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Arts + Sciences
The Sciences
The Educational Garden
Environmental Awareness is an important focus here at Daniel Bagley Elementary. Our school community recycles milk cartons, paper, and aluminum. Students participate in the Salmon Study Unit, culminating with the release of salmon into Thornton Creek. With our own local treasure Green Lake within walking distance, our students are exposed to a host of environmental and stewardship concerns.
This year, the students of Daniel Bagley are working with their own “Educational Garden” already in existence outside of Room 105. The space provides an outdoor classroom setting consisting of: several raised bed planting areas, several types of composters for making our own compost, a worm bin, a seating area, and space for lots of creative possibilities! The goal is to create a completely organic and edible garden.
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The Native Garden
Every classroom utilizes The National Science Foundation curriculum
lesson kits. The children learn scientific observation and analysis
skills; and integrate these lessons into their writing experience.
The Native Habitat Garden at Daniel Bagley Elementary provides
an opportunity for students to learn about some of the Northwest's
native plants and their plant communities. In the garden, students
can learn to recognize and name many of the common native plants
they would find in our regional wooded areas. This garden is one
of several habitat gardens in the larger Green Lake community forming
a local ecosystem and habitat for native birds and insects.
Resident Bird Family
For the past several years, a Killdeer family nests in our
landscaped grounds each spring. The children observe and monitor
the development of these birds, and learn how to respect the
nesting habits of wild animals.
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Bagley's Watershed Study
Native Habitat Garden
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