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L.A.N.D.S. Water Field Day

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Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects L.A.N.D.S. Water/Erosion Field Day for Brenham 8thgraders  Scheduled for April 14, 2020 in Burton from approximately 8 am to 3 pm. (Backup date is April 21) Please also contact Debra Healy if you volunteer for this event since she is the project coordinator for all Brenham School District events. We’re going to have a soil horizon station, an erosion simulator, a build your own watershed activity, water chemistry station, water turbidity station, and macro invertebrate collection for the field day.For… Read More →

BISD 3rd Grade Outdoor Classroom

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VMS category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure (9:00 am – 2:00 pm) at Nails Creek State Park, Lake Somerville Tuesday, April 7 Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 For many of our students, our 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure is the first time they get to see Lake Somerville – come help them explore! During 45-minute long stations, students will learn about science as they enjoy their time at the state park.  Volunteers will assist with BISD Outdoor Classroom. Volunteers will assist with the following stations:… Read More →

BISD 3rd Grade Outdoor Classroom

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VMS category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure (9:00 am – 2:00 pm) at Nails Creek State Park, Lake Somerville Tuesday, April 7 Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 For many of our students, our 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure is the first time they get to see Lake Somerville – come help them explore! During 45-minute long stations, students will learn about science as they enjoy their time at the state park.  Volunteers will assist with BISD Outdoor Classroom. Volunteers will assist with the following stations:… Read More →

BISD 3rd Grade Outdoor Classroom

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VMS category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure (9:00 am – 2:00 pm) at Nails Creek State Park, Lake Somerville Tuesday, April 7 Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 For many of our students, our 3rd Grade Outdoor Adventure is the first time they get to see Lake Somerville – come help them explore! During 45-minute long stations, students will learn about science as they enjoy their time at the state park.  Volunteers will assist with BISD Outdoor Classroom. Volunteers will assist with the following stations:… Read More →

BISD 5th Grade Outdoor Classroom

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VMS category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects 5th Grade Outdoor Classrooms (8:15 am – 2:30 pm) at Nails Creek State Park, Lake Somerville. Tuesday, March 3 Thursday, March 5 If spending the day teaching science to kids at the lake sounds like fun – this may be the day for you! Students rotate through life science stations at Nails Creek State Park on Lake Somerville. Stations are 50-minutes and allow students to conduct the field investigations they need in order to master scientific concepts. This day requires a pre-event… Read More →

L.A.N.D.S. Quail Dissection

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Volunteer Opportunity VMS Category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects If you volunteer for this event, please let Debra Healy know because she is our project coordinator for BISD/L.A.N.D.S. Volunteers will check in at 7:30 a.m. in the school office. Announcement from Brian Robert: We’ll be hosting the BISD Quail Necropsy/Dissection on March 4, 2020.  First period starts at 8:00 am so we’ll be getting signed in and set up around 7:30. We’ll need 10-12 adult “table leaders” for each period.  We’ll be wrapping up around a little after 2:30. … Read More →

BISD 5th Grade Outdoor Classroom

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VMS category: BISD Outdoor Learning Projects 5th Grade Outdoor Classrooms (8:15 am – 2:30 pm) at Nails Creek State Park, Lake Somerville. Tuesday, March 3 Thursday, March 5 If spending the day teaching science to kids at the lake sounds like fun – this may be the day for you! Students rotate through life science stations at Nails Creek State Park on Lake Somerville. Stations are 50-minutes and allow students to conduct the field investigations they need in order to master scientific concepts. This day requires a pre-event… Read More →

Washington on the Brazos Pollinator Garden Workday

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Volunteer Opportunity: VMS Category: Washington on the Brazos State Park Anyone interested in helping to weed and tidy the WoB Pollinator Garden is welcome to join us. We’ll be working from 9 – 11 a.m. Please bring gloves and hand tools for pulling weeds. Garbage bags will be provided. Please let Julie Itz or David Itz know if you will be available to assist.

Winedale Garden and Trail workday

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VMS opportunity: Winedale Landscape Project Once again, I want to remind everyone that the monthly Winedale work days are:  Second Saturdays, and Fourth Fridays. Please remember to bring gloves, hats, bug spray, suntan lotion for protection. TOOLS: spades, sharpshooters, hand trowels; hand pruners, loppers, tree saws, a chainsaw or two if possible….with fuel and bar chain oil, a sharp chain, and chain tool; rock rakes and leaf rakes. I’ll bring the leaf bags, and cool drinking water…maybe even a big watermelon as it seems to be getting a lot warmer…. Read More →

Winedale Garden and Trail workday

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VMS opportunity: Winedale Landscape Project Once again, I want to remind everyone that the monthly Winedale work days are:  Second Saturdays, and Fourth Fridays. Please remember to bring gloves, hats, bug spray, suntan lotion for protection. TOOLS: spades, sharpshooters, hand trowels; hand pruners, loppers, tree saws, a chainsaw or two if possible….with fuel and bar chain oil, a sharp chain, and chain tool; rock rakes and leaf rakes. I’ll bring the leaf bags, and cool drinking water…maybe even a big watermelon as it seems to be getting a lot warmer…. Read More →