Posted by: Angela Stokes | May 4, 2010

It’s more than Social Studies

Sixth grade Sutherland science teacher, Bryan Anderson, asked students to look at Thomas Jefferson from a different angle as they studied his seven year plan for crop rotation.  They examined questions like, what is crop rotation, how did Thomas Jefferson gather data and how did he use that data to inform decisions on whether to plant peas or potatoes or both?

Sixth grader, Ping Yi’s Crop Rotation Chart follows.

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  1. Cool! Our school is doing an awesome job!! :)


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