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 ETHS Environmental Education Demonstration Project

 

Evanston Township High School
ETHS Environmental Education Demonstration Project

spiderwort fly1.JPG (1393722 bytes) Excite1 2008.JPG (79940 bytes) Excite2 2008.JPG (81176 bytes) Excite3 2008.JPG (77263 bytes) Excite 4 2008.JPG (88664 bytes) Blueflag Iris 2.JPG (1601917 bytes) Link to Pond Data
Spiderwort Project Excite: May 2008 Blueflag Iris

Current Happenings at the Outdoor Classroom

Spring 2008

May 2007 -Spring Pictures  The New Geology Rock Garden  New Solar Aeration System
bullfrog 1.JPG (931943 bytes) Canadian Red Mica.JPG (1779014 bytes) solar panel 5.JPG (1742754 bytes)
 Storage Shed Construction

 Summer  Panorama

Fall Hilltop Panorama
Winter Panorama Biology Class Studies Grasshoppers Winter Panorama Fall Pond Panorama
Donated Bench Installation Granite Boulder Donation Jerry Robinson & his crew. moving a 1000 lb. Limestone boulder so students can use it this spring. Project Excite Spring 2006 Project Excite Spring 2007
Ron Sellke Tribute Tree Scott Meier's Biology Classes at the Pond Pictures of Living Things on-site! King Lab Students Visit the Pond
plaque closeup.JPG (1693258 bytes) Weather Station.JPG (1654962 bytes) bench2.JPG (1815880 bytes) marked grasshopper.JPG (1297700 bytes)
dragonfly1b.jpg (1297296 bytes) bee1.jpg (122048 bytes) cattail1.jpg (532129 bytes) aster1.jpg (73385 bytes) susan1.jpg (64364 bytes) Clouded Sulfer1 (Colias philodice).JPG (1591757 bytes)
exotic removal 1.JPG (1914791 bytes) exotic removal 2.JPG (1774696 bytes) Diverse use of the Project softshell.JPG (1324031 bytes) exotic removal 3.JPG (1622388 bytes) trail maintenance.JPG (1794434 bytes)

hort herb garden 2.JPG (1900846 bytes)

hort veggies 1.JPG (1680214 bytes) winter pic 12-05.JPG (1696044 bytes) meier2.JPG (1507434 bytes) water testing1.JPG (1703123 bytes) trail maintenance.JPG (1794434 bytes)
kids4.JPG (1658105 bytes) kids2.JPG (1654876 bytes) kids5.JPG (1572061 bytes) Students use transects to study ecology digging2.JPG (1764331 bytes)

Early Planning Stages 1998-99

stud map.JPG (370084 bytes) site model 4.jpg (73793 bytes) Site Evaluation.jpg (80743 bytes) plant id.jpg (83465 bytes) trundle wheel mapping.jpg (91716 bytes)
Early Student Design Student made early site model  site evaluation activities Students marking off future pond site Plant Identification trundle wheel mapping
site debris.jpg (75627 bytes) stake installation.jpg (85420 bytes) Tree Id on Site.jpg (75389 bytes) outlining parking area.jpg (86024 bytes)
site debris stake installation Tree ID Outlining future parking area

Preconstruction 2001
Panoramic quick time image

Another season panoramic image

Construction! 2003-2004

Quicktime Panoramic view from June 2003

Video of "Subsoiling"

Phase I

Phase II