Fidgets help many of our students and staff stay focused and calm throughout the day. Have you ever tried using organic fidgets from nature?
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Plants made a strong showing at the 10th annual District 75 STEM Fair on March 18 at the American Museum of Natural History. These were two of our favorites from 811Q and 140K.
Ms. B shared this photo of the school’s very first bell pepper emerging from it’s flower at the 396K STEM lab. So cool!
Can you identify what kind of tree this is without its leaves?
Students at the 993Q Queens Innovation Center prepare for a Farm To School event with Chef George. They chopped, peeled, grated, and tasted red carrots from the farm that they mixed with fresh lettuce greens from their hydroponic tower and a homemade vinaigrette. Delicious! Check out this video they made about the event.
From 396K at 181
On Friday, Ms. Benasaraf hosted the district’s first “Pick Your Own” Farmers Market at 396K @ 181.
“I wanted to share some pictures from our farmer’s market that took place during today’s gallery walk! Students and parents who visited the room had opportunities to pick tomatoes, herbs, and lettuce directly off our towers to taste and to bring home in provided bags!”
Teachers at the Math in the Garden PD investigated tree pits and a local playground for patterns, shapes, and measurement. They found math all around us!
754X J.M. Rapport School in the Bronx is the first D75 school to open an FFA chapter in NYC! Mr. Masefields’s students run a small farm with hydroponics, aquaponics, chickens, tilapia shrimp, and an outdoor garden, and they visit local farms and botanical gardens each month.
Ms. Macaluso’s students at 255Q are putting their tower garden to work! Check out this photo they shared of their latest crop.
D75 Plant Learn Grow 