Name(s): Elley Knowles
Term: Spring 2022
Credits: 8
Title of ILC or Group Project: School Garden Field trips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Internship hours\/wk: 20
Internship credits: 8 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Field supervisor: Michaela Winkley
Title: School Garden Program Lead
Organization: Thurston County Food Bank<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrative:In this one-quarter program entitled\u00a0School Garden Field Trips<\/strong>\u00a0the 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\u00a0and learning about various other aspects of the Food Bank as well as having opportunities to volunteer in classroom settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n