Char’s Box
My name is Oliver, and I am an intern here at mezzocello urban farms. I am in charge of taking care of, and feeding the animals. Speaking of animals, let me tell you about how we made the “Char Box,” for our pregnant rabbit Char.
What I Learn Versus What I Teach
If you are an educator and not just skills pipeline, you will take advantage of the way humanity gives and takes. This is a genuine photo of me teaching AND learning with an unexpected mentor!
Videos And How It’s Done
My goal is to gain knowledge and experience In leadership, while still having fun. Even in the summer. Being an Intern means I become smarter, and articulate. Leadership is a growth opportunity
Notes From Oliver, My Chief Livestock Intern
Notes from my lead livestock intern about caring for the livestock at Mezzacello.
Rethinking The Design Cycle
My Arts and Science MenTern Lula leading her team in redesigning the Design Cycle. They chose the Oroborous - a snake eating its own tail. Find out more!
The Design Cycle
This is a guest blog by my two MenTerns at Mezzacello Urban Farm. They have been tasked with explaining the design cycle to summer camp kids. I wanted this to be from their perspective.
Lula Is The Bestest At Teaching; Needs Help
My journey teaching and designing design challenges to summer camp kids and menterns!
Mezzacello Project Fire Soap
A guest camp blog post by two middle school campers at Mezzacello charged with converting waste weeds and wood into ash to mix with glycerine and lye to make soap.
Fishacello Artificial Wetland
This is a guest camp blog from the underwater science team at Mezzacello Urban farm. Theo and Maxwell are the MenTerns in Charge of this experiment. Today we created a platform for the Fishacello Artificial Wetland.
Fishacello and Life Below Water
This is a guest camp blog from the BioMech (AKA Giggle Kingdom) team at Mezzacello Urban farm. Theo and Maxwell are the MenTerns in Charge of this creative writing experiment. How an urban farmer accidentally used an atom collider to turn his rabbits into fish at Fishacello.
Maxwell Is Incredible
Hello Sarah! My name is Maxwell, I'm 12 years old, and I'm one of Jim's MenTerns at Mezzacello. As a MenTern I help Jim teach all of the kids at camp. This week the theme for our camp is all about wind power and how we can use it.