Evan Franchini

Science teacher

[Evan Franchini @mrfranchini]

Our Recycling Awareness Challenge Grant application was approved by Bergen County Utilities Authority this morning. This provides $1,000 of funding for environmental science projects at @WPSEisenhower.

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Twelve @WPSEisenhower rainbow trout were released in the Saddle River after school yesterday. A successful Trout in the Classroom year. Thanks to Trout Unlimited, Pequest hatchery and NJ Fish & Wildlife.

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Grade 6 @WPSEisenhower students applying math in science by using the arrival times of seismic waves to triangulate an earthquake epicenter near the San Andreas Fault.

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Grade 6 @WPSEisenhower students completed a “quakeproof” building challenge using K’NEX and our shake table after learning about earthquakes in Haiti, strong and flexible building materials and resilient building design.

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@WPSEisenhower Environmental Club planting an eastern red bud (fully grown tree with our sapling photo upper left) from the Arbor Day Foundation.

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@WPSEisenhower courtyard cleanup continues. The Environmental Club cultivated the beds, rebuilt the rock paths & planted sunflower seeds.

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@WPSEisenhower grade 6 six students cleaning up the courtyard and filling the garden beds with soil as an Earth Day TIEE activity.

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@WPSEisenhower Grade 6 science students observing the partial solar eclipse.

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@WPSEisenhower Environmental Club prepares the hydroponic vertical garden with fertilizer & minerals. Students tested the pH, added phosphoric acid, transferred the plants & set the timers. Kale, basil, lettuce & chard are on the way!

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@WPSEisenhower Environmental Club prepares rockwool cubes with seeds to germinate for our vertical garden. Students can’t wait to have a ready supply of kale and chard for afternoon snack!

[Evan Franchini @mrfranchini]

If you are interested, it's not too late to register for the Google for Education Product Training Series. Most on using AI in the classroom. I'm watching this one live now. https://t.co/5m9aPBavia

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@Ms_Jones8 directs the assembly of the new @WPSEisenhower Environmental Club vertical garden donated by a Eisenhower student who won the Pomptonian Food Service Healthy School Lunch. We can't wait to get some vegetables and herbs growing!

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Frost Valley Day #2 with @WPSEisenhower Grade 6 Team 3.

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Frost Valley Day #1 with @WPSEisenhower Grade 6 Team 3 (finally got cell service).

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⁦@WPSEisenhower⁩ Grade 6 Team 3 Bus 5 on our way to Frost Valley!

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@WPSEisenhower Rainbow Trout "Lil' Zippy" was released into the Saddle River today. It was the inaugural year for the Trout in the Classroom program and the grade 6 Human Impact exploratory course. Good luck Zippy!

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@WPSEisenhower Green Nation Club planting strawberries, onions, peas, squash and a tomato plant in the EMS Garden. A little early, but these plants needed to get outside.

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@WPSEisenhower grade 6 science students using AI as an extension to their Build-A-Bird biome and adaptations project. How does the text to image generator compare to the student analog drawings? Some are similar and some are wildly different.

[Melanie Jones @Ms_Jones8]

Great day adding soil to the garden with Green Nation Club @WPSEisenhower

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@WPSEisenhower Green Nation Club & volunteers collect litter around EMS as part of a TIEE Earth Day activity.