We walked into a thirty passenger bus that took us to the Fruit and Vegetable Research Center here on Main Campus. As soon as we walked into the first room, we were given a powerpoint presentation. In the presentation, we were told how the different colors of fruit help you prevent different diseases and illnesses…
Scavenger Hunt Around the Huge Campus
Posted by on July 17th, 2009 in Summer 2009 · 0 CommentsIt was over one hundred degrees as we were walking around the Main Campus looking for structures that were located on our list. We were able to figure out the riddles and find the specific location we were searching for…
A Mixture of Feelings
Posted by on July 17th, 2009 in Summer 2009 · 0 CommentsThis week has brought mixed emotions to us four. We’ve experienced happiness, anger, boring times (not often), and exciting times. This experience has been a good one in many ways. Much of the information we learned is going to be remembered for a very long time…
Big Books and More Big Books
Posted by on July 17th, 2009 in Summer 2009 · 0 CommentsOn Wednesday afternoon, we took a field trip to the library close to the Harrington building. I was kind of thrilled because it’s interesting to see books that have been preserved for many years…
The Case of the Mystery Plantain
Posted by on July 17th, 2009 in Summer 2009 · 0 CommentsFor one of our outstanding cases, we had to find out as much as we could about the fruit that looks so much like banana but it so different. Its called Plantain! We first read about how Puerto Rico has Kiosk all around the city where they sell fruits and vegetables fried…
Mi Casa Is Your Casa!
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The Nice Cat
There were evil cats of doom that I thought were scary but apparently they help keep the plants safe at night and during the day. There was a flytrap plant that triggers when an insect touches it leaves…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia
Posted by on July 17th, 2009 in Summer 2009 · 0 CommentsWe walked into the classroom not knowing what to except since it was our first day in this program. Being as how it was our first case, we were unsure about what we were doing. We read a story about the Chia plant and were given an assignment to create a poster about the Chia plant…