Green Arch Design

We at Green Arch Design Group had the pleasure of working with the 5th Grade Challenge class of Duncan Chapel Elementary School a few weeks ago.  Below are some pictures of the students as they talk about different types of architecture.  Each student created a re-mix of an audio journal created by Clemson College Architectural student, Aaron Wells.  Aaron made these audio journals while studying in Europe. The students even added their own voices to their remixes.

           

                        

           

 

Click on “Audio Journals” under “Catagories” to listen to the original audio journals.

Click on each student’s name to listen to their re-mix.

Austin

Brandai

Brianna

Britton

Brooke

Dana

David

Elizabeth

Emma

(Grace)

Jake

Justin

Kailan

Kendall

(Katherine)

Kim

Sam

Zadie

 

      

FUSION Explosion was exploding with excitement Friday, June 1st.  There were at least 200 students there, mingling with their friends.  They were also there to hear the group Daylight Wasting, a Christian rock band out of Greer, SC.  Also there that night was Tina Marie, a motivational speaker that travels the country talking about “Truths in secular music” as well as Abstinence.

The Fusion Warehouse Student Center is in an old Wal-Mart building in Anderson, SC.  It is a meeting place for 13-18 year olds.  The building is 66,000 square feet and has a video arcade, a cafe’, movie theaters and a 2000 seat concert area. 

Randall Brown, Fusion coordinator, stated that the youth center is “bringing the community, leaders, and organizations together”. 

Click on the link below to go to their website.  I spoke with them in May, and they said that they have been so busy with the students that they haven’t had time to update their website but you can still find some good information there.

Fusion Warehouse Student Center

 

                                 

Australia’s iconic koalas face an uncertain future as their fragmented habitats shift in response to climate change, fire and drought, an ecologist said.

For example, St. Bees island off the coast of Queensland is changing from “a koala-friendly forest to a koala-unfriendly forest,” said Alistair Melzer, an ecologist at Central Queensland University.  Melzer has studied koalas for nearly 20 years and the St. Bees Island koalas for 8 years. – Excerpt from National Geographic News

Click on the link below to read the entire artilce.

Koala

          

                        

The last time we saw Evan Baxter (Steve Carell), he was being tormented by rival Bruce Nolan (‘Bruce Almighty’) onscreen, live from their Buffalo TV station. But as time passed and Evan has made up with Bruce, he’s gone onto bigger and better things. Newly elected to Washington D.C. as a congressman, Evan has left Buffalo in pursuit of a greater calling. But that calling isn’t serving in the illustrious ranks of American politics but being summoned by the Almighty himself (Morgan Freeman), who has handed Evan the task of building a new ark, much as Noah did before. With time passing by and his family belittled by Evan’s newfound realization, Evan will have to do the work that God has given him in what promises to be an unusual adventure for a man who just wanted to serve his country, might actually be serving humanity.

As Steve Carell finds out in ‘Evan Almighty,’ building a giant ark can be funny — and a boatload of work.

Click on the link below to watch a movie clip.

Movie Clip

Parents, click on the link below to let your child help Evan get the animals into his ark.

Zoo Rescue

Play in, on and under the water with barely a ripple of impact. Here’s how to access these watersports which are simple, quiet, inexpensive, non-polluting and offer a healthy measure of exercise. Dive in! – Excerpt from the EARTHEASY website.

Click on the link below to access the different watersports.

Watersports

Want to have fun with your kids and teach them about recycling at the same time?  Go to the BE SMART website where you will find activity cards featuring fun ways for parents and their children to save money and reduce trash.

Click on the link below to see the activity cards

BE SMART

                                         

The first place winner was Tia.  Tia was given an i-Pod Shuffle and a Wal-Mart i-Tunes card. Tia’s audio journal re-mix is available FREE on iTunes as a Podcast. Click on “Audio Journals Podcast” under “Subscribe” or click on the link below to subscribe to this Podcast series.

Tia’s Audio Journal re-mix Podcast

                                         

The second place winner was Madison.  Madison was given a $20 Wal-Mart gift card. Madison’s audio journal re-mix is available FREE on iTunes as a Podcast. Click on “Audio Journals Podcast” under “Subscribe” or click on the link below to subscribe to this Podcast series.

Madison’s Audio Journal re-mix Podcast

                                         

The third place winner was Genevieve.  She was given a $10 Wal-Mart gift card. Genevieve’s audio journal re-mix is available FREE on iTunes as a Podcast. Click on “Audio Journals Podcast” under “Subscribe” or click on the link below to subscribe to this Podcast series.

Genevieve’s Audio Journal re-mix Podcast

  

  

  

  

We at Green Arch Design Group had the pleasure of working with the 5th Grade Challenge class of Lake Forest Elementary School a few weeks ago.  Below are some pictures of the students as they work on a re-mix of an audio journal created by Clemson College Architectural student, Aaron Wells.  Aaron made these audio journals while studying in Europe.

Click on “Audio Journals” under “Catagories” to listen to the original audio journals as well as the re-mixes created by several of the Lake Forest students.

These audio journals are also available on iTunes as Podcasts.  Click on “Audio Journals Podcast” under “Subscribe” or click on the link below to subscribe to this Podcast series.

Audio Journals Podcast

“Even with gas prices down for now, most of us would love to find a way to cut our fuel costs in half. One enterprising California winery found a way to do just that: replace their mowers with a herd of sheep. The CBS News video explains how the Navarro Vineyards keeps the “lanes” between grape plants clear with baby doll sheep that aren’t tall enough to munch on the crop. We’d guess that this helps keep the soil fertile, also.” – Excerpt by Jeff McIntire.

Click on the link below to watch the video – provided by CBS News

Winery Brings in the Sheep

The following are lesson plans created by Wild Republic.

Lesson Plans 2006-2007 Topics: Surviving Migration, Migrating Blackpoll, Nesting, Reproduction, Communication, Bird Talk, Journal.

Lesson Plans 2004-2005 Topics: Animal Talk, Invertebrate, Mammals, Marine Mammals, Ponds, Snakes, Journal.

Lesson Plans 2003-2004 Topics: Birds ,Puffins

Lesson Plans 2002-2003 Topics: Birds

Lesson Plans 2001-2002 Topics: Amphibians, Reptiles, Primates,

Lesson Plans 2000. Topics: Primates, Rainforest, Geography. Scroll to bottom of page. This page contains both 2000 & 2001 lesson plans.

Wyland Ocean Challenge – Clean water curriculum

“The International Mission Board has joined the world of podcasting with the launch of it “podTask”, taking students on missions adventures around the world.

With its weekly updates on iTunes and thetask.org, the podTask is full of information for students to get involved with international missions by hearing about what others are doing around the world in proclaiming Jesus’ name.” – Excerpt from The Baptist Courier

“We want to provide…videos, stories and music for students to download and watch to encourage them that GOd is moving around the world, and he’s using students to reach the world,” siad Felicity Watson , host of the podTask.

Click on the link below to go to the website.

Missions Podcast

Once you have signed on to the webpage, scroll down and click on PodTASK to subscribe to iTunes to listen to the podcasts as well as watch videos about missions.

 

Click on the link below to print a chart so you can keep up with how much trash you come up with in one day.

Waste Chart

Click on the link bleow to see pictures of roadside litter and how long it takes for each item to decompose.

Roadside Litter

Keep the P.I. flying high in the sky by clicking on the correct letter that will fill in the blanks.  This game is similar to hang-man.

P.I. in the Sky

 

 

Click on the link below to work the crossword puzzle.

Crossword Puzzle