Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 8:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Once you have posted a hello, be sure to discuss with your class how you will create a class instroduction that will soon be posted in the FIELD REPORTS page for your Expedition track. We have a way for teacher to upload pictures of your school - or classroom - to add to that too.
Mr. Stock, Monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 8:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello from James Monroe Elementary in the Coachella Valley. We are in the Global Garden Track. Our teacher is Mr. Stock. We are really looking forward to learning about gardening and our food supply and growing our own garden. Our class will be posting a few questions this morning.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome students from James Monroe - we look forwards to learning more about your gardening plans and please do post us questions this mornings.
Monroe danny: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Why did you start the garden pogram?
Monroe Stephen: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Where can we go for a field trip.
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello from Nightingale Middle School. We are on the Back Country Trail. We have spent the morning uploading our Peace Poems and will continue uploading through out the day. We have images of our freshly painted school to submit with our class introduction soon. Next week we will take a field trip on the new Gold Line and will be able to post field reports about our experience. We are looking forward to a good year with Camp Internet.
monre raquel: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
What can we do for fun how about lets play out side but its to hot out side.
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy,
My students are gone until shortly after 10:00. If you could extend the chat until 10:56 then my next class of students can participate. Let me know. If not we will continue posting Peace Poems.
monroe Jazmine: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Were can we go to learn more about camp.com.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Monroe Students, Timothy - who runs the garden program, will be online soon to answer Danny's question. I can provide some answers to Stephen's question. The field reports from previous Camp classrooms - that you can view by click on this button - include garden projects - and two of the field trips were taken out in your area. Where did this class from Palm View go on one of their field trips? And where did the class from Valley View go ? Read, find the answer, and then post the answer here ...
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:16AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Stephen,
My class enjoyed going to the Botanic Gardens in Santa Barbara last year. If you live in Los Angeles then consider the Descanso Gardens or the Huntington Gardens.
They are shorter distances for a day trip.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Nightingale Students and Mrs. Mason - we will be glad to extend the chat until 11am and we appreciate seeing your pece poems go online. There are now works by students from 3 countries in the CAMPWIDE FIELD REPORT room for Peace Works - can your students find out which countries are there and post those country names here ?
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
As soon as I have students in the room we will check. and they can post their answers. I'm going to process my permission slips for the field trip right now ans see if I can get Mrs. Gomes class to get online with you this period.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Raquel at Monroe - a fun outside activity you could do in teh shade is create a rock art mural on the school pavement in the shade. You can use any colored chalks, and after studying our rock art gallery at button you can draw those images on teh ground all together as a group and make your own rock art panel. Send us a digital picture of any roack art mural you make and we will post it online!
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Jazmine at Monroe - trying to answer these as fast as I can but know you have had to wait ... to get started with the Camp Internet program, your GLOBAL GARDEN TRAILHEAD is located at button and from there all of the current and new / upcoming Garden resources will be available.
Mr. Stock, Monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, our school district server is filtering out your archived chats so Stephen cannot access the site on your button. I'm trying to resolve the problem with technology, but it won't happen today.
monre raquel: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
where can we go for camp internet.com.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
To the Monroe Students - check out this very innovative way to sprout seedlings - do you see what is hanging in this kindergarten classroom's window ? Tell me what they used as their mini 'greeenhouse' to get their garden started .... button
Monroe Shannon: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Do you recommend we use raised beds in our garden or should directly in the soil?
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mr. Stock - I understand about the filtering. If they can go there directly, the field trip activities are reached from the left side of the main Camp portal at button and then click on CHAT ARCHIVES. I have been looking at the field reports posted there from 2002 to link to - can you get there directly ? If not, please do ask the district to release that URL block for access ....
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Good morning everyone and welcome to the Camp chatroom.
Danny. The Global-Garden project was started to allow us a way to take the study of nutrition, sustainable agriculture, team work and other special things like GIS mapping for garden management, out of the classroom and into the soil.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Monroe Students - once you can get the district to open access to the chat room archives - here are some to reveiw ............. I am finding a few postings from Mr. Stock in our chat archive - a fun Internet Dig is at button - Here are Monroe students going to Joshua Trees and the Desert Queen Ranch button
Monroe Lupito: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
How should we plant food like beans;corn and squash?
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Shannon - we use raised beds in our main Camp garden. It allows us to manage the soil nutrition and the watering better. Also - we began with total sand and needed to figure out a way to build it up to where we could grow food. Best way was to put some wood together, bring in soil and keep adding to the soil with our compost. It has worked really well.
