Grow Lunch!

Next Friday morning (March 25th) at 9:00-9:30, classrooms and district offices all across Discovery Center, will be harvesting heads of lettuce that have spent the past weeks growing.  That morning, the lettuce will be delivered to the cafeteria staff for cleaning and processing.  They have developed a special dressing in honor of the day, and will serve the lettuce in salad as part of that afternoon's lunch menu, from 11:30-12:10.

The lettuce is growing in 16 hydroponic gardens stationed in classrooms around Discovery Center. The kids are learning about the growth of lettuce and will have the opportunity to eat what they helped grow!! How exciting!! 

Bev Koopman, a teacher at Discovery Center wrote a grant  called, "Grow Lunch!"  And was awarded money from Live Wright to fund her project.  Bev spent some time researching how students who establish healthy habits before sixth grade are more likely to continue those habits into adulthood.  Bev also found through research that student involvement in growing vegetables has a correlation with their willingness to eat vegetetables.  She was lucky enough to see a real life example of that last year when she conducting a similiar project using a single garden in her classroom, therefore prompting her to take it building wide!  Bev has done an excellent job notifying staff of the different stages of growth and has tried to make this project as easy to implement into the classrooms as possible. 

Thank You!! We look forward to joining you on Harvest Day!