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Background and Mission

Laurel Tree Charter School is a Kindergarten through 12th grade school focused on "creating the education we want for our children." The Laurel Tree Charter School is located 4555 Valley West Blvd in Arcata, CA.

Mission: Laurel Tree's Mission is to create a sustainable model of education which provides all students with accessible curriculum, based on college preparatory standards, while developing life and social skills in a mixed age setting.

Press

Humboldt Now: Designing for a Sustainable Future

Projects

The Fall 2012 semester of ENGR215 Introduction to Design worked with Laurel Tree Charter School to design and build green educational infrastructure and apparatuses that supports K-12 education at their Arcata, CA location.

Fall 2012 - ENGR 215 Intro to Design Projects - Laurel Tree Charter School
Energy use visualization Method to creatively visualize school energy use.
Human powered blender Two person human powered blender device
Newton's laws of motion apparatuses Three devices to teach Newton's laws of motion using mystery
Electrical wiring apparatus Device to teach series and parallel wiring using intrigue
Earthen oven Earthen oven for making pizza
Interactive green benches Amphitheater of three interactive green benches
Primary garden to kitchen Garden beds for primary students to grow veggies for the kitchen

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 ==Background and Mission==
-[http://www.laureltreelc.org/ Laurel Tree Charter School] is a Kindergarten through 12th grade school focused on "creating the education we want for our children." The Laurel Tree Learning Center is located 4555 Valley West Blvd in Arcata, CA.
+[http://www.laureltreelc.org/ Laurel Tree Charter School] is a Kindergarten through 12th grade school focused on "creating the education we want for our children." The Laurel Tree Charter School is located 4555 Valley West Blvd in Arcata, CA.
-Mission: ''Laurel Tree's Mission is to "create a sustainable model of education which provides all students with accessible curriculum, based on college preparatory standards, while developing life and social skills in a mixed age setting."''
+Mission: ''Laurel Tree's Mission is to create a sustainable model of education which provides all students with accessible curriculum, based on college preparatory standards, while developing life and social skills in a mixed age setting.''
+==Press==
+* [http://now.humboldt.edu/news/designing-for-a-sustainable-future/ Humboldt Now: Designing for a Sustainable Future]
 ==Projects==
-The Fall 2012 semester of [[ENGR215 Introduction to Design]] is working with [http://www.laureltreelc.org/ Laurel Tree Charter School] to design and build green educational infrastructure and apparatuses that supports K-12 education at their Arcata, CA location.
+The Fall 2012 semester of [[ENGR215 Introduction to Design]] worked with [http://www.laureltreelc.org/ Laurel Tree Charter School] to design and build green educational infrastructure and apparatuses that supports K-12 education at their Arcata, CA location.
-Potential projects:
-*Low embedded energy, natural, beautiful way to cook pizza, e.g., cobb oven
-*Apparatus that uses surprise to teach Newton’s laws for high school
-*Low embedded energy, natural, beautiful bench for primary students
-*Apparatus that uses surprise to teach series versus parallel wiring for 7th-8th
-*Apparatus that uses surprise to teach work and machines for 7th-8th
-*Visually monitoring the electrical energy use at the school
-*Human powered blender for K-12
-*Primary school garden to kitchen infrastructure
+<gallery caption="[[E215 Introduction to Design projects|Fall 2012 - ENGR 215 Intro to Design Projects]] - Laurel Tree Charter School">
+File:LTCSRedCrystalFinal.jpg|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School energy use visualization|Energy use visualization]]'''</center></big> Method to creatively visualize school energy use.
+File:LTCSHumanPowerBlenderDemo.jpg|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School human powered blender|Human powered blender]]'''</center></big> Two person human powered blender device
+File:Balloonrocket.JPG|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School Newton's laws of motion apparatuses|Newton's laws of motion apparatuses]]'''</center></big> Three devices to teach Newton's laws of motion using mystery
+File:Onderdonksbox.JPG|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School onderdonk's box|Electrical wiring apparatus]]'''</center></big> Device to teach series and parallel wiring using intrigue
+File:Newell_oven_3.jpg|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School ovenly inferno|Earthen oven]]'''</center></big> Earthen oven for making pizza
+File:LTCSAwesomeBenches.jpg|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School three scoops three flavors benches|Interactive green benches]]'''</center></big> Amphitheater of three interactive green benches
+File:Projdescbeds.jpg|<big><center>'''[[Laurel Tree Charter School project growth garden|Primary garden to kitchen]]'''</center></big> Garden beds for primary students to grow veggies for the kitchen
+</gallery>
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+[[Category:Videos]]
+[[Category:Culture and community videos]]
+[[Category:Engineering videos]]
+[[Category:K-12 education]]
+[[Category:Service learning]]
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