Alvin: I drew the garden and compost area out there because the garden is like a home for insect and the compost helps out the ecosystem outside. That was my main piece right there.
L. Zangori: Tell me about these? Is this a tree?
Alvin: That’s supposed to be one of plants. That’s supposed to be tomatoes compost and pumpkins, and I kind of have some squash over there.
L. Zangori: I like the pumpkins and squash. Does your schoolhouse help the ecosystem or does it hurt it?
Alvin: I would say it kind of helps.
L. Zangori: Okay, tell me about that.
Alvin: It helps because …show more content…
Cray’s desk, you see a little green fruit thing, that is a watermelon that did not grow. We can pick the stuff, compost things.
L. Zangori: Have you ever heard of the term conservation?
Alvin: No.
L. Zangori: Have you ever heard of the term sustainability?
Alvin: No.
L. Zangori: That’s all right, those are the things I think you are going to learn about this year. Could you use what you drew to help you understand how organisms interact and think?
Alvin: Yes.
L. Zangori: How would it help you?
Alvin: It would help me because I am not really the bug kind of guy. I am one of those kids that would stay inside and do something else.
L. Zangori: So, this drawing makes you think about the outside.
Alvin: Yeah.
L. Zangori: Why do you think I have asked you to do this? Why do you think this is important?
Alvin: It’s important because we tell people what things happen outside, like the compost area. If you leave that along for a little bit, compost.
L. Zangori: What is in that compost?
Alvin: If I remember right we have a big trunk of sunflower, and it also makes the outside look a little bit more better, because there are things to see like sunflowers, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins.
L. Zangori: It looks pretty,