This report was compiled by Jacqui’s class last year. All true!
And we’re off again! Lou’s class contains the Enviro Team this year which will add a new dimension to our learning in S2T this year. We start tomorrow – the weather has been very warm and the tomatoes are starting to ripen. we harvetsed our first apples from the orchard this year and all the classes got their share of stewed apple so everyone could have a taste. 
Water or Coke?
I could not believe this….. Very interesting
WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
#8.. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop
bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?
COKE
#1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the ’real thing’ sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
#8… To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
#1 the active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?
Rm 12 has been an awesome group to work with. They only have one more session this term. Already they have planted beans, peas, tomoatoes, corn and potatoes. Next week they are joining with the other senior classes for a monster sale featuring fruit, veg and herbs from the gardens. Hopefully everything will sell!
There has been lots of requests for our recipes so check them out on the rest of the site. Hopefully you can find what you are looking for in the categories I have sorted them into. Remember too that you can buy a Seed 2 table cookbook from the office and try out everyone’s favourite recipes!
We have put the gardens to bed for another year. I have been on a Primary Teachers Science Fellowship since January. I went into school to run S2T but have spent the rest of the time at Plant and Food Research watching how scientists do it. I had the chance to run some experiments of my own into seed germination and the growth and development of miniature vegetables. It was great to have the time to literally watch them grow! I have learned the value of a greenhouse and I want one for school now. I have read about people building them out of PET bottles – maybe that’s a good technology challenge for a class in Seed2Table?!
James’ class was in the garden for the autumn term. They held the first RSS Gardener’s Market to sell the surplus veg from the garden. It was a great success and included dried herbs with recipes, fruit from some home gardens, homemade lemonade and of course our own veg. It was so exciting and busy I forgot to get my camera out so you will just have to believe me when I say it all looked great and was so successful we are going to make it an annual event!
If you would like to try our recipes they are all now usefully arranged here on the blog. If you want more we have a fundraising cookbook available form the school office for $15. Please phone up and buy one!
Have a happy winter and tune in for more fun in Spring. Or visit our sister site “Grow-Create-Share” – click on the link.
Hi there,
We are underway for our 3rd year – Yahoo. Lou’s class is kicking off the year this week. We are going to begin with lots of planting as a lot of what we planted at the end of last year has failed to come up – this may be due to the cool damp December we had or seeds were planted too deeply or insect damage ….who knows! Thanks to Awapuni Nurseries we have lots of seedlings to get us started fast and thanks to Niche Seeds we also have lts of interesting heirloom seeds to try. We have some new parents helping in the kitchen and Sally and Ian are back to run the garden. Pam will be in as she is able to make sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. I will put up the recipes as soon as I can figure out how to do it – edublogs has changed their format and I need some help…step up anyone who wants to help and be my web-master!
Well the weather is really packing up now. So we have packed up the gardens with a thick layer of compost kindly donated from the city council. (The kids got very wet and muddy and really enjoyed their lunch the day we did all the shovelling! As you can imagine – a good time was had by all!)
Now we can spend some time thinking about the spring planting and menus. I have found this awesome set of videos on Jamie Oliver’s website. They show all sorts of dishes and how to make them. Maybe worth setting up the computer in the kitchen and letting the kids have a go with Jamie to help them! Enjoy some great food and we’ll get going again in October.
It was great to see the kids working as a well-oiled machine to cook and clean up today. They were a bit sad as it was their last day but our Bulgarian banquet eased the pain! If you check the recipes for Wk 5 2009 you’ll see that the Baklava recipe is now complete with the ‘how to’ instructions now. They are gorgeous and SO easy – make sure you have a go! The children were amazed by how delicious the cauliflower fritters were (especially the ones who said they hated cauliflower!)
The children also spent the morning recording their ideas about what they had learned about the plants and their growth at this time of the year. Some very clear diagrams and lucid explanations. Their emerging ability to observe the details of the plants around them is becoming clear. They are able to compare different plants and make good arguments for why they believe they may be related.
Next week we will begin the recipe cycle again with a new class. Stay tuned for seasonal changes.
It’s very exciting this week. Two of the parents who are helping make the programme run come from Bulgaria and Germany respectively. They are loving sharing their cooking skills with the children – so much so that they wanted to share some of their own recipes. The Apfelstudel is obviously from Germany but the cauliflower fritattas, stuffed capsicums and baklava are Bulgarian favourites. The recipe for baklava is a bit cryptic on how to make them (Bulgarian secrets) but don’t worry – I’ll let you in on the secret when I have seen them being made!
The children are getting really excited about the scientific study they are making of the plants and how they are growing at this time of the year. They are learning to make observational drawings and compare the flowers, or leaves or growth habit of plants and see where the similarities are. Over these 3 weeks they are collecting data so they can then display their findings to explain to their peers which plants they think are related and why, and show parts of the plants’ life cycles and explain their samples.
A small group is working with some college students who are implementing a Problem Based Learning model that allows students to identify a problem, set up a science experiment to collect data and them creating a technological solution. The group is testing what effect different temperatures have on plant growth, and whether rain water or tap water is better for plant growth.
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