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Devon Elementary wins two SUSD innovation grants for hydroponic and sound-garden projects; students also tend school flock
Summary
Devon Elementary Principal Julie Ballard and third-grade teacher Tanner Bullman described two SUSD innovation grants that funded a hydroponic lettuce tower system and a student-designed sound garden, plus a classroom incubator program that produced chicks for the school coop.
Devon Elementary Principal Julie Ballard said the Arcadia-area school received two Scottsdale Unified School District innovation grants this year to expand hands-on learning, including a hydroponic tower garden and a student-built sound garden, and that kindergarten classes continue an incubator program that resulted in recently hatched chicks.
The grants support project-based learning (PBL) across grade levels, Ballard said, and are intended to bring student ideas into visible campus features. "I think the innovation grant is a huge thing that people should take advantage of," Ballard said. "Make your students' ideas come to life."
Ballard told SUSD Spotlight the hydroponics grant funded five Lettuce Grow towers capable of holding about 260 plants at a time; towers will be placed around the campus, including the cafeteria and…
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