JWES Ag Lab

@jwes_wildcats and @PCSSTN Extended Learning Programs Agriculture Lab which provides for exploration of STEAM in a garden- & forest-based learning experience

[BJ @bj_hughettb]

Salsa Garden beginnings...#AfterSchool #Putnamproud #LEAPs

[Jere Whitson Elem. @JWES_Wildcats]

On March 23, our second grade students participated in National Ag Day, listening to the National Ag Book of the Year read aloud with @FBITN Women and TTU Delta Tau Alpha and making butter.

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

We appreciate Carson Evans for making @JWESAgLab the focus of his Eagle Scout project with Troop 170, providing two different heights of tables for @JWES_Wildcats students to work with horticulture in the greenhouse.

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

Our greenhouse is getting closer to completion.

[Courtney Allen @CourtAllen2011]

Thank you to the Putnam County Soil Conservation Office for teaching JWES third graders how to make homemade butter! We enjoyed the lesson and the afternoon snack! #agliteracyweek @JWES_Wildcats

[Courtney Allen @CourtAllen2011]

Third graders taste-testing strawberries from the @JWESAgLab! They were delicious! @JWES_Wildcats

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

3rd grade students helped 1st grade students to learn about and explore the Ag Lab yesterday.

[Courtney Allen @CourtAllen2011]

Another productive day in the @JWESAgLab! @JWES_Wildcats @vickie_rector

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

These guys worked diligently this week as part of our “counter-erosion task force” on the Wilderness Trail.

[Courtney Allen @CourtAllen2011]

JWES 3rd graders painted rocks this week to add color, beauty, and ownership to the @JWESAgLab! @JWES_Wildcats @kmossEDU @vickie_rector

[Courtney Allen @CourtAllen2011]

JWES third graders worked hard in the @JWESAgLab today! They planted sunflower seeds, peas, and lettuce, pulled weeds, watered the strawberry and blueberry plants, and, of course, had fun exploring! @JWES_Wildcats

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

Preston Evan with @USDA_NRCS talks to LEAPs students about soil and helps them to explore it in the ag lab.

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

Thanks to our @TTU_AG friends for helping our LEAPs students to build delicious soil profiles this week.

[Marisa @risae423]

Little hands doing big things in the ⁦@JWESAgLab⁩ ⁦@JWES_Wildcats⁩

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

Our STEM club enjoyed being joined by @TTU_AG students to learn more about potatoes (and French fries) and continued preparation for planting in raised beds.

[Marisa @risae423]

@JWESAgLab We started carrots, radish and sweet peas for the gardens last week!🥕

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

Composting and starting seeds to plant in the raised beds.

[JWES Ag Lab @JWESAgLab]

LEAPS students prepare beds for a new growing season with @hallbeverly17 in the @JWESAgLab

[Marisa @risae423]

3rd & 4th grade LEAPS kiddos planted seeds on #plantaseedday and then made predictions about what would sprout first. Carrots? Radish? Sweet Peas? What’s your guess? ⁦@JWES_Wildcats⁩ ⁦@JWESAgLab⁩

[Jere Whitson Elem. @JWES_Wildcats]

Thank you to @tnffa PLOW (Passing Literacy OnWard) for sending our friends from Cookeville @ChickfilA and @cookevilleffa to visit our Kindergarten classes and provide them with great books! @FBITN Ag in the Classroom @TNMAGICMOMENTS