Peterson Middle School has a two-acre on-site Nature Center, which serves as a rich educational resource for all students in its district. The Nature Center was developed by two science teachers to enhance science education during a period of educational budget cuts. The Nature Center has been influential in teaching students about nature and environmental science through field trips and a highly interactive website. Over the past five years, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ engineering students have worked on over 10 projects that have enhanced the educational resources available on the Nature Center website.
This project involved the design and construction of a birdhouse with a webcam to provide a constant video feed of bird wildlife...
This project involved the consolidation of data and information from several webpages into a more organized form accessible from a single web page...
Students used the structure from a previously built birdhouse, and attached a new roof with a camera inside...