Tag Archives: Brooklyn Children’s Museum

CUSD and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Reunite!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Aylin Gucalp
CUSD and the Brooklyn Children's Museum Reunite

This weekend, Cornell University Sustainable Design had a wonderful a return trip to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The two Saturday workshops were a success with almost 100 kids creating beautiful hanging gardens. We re-purposed old plastic bottles by cutting holes in one side, filling the bottles with soil, and planting … Continue reading →

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We’re Going Back to Brooklyn!

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Aylin Gucalp
CUSD at the Brooklyn Children's Museum Last Spring

CUSD will be making a return trip to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum on Saturday, Novermber 5th to create a hanging gardens. We will construct the gardens from recycled plastic bottles at our two workshops scheduled for 11:30 and 3:00. Come join us and learn all about sustainability. Hope to see … Continue reading →

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Good Green Fun!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jesse McElwain
Learning about worms and decomposition

After a great weekend at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Celebrate Earth! event, CUSD had a bit of playtime. We got our hands dirty and played with worms, turned compost, and searched for roly polie bugs. We discovered slugs and snails, and explored the decomposition processes of food, and hypothesized about … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Earth!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Jesse McElwain
Kids Learn About Sustainable Design

To kickoff Earth Week 2011, CUSD ventured down to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, where an alum, Sandy Saha, is now the Manager of Science Education. They hosted a great eco-fair, Celebrate Earth! to raise awareness and teach children about sustainability. We brought down Prof. Jack Elliott’s modular structure prototype to … Continue reading →

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