Puente Del Pueblo work day

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Yesterday, we volunteered at puente del pueblo and taught them about the importance of where their food comes from.  This was a difficult process, because these kids did not listen very well.  We did the pre-test, the ecological simulator, demonstrated planting and then gave them a post-test.  The kids seemed to enjoy their time with us and their average scores improved by 1.6 points.

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We received answers to a quiz question “Three things you can do the help the environment?” with a response of “Don’t be a lightweight and get up and plant all the seeds that you have”.  We had a good laugh from the responses of these youth.

These are pictures of our time at puente, and the work we did with these kids.  Also, we got one more silly response “that its all relative”.  This morning we worked as a group preparing to present with Ms. Melton from Lowell elementary.  We have not yet heard a response that we will be able to meet with her on Tuesday morning, but we will be ready to present our work to her that day.  That’s all for now.

2 comments on “Puente Del Pueblo work day”

  1. Jesse

    Awesome work, and love the pictures! It’s cool that they were able to learn and improve their quiz scores. Maybe you could give copies of the post-quiz to puente del pueblo staff to give to students toward the end of the school year so they can see what stuck with the kids? Even if not, I know the lessons I learned in elementary school about recycling and helping the environment were impactful and stuck with me, and I’m sure that’s the case for these kids.

  2. Nathaniel Wright

    Very cool! My guess is that you guys had more of an impact then it seems from their lack of attention and funny responses.
    What did the ecological simulator consist of?

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