Saturday, February 27, 2016

Preparing to Kick the Can

On 3/16/16, Alverno's Science and Math Club will launch their Kick the Can Recycling Campaign, featuring a ping pong vacuum cannon built with friends from Caltech.


 




  




 























Not easy to separate the recycling bins!



In Anticipation of Spring

To prepare the Villa Pond for Spring, students fertilized the Water Lillies, and watered the new native sunflowers.

   

Adding fertilizer pellets
Fertilizer pellets pushed below surface to root area
September Spring by Sam Halls


Deep watering for good root growth




Like Chocolate for Water

AP Environmental Science students painted the support structure for the aquaponics systems a rich, chocolatey brown.





            
 

Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse by Joshua Reynolds
Huntington Library, Art Galleries, and Botanical Gardens 

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel