Common Ground | Lessons from the Land

LESSONS FROM THE LAND

This Spring and Summer, Common Ground's site is being transformed into an outdoor museum, featuring more than 20 interpretive exhibits. Each exhibit shares "lessons from the land" -- about our site's human and natural history, environmental practices and sustainability, environmental and physical science, farming and local food.

Every one of these exhibits is designed by the students of Common Ground High School, or by the young people who participate in our after-school programs, working in partnership with the staff at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Funding for this project is provided by the American Honda Foundation and the Toshiba America Foundation -- making it possible to produce permanent, high-quality, interactive exhibits. This project represents exactly the kind of learning for which Common Ground strives: active and authentic, rooted in the local community and environment, producing a real product for public audiences.

Installation of the first round of exhibits is occuring this Spring; the first three, focused on bird diversity, are already in the ground. Check them out, or come to our site to see them first-hand. By next fall, all will be completed and installed. In the mean time, you can view pdfs of several exhibits here:

How We Farm -- featuring a hands-on, rotating wheel sharing information on organic, local, diverse, waste-free gardening. See the exhibit.
Composting -- sharing the science and how-to of home composting. See the exhibit with flip-up panels closed (for the basics) and open (to dig deeper).
Bug World -- exploring beneficial and harmful insects in the garden. See the introductory panel, and a hands-on activity that challenges you to identify "good bugs" and "bad bugs."
Bird Diversity -- a series of three panels focusing on observing diversity (view it with flip-up panels closed or open), explaining diversity (closed or open), and promoting diversity (closed or open).


	Lessons from the Land LESSONS FROM THE LAND This Spring and Summer, Common Ground's site is being transformed into an outdoor museum, featuring more than 20 interpretive exhibits. Each exhibit shares "lessons from the land" -- about our site's human and natural history, environmental practices and sustainability, environmental and physical science, farming and local food. Every one of these exhibits is designed by the students of Common Ground High School, or by the young people who participate in our after-school programs, working in partnership with the staff at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Funding for this project is provided by the American Honda Foundation and the Toshiba America Foundation -- making it possible to produce permanent, high-quality, interactive exhibits. This project represents exactly the kind of learning for which Common Ground strives: active and authentic, rooted in the local community and environment, producing a real product for public audiences. Installation of the first round of exhibits is occuring this Spring; the first three, focused on bird diversity, are already in the ground. Check them out, or come to our site to see them first-hand. By next fall, all will be completed and installed. In the mean time, you can view pdfs of several exhibits here: How We Farm -- featuring a hands-on, rotating wheel sharing information on organic, local, diverse, waste-free gardening. See the exhibit. Composting -- sharing the science and how-to of home composting. See the exhibit with flip-up panels closed (for the basics) and open (to dig deeper). Bug World -- exploring beneficial and harmful insects in the garden. See the introductory panel, and a hands-on activity that challenges you to identify "good bugs" and "bad bugs." Bird Diversity -- a series of three panels focusing on observing diversity (view it with flip-up panels closed or open), explaining diversity (closed or open), and promoting diversity (closed or open).