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Lupito - we have done 3 Sister mounds for our beans, corn and squash. It is a wonderful way to grow the plants together. Check the Garden web site for good instructions on setting up a traditional group of 3 Sister mounds. The way the Corn supports the beans and the Squash holds in the water shows how plants work together in the garden.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mr. Stock - there is an activity in the Backcountry track that would be great for your students too. If you click on the Backcountry tile on the main Camp portal, and then click on the 'ACTIVITIES' link in the upper right of that Trailhead, there is a Dig there on the Cahuilla that has information about Native foods directly related to Global Garden studies and right at your local level. A direct link is at this button but I am not sure if you can access that one directly or not ....
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Since MOnroe can not yet reach the chat archives, I am going to try adding some pictures mentioned above - how did this kindergarten GLOBAL GARDEN class sprout their seedlings ????? 
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
This is a classroom garden experiment that graphed the growth of different plants - I think these are thier white Narcissus.
Monroe Shannon: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
What is a good way to make compost
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Can you tell us what plant these students in our Global Garden program in Los Angeles grew - and what foods are made from it ? And other things that are not eaten that are made from it ?
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Happy Campers sharing their harvest photos with us - Peaceful Living !! 
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Shannon -we do our main compost in the ground just outside the garden. We are careful to add in grees from the law and try to build a balance of nutrients in the compost. Every 2 or 3 months or so we do a big hauling of new soil into the garden to replenish the planter boxes.
michelle monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
What can i do to be good at gardening?
Monroe Shannon: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
How do we get compost
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For good directions and ideas on starting your school garden the unit in Global-Garden at button is the place to start.
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
For good directions on starting and maintaing your compost goto: button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Shannon at Monroe - one way a class could build up thier compost would be to bring in a plastic bag with vegetable trimmings eihter from your cafeteira - or even from your parent's dinner preparations - carreid to your garden site in the plastic bag tied tight with a twisty - and add that to a school compost pile while still fresh. This can not be any thing already cooked, or that has oils or salts.............. But it could be the outside leaves of a head of lettuce that get peeled away and not served, the tops of carrots that are cut off, celery that was too damaged to eat, apple cores even. But check with Mr. Stock to see if this can work for your school site. Then you can mix regualr soil in with the compost to build up a rich soil...... Local nurseries may be able to donate a few bags of soil - or even bags of compost - to help you get started.
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 9:58AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Michelle - the thing which I have found that really leads to being a good gardener is your ability to give time and attention to your plants. The plants thrive with good attention and care. Along with that you need to learn the basics on Soil, Water and Weather. We have great units on each subject within the Global Garden class so explore and remember to use the "search" link in Camp Internet to find things like "soil" or "water" when you want to learn about specific things.
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Has anyone tried "Moon Gardening". We have been working with a moon gardening calendar and trying to see if there are some real benefits to following moon cycles. The study unit for Moon Gardening is at: button . That web has a useful Moon calendar and clock which can be helpful in planning.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mr. Stock - here is a feild report out in your area - to Andreas Canyon - that your students may be able to see today - it does not have 'chat' in its URL and that may be the problem ...
See this field reporting and its related video too button 
Angela monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Los L.A. is growing corn.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
And herebutton is a MONROE SCHOOL trip feature to Joshua Trees 
Monroe Issac: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
How did you grow the plants in Coachella Valley
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Angela - you are right - it is corn. What ways do you and your family eat corn ? And do you use any part of the plant for anything else ?
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Issac - the Camp Internet headquarters and offices are in towns in Santa Barbara County. Nearby there are weekly Farmers Markets and some of the farmers who sell there actually grow their food in the Coachella and Imperial areas and bring them to market clear up in the Santa Barbara area. We have seen tomatoes and dates, grapefruits and oranges drown in your area for sale in our local farmer's markets !! A field trip to one of the date plantations would be a really interesting for your class .. and we would all enjoy reading a field report about it too online ...... maybe you can go on a discovery mission to find out what foods are grwon in your local area ???? and report back to us !
Angela monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
why do you grow gardens
Monroe Ashley: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
what besides beans,squash,and corn would be good to plant in Coachella vally?
Angela monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
is their anything else thAT you could grow besides garden?
Mr. Stock Monroe: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Monroe students will have to move on. I will print answers and questions for their review latter. Thank you.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Michelle - to be good at gardening, as you asked, means finding inside yourself a real enjoyment for the feel, smell and sounds of plants growing - the feel of the soil crumbling in your hands or the way it forms under your hands as you pat down the soil around a newly planted seedling... the smell of the water soaking into the soil, the sounds of birds flying by while you work in the garden - or the sound of the wind stirring up the leaves of your plants. ........ It is all about learning to hear, see and fell new things that makes gardening so much fun .......... Once you get into the fun of seeing / smelling / hearing life going on in and around your graden, then you will want to spend time there ..... and spending time caring for your garden is the real key to its success. Preparing the soil, planting, weeding, watering - and some people think plants respond favorably to hearing music so sing if you feel like it! The garden thrives on your attention .. even just going out and sitting with it and just listening to life going on ...
