ILC

Student or Group Info

Name(s): Elley Knowles
Term: Spring 2022
Credits: 8
Title of ILC or Group Project: School Garden Field trips

Internship Info (if applicable)

Internship hours/wk: 20
Internship credits: 8

Field Supervisor

Field supervisor: Michaela Winkley
Title: School Garden Program Lead
Organization: Thurston County Food Bank

Program of Project Description

Narrative:In this one-quarter program entitled School Garden Field Trips the student will be teaching and helping to lead this year’s round of School Garden Field Trips through the Thurston County Food Bank. A program designed to provide equitable access to environmental education to low-income communities. These field trips are centered in the garden and around growing and producing food as well as connecting students to nature. The student will be training as well as organizing and learning curriculum throughout the first two weeks of the quarter then through weeks 8-10 will be teaching field trips three days a week. The teaching group is working with a local elementary school and will be progressively moving through age groups, starting with kindergarten through sixth grade. This will provide a great opportunity to work with various age groups and learn how to teach different developmental stages. Throughout the quarter the student will be working extensively with program and learning about various other aspects of the Food Bank as well as having opportunities to volunteer in classroom settings.

Learning objective
ActivityDeliverable
 How to teach food production to various age groups of children. 
Leading garden field trips to elementary students.
WordPress blog documenting the experience.
How to organize and run a program like School Gardens.
Work with the field supervisor on the logistical side of program.
WordPress posts documenting what I have learned. 		  
   
   
   

Evaluation of Work

  • WordPress ePortfolio
  • Final week ten presentation
  • Narrative evaluations from field supervisor and/or subcontractor
  • Narrative mid-quarter and final self-evaluations