Memo to Students | Needs Assessment | Greenhouse Basics | Building Design | Funding |
Project Approval | Construction | Leadership | Student Assessment | General Resources |
Before you begin to investigate designs of greenhouses, you will need to determine why a greenhouse is needed (conduct a needs assessment). You will be assigned as a member of one of three teams:
Science Department Survey Team School Greenhouse Survey Team Greenhouse Professionals Survey Team Each team needs to select a leader. All students will need to be a leader for one of the components of this project. Within each team, you will need to address several questions:
What information does my group need to collect? Who do we need to talk to for that information? What questions do we need to ask to get that information? How will we ask the questions? How will we collect and organize the information? How will we present the information to the other teams?
1. Determine why a greenhouse is necessary to meet curriculum needs. 2. Determine what features are necessary in the greenhouse to meet curriculum needs.
At the conclusion of your team's work, you will present to the class a summary of the information that you have gathered which supports the two tasks above. This presentation should also include your goals, your sources of information, and your methods of gathering information.
The information from all three groups will be compiled to present to the Construction Technology II & III class in the next step of our greenhouse project. This summary will also be part of the final presentation for to the Facilities Committee of the Pemi-Baker Regional School Board.
Are there other resources which should be available? If so, let us know and we will be glad to add them to the list.
Science Department, Plymouth Regional High School
Use this page to access a list of PRHS Science Department faculty membersNew Hampshire K-12 Science Curriculum Framework
This outlines the science education standards which are essential for NH studentsNew Hampshire Schools on the Internet
Use this list to locate and contact NH high schools which might have greenhousesOther Schools With Greenhouses Greenhouse/Aquaculture Complex is a description of the facilities at Tyler Consolidated High School, in Sistersville, West Virginia. Greenhouse Dome Curriculum is a multi-disciplinary service project of Malcolm Shabazz City High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Greenhouse, a hands-on classroom is an online newspaper article which makes reference to the instructors responsible for the greenhouse at Ames High School, in Ames, Iowa. Greenhouse Professionals Dirty Worm Greenhouse, New Hampton, New Hampshire McAveeney's Greenhouses, Campton, New Hampshire Petal Pushers Farm, Laconia, New Hampshire Tips on Preparing Surveys or Questionnaires "The Design of Questionnaires in 12 Steps", while aimed at businesses creating market surveys, has some good, brief tips that can be applied to any type of survey. "Formatting a Mail Questionnaire" addresses several questionnaire basics, such as transitional phrases, arrangement and grouping of questions, and graphics.
Also be sure to view the rubric that will be used to evaluate your work.
Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab, and funded by United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National Science Foundation.
Authors: Ina Ahern, Mardean
Badger, and Doug Ross
School: Plymouth Regional High School, Plymouth, New Hampshire
Created: March 19,1999 - Updated: May 03, 1999