by Larry Dome, Evan Green, Shannon Raider Ginsberg, Sarah Tracy-Wanck, and Joel Tolman This blog post was originally written as part of a potential book project on urban farming and STEM learning, but never published. In 2024, it was brought back to life and published at teachcity.org with support from a USDA NIFA grant. Explore the full toolkit on urban farming and math learning here....
Posts from School
Joel Tolman November 3, 2024
Teaching Our Cities -- a project of Common Ground High School, Urban Farm & Environmental Education Center -- is seeking applications from high schools and nonprofit environment organizations interested in joining in a year-long collaborative effort. The goal: To develop, test, improve and share resources and tools that will help young people across New England (and beyond) build...
Joel Tolman September 28, 2024
Opening Photo: Isonnette, Glow, Joel, Jessica, and Aiden wade out to remove cattails that are out-competing other wetland species. This past Friday, two dozen Common Ground students showed up after school to care for the educational wetland on our campus. Four teachers were on hand to help, but Isonnette O’Brien – who last year as a 10th grader founded our Wetland Crew – was the natural...