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:16AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello again from Nightingale Middle School. Mrs. Mason's Intro to Computer class is now in session and shortly students will be chatting and interacting on line with Camp Internet.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Ashley - the Native Americans in early California found foods mostly through hunting and gathering - there was not a lot of agriculture. But one of the things that was grown out your way were MELONS - so it is very possible you too could grow great watermelons, cantalopes and more! AND Find out what farmers are already growing there today and that is a good clue for your own garden ...
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy,
Is the Campwide Chat room still open? My students are ready to log in but I can't get an active window.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
TO: The MONROE STUDENTS in the Coachella Valley - Thanks for joining us today - we hope the answers to your questions have been helpful - and lead to more questions / learning / discoveries / explorations in your Global Garden project. We all enjoyed chatting with you today and hope to do it again soon!
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mrs. Mason - welcome back - we just closed up the chat with the Global Garden students out in the Coachella area. What Expedition track/s will your students be focusing on ?
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, We will be in the Back Country .
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello NIGHTINGALE STUDENTS and Welcome - for those of you new to Camp Internet, I think you will enjoy seeing what previous Nightingale students have accomplished with our program. Each year we ask classrooms to set a field report goal and to publish that report online to share news of their discoveries with all of the students and teachers at Camp Intenet ..... here is one of the best field reports EVER created by a Camp classroom - and its from your school! Click on this button to see their reports. Then tell us about any projects you have planned for this school year ...
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, Wiil you be opening a chat for us? Right now I've sent my students to the Peace Poem room to post their work
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, I am the only person in the room who can find the link to this page. where can my students go to interact with you. all the links are not active in the Trail Guide chats room.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:32AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hre is another short Nightingale field report about a trip to the Southwest Museum - a good collection that contains artifacts relevant to California Backcountry too ... button
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mrs. Mason - the only chat room open is this one - CAMPWIDE under Trail Guide Chats and we are awaiting their postings ... make sure they click on the CAMPWIDE link as it is the only one open ...
Mrs. Mason@ngale22 Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy,
The Camp Wide Buttom takes us to a closed page and doesn't show an open window.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Nightingale Backcountry Explorers - this month you have a FUN Internet Dig to do. Click on this button to go into the INTERNET DIG room that features the really amazing story of how President Teddy Roosevelt literally 'snuck away' from his retinue and camped out in the Yosemite backcountry with Jon Muir - and how that camping trip changed American policy towards our wilderness forever. What a difference a camping trip made !! It lead to our National Park system ... Bully !!!
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mrs. Mason - I just found out how to reset it - the room is open now for your students - sorry for the confusion ...
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:49AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mrs Mason and Students - if you do not have time today to do the activities in the Internet Dig that are linked to above, please come back another session and Do the Dig! You can reach it from the Backcountry trailhead by clicking on Internet Digs, and once at that menu, select Backcountry from the left side bar... and please do poast a HELLO as a class in the FIELD REPORTS - Backcountry room soon ....
ricky: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
hello mrs.montgomery my name is ricky from ngale
marcos: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
mrs.Montgomery,
how are you doing.I am a student from ngale.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Ricky - our Backcountry focus this month is on 'Outdoor Living' - have you ever gone on a camping trip yourself ? or slept outdoors ?
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Marcos - are there any parks or hikes you have gone to in your area ?
Ricky: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
hello mrs.montgomery my name is Ricky from ngale
Waldo@ngale: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi
Waldo@ngale: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
pp
Ricky: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
No but am hopping to go
Marcos: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
good bye talk to you later got to go to next period
Marcos: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
no parks sorry
: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
My name is Heidi Cazares from Ms.Mason's 3rd period Laters homie
Ricky: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
we got to go mrs. but it was nice talking to u
Marcos: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
sorry parks yes but hikeing no
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Nightingale students - I posted several important links for you above. Once you have posted your 'hello - please put 50 in the SCROLL BACK box below and lick on 'CHAT' - that will let you see the earlier postings. Look for the ones addresed to you and that have the blue 'button' that takes you to look at interesting postings from other students.
: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:54AM PST (-0800 GMT)
well it was really nice meeting you.
Marcy Montgomery, Camp Internet Ed Dir: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:55AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Thanks for dropping by Nightingale- we will try this again soon for a full session - and thank you for your Peace Poem postings too! You can come back later and see this session / follow the links later too.
: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 10:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy,
It was a little frustrating for the students, most of the period the chatroom was not open and when it finally was the time was over. I apologize for the nature of some remarks above. Over and over again we must teach nettiquette in our classes. thay way our children will grow up understanding acceptable ways to communicate with adults.
Timothy - Camp Director: . . . . Thu, Sep 25, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
I want to thank everyone for stopping in. Be sure to explore the Global Garden classroom at button and check our new Peace Studies unit at button and the really valuable companion unit on Conflict Resolution located at : button