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Abess
Center for Environmental Studies is an enrichment program
unique to Miami Country Day School. Under the direction
of Rowena Gerber and John Barbick, students JK through
5th grade explore Earth's biodiversity and environmental
issues through exciting "hands-on" activities.
Our unusual collection of animals includes representatives
of many major animal groups, and our gardens and greenhouse
provide a living laboratory for our budding "avant-gardeners".
Using a multiple intelligence approach, students actively
participate in projects as scientists, researchers,
journalists, nutritionists, mathematicians, authors,
illustrators, poets, gardeners, teachers, script writers,
cooks, and young, socially conscious entrepreneurs.
The students are actively involved in local and international
projects as they develop skills that will be used throughout
their lives.
At the Abess Center, as always, learning science from
our daily surroundings is as exciting for the teachers
as it is for the children. We have the pleasure of sharing
the process of discovery with our students who have
unlimited curiosity about the world around them. Our
program at the Abess Center for Environmental Studies
provides a wealth of interesting things to wonder about
and explore. Please feel free to visit when classes
are not in session. |
