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**Our Plans and Research **

LAND LAB: Pod 4 plans to design and begin work on a land lab for our school district's science departments to use on a daily basis. The land lab should be near Twinsburg High School property, to be a convenience to the students continuing to work on and improve it.

Size: The land lab will need to be large enough to hold a a teacher and a class of students (about 25). There will need to be land out of the structure and in it to set up labs and experiments. The lab will need to be opened and closed entirely on one side as to experience both a closed and open area. It will be approximately 40 feet in length and width and 12 feet in height.

Inside: Our land lab will need to contain the supplies of a classroom: seats for students, areas to experiment both in the classroom and in nature. We will want an alternate energy source to be used in our land lab, like solar panels.



NATURE TRAIL: We want a nature trail that will be beneficial to our schools and community. Although Twinsburg City has a bike path that connects Dodge Intermediate School and Idlewood Park, it is paved and its purpose is recreation. A trail more connected to the schools will allow for an atmosphere that is more focused on education about our environment. Students will be learning about conservation and preservation of our precious resources in a fun and healthy way. Behind R.B. Chamberlin Middle School there is a community park containing multiple trails. However, not many people are aware of these. We aim to mark these trails so they are more easily accessible to the public. It will be 7 feet wide in order to accomidate people and groups moving in both directions, either walking or on bikes. The trail will be 2 miles long and will split off 3 times in additional 1/2 mile trails. The trail will be set up with posted information pertaining to the sustainability of our community. We hope to use the land behind R. B. Chamberlin Middle School to create an additional trail in this area: 