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A selection of initiatives, blogs, resources and communities on Jewcology intended for use in engaging children grades K-8.
From the Blogs
The world is sprouting at Camp Sprout Lake
- June 23, 2011
It has been three days of hard work, blisters, and buckets of sweat, but it is almost time to sprout, literally. Next week, the campers of Young Judea Sprout Lake in upstate New York will arrive. For this eight-week summer, I have one goal in mind, to make clear the intimate connection our tradition has with the earth. As staff has slowly trickled in from across Israel, Canada and the United States, I am impressed by the continual excitement when they meet “the Garden Guy”. The desire to dig, plant and labor is ever present. I believe this spirit is ...
If a tree could grow in Brooklyn
- May 26, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011 If a tree can grow in Brooklyn If a tree could grow in Brooklyn, certainly a garden could grow in a New York school yard.Returning to the kindergarden, the Green Bubbie was thrilled to see the progress of the seeds she had planted with the children. They were eager and curious how a garden could grow in their playground. We built a "raised bed" a 3x3 foot wooden ' box' used lanscape fabric on the bottom and filled it with gardening soil. We planted the peas and zuchinni which we had grown from seeds ...
Announcing the Winners!
- May 24, 2011
Thanks to the more than 11,000 people who voted for the winners of the Environment Art Contest, sponsored by BabagaNewz.com and Jewcology.com. Check out the finalists at http://babaganewz.com/envirocontest. And the winners are... For BEST PRINT ENTRY (with 4,345 votes): Adi Gloger Myrtle Beach, SC 6th grade Chabad Academy For BEST MULTIMEDIA ENTRY (with 664 votes): Allison Schachtel Essex Fells, NJ 4th grade Congregation Agudath Israel Religious School All finalists will receive a water-powered alarm clock. ...
Help us choose a winner!
- April 5, 2011
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Announcing the finalists in the Environment Art Contest sponsored by BabagaNewz and Jewcology! BabagaNewz.com teamed up with Jewcology.com to spread the word about Jewish environmentalism. We asked students in grades 3-8 to create print or multimedia artwork based on a relevant Jewish text about preserving the environment. See the finalists in each category--print and multimedia--at http://babaganewz.com/envirocontest. Vote for your favorite in each category by May 23, 2011 and help us determine the grand-prize winners. Finalists will each receive a water-...
Environment Art Contest
- January 3, 2011
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BabagaNewz.com is teaming up with Jewcology.com to spread the word about Jewish environmentalism. Teach your students what Judaism has to say about preserving our environment using the lesson plan provided, then have students create artwork—print or multimedia—based on a relevant Jewish text of their choice. (See www.babaganewz.com/envirocontest for a list of appropriate Jewish texts.) Your students could: · See their artwork featured on BabagaNewz.com · Receive a water-powered alarm clock if they’re one of ...
