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Barnum School in Bridgeport

Posted on June 8, 2015April 25, 2018 by UConn Extension
Barnum School 4-Hers in Bridgeport celebrated Earth Day on April 25th. Parents, students and community volunteers celebrated with a Garden clean up. Twenty-seven beds were cleaned, wood chips laid, and eight new beds were built.
    working in raised bed dumping wheelbarrow Barnum garden group building a raised bed teamwork building a raised bed planting seeds working in raised beds

This entry was posted in 4-H Youth, Family, Gardens and tagged 4-H, Barnum School, Bridgeport, gardens, UConn Extension, youth development.
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Plants & Insects/Friends or Foe?
Plants aren't as helpless to insect attacks as they seem. Fascinating new scientific findings on the battle tactics and alliances between plants and insects might make us rethink some of our gardening practices.

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Frankenstein At 200
Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Dwight Codr, Associate Professor English Department, UConn.

This talk looks at the reasons for the enduring popularity of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old novel, discussing its many dramatic and cinematic adaptation with a particular focus on the surprising and complex relationship between Frankenstein and the public health campaign to fight polio in the mid-20th century.

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Write your memoirs to share in class. This program is through the Center for Learning in Retirement and taught by Christian Davis and Helene Voto, longtime memoirists New members are welcome

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Could Stem Cells Be a Fountain of Youth?

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Could Stem Cells Be a Fountain of Youth?
Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Barbara Murdoch, Associate Professor Department of Biology, ECSU.

To initiate an open dialogue about stem cells gauged for the general public, this class covers the different types of stem cells, their applications, and ethics. You are encouraged to present and discuss your perspectives.

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Open 4-H Nutrition and Food Show

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4-H Education Center at Auerfarm, Bloomfield

Open 4-H Nutrition and Food Show
Open 4-H Nutrition and food Show at 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm, 158 Auer Farm Road, Bloomfield, CT. Open to all UConn 4-H members. The 4-H Nutrition and Food Show provides participants with an opportunity to present, display and explain the nutritional foods. This year's theme: International Foods. Pre-Registration Required. Rain date: 3/3/19.

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