness in small animals.

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Robotic Doors and Automation

The basics of robotics and automation for opening and closing doors. Students will explore three systems of automation.

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Lesson: NHCOPS and the Ladder of Life

Students will become familiar with both the periodic table of the elements, periodicity, and the DNA composition of life.

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Lasagna Garden Basics

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

3/13/21 3/13/21

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.

3/13/21 3/13/21

Lesson: Animal Evolution Body Puzzle

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

3/13/21 3/13/21

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.