garden+-+lower+school

=Lower School Learning Garden =
 * By: Brinton Thomas 6B **

The lower school garden is located behind the second floor of the #8 building. It is across from the courtyard, looking at the gym.


 * Good things about the Lower School Garden: **
 * It has very good drainage.
 * The drainage is 2 out of 4, which isn't too bad
 * It doesn't get too much sun, just enough
 * It is larger than the other gardens at school
 * It is great for learning


 * Bad things about the Lower School Garden: **
 * The soil is a 2 out of 4, so it is just ok
 * There are a few large trees and buildings that block some of the sun
 * It can dry out in the summer when there is not enough rain



This is a picture of the Lower School Garden this fall, with lots of leaves and no plants showing

This is what the garden will look like in the Spring, plants everywhere. This is how a tulip grows in the garden in the Spring media type="youtube" key="OHw68EI8Dz8" height="315" width="420" align="center"

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Quiz Questions

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> 1.Define Ecology.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Ecology is the Scientific study of how organisms interact in their environment and all other organisms that live in the environment.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 2. What is a Food Chain?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Food chains follow a path as animals each each other. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 3. What is a food web?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Food webs show how plants and animals are interconnected by different paths.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 4. What does Biotic mean?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Biotic is all of the living things in an ecosystem.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> 5. What does Abiotic mean?

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Abiotic is all the non-living things in an ecosystem.