Editing Land lab (section)

== Multi-disciplinary environment within land labs ==
Land labs help to form an ecosystem well suited for long-term [[project-based learning]].  Students, teachers, and community members can participate in [[multi-disciplinary]] activities ranging from land restoration, animal husbandry, gardening, weather analysis to outdoor art studies.
[[File:Photovoltaic Solar Panel.jpg|alt=Photovoltaic solar panels provide clean electricity for this land lab.  Using local power to operate garden tools, sensors, cameras, and water pumps provides a great example of sustainable energy for students.|thumb|Photovoltaic solar panels provide clean electricity for this land lab.  Using local power to operate garden tools, sensors, cameras, and water pumps provides a great example of sustainable energy for students.]]
The multi-disciplinary context within a land lab is perfect for cross-curricular education.  The following disciplines and subjects can all tie into land lab activities in an integrated fashion:

* [[Ecology]] - nature studies, increasing biodiversity, studying water cycle
* [[Biology]] - gardening, agriscience projects, botany
* [[Sustainable agriculture|Sustainable Agriculture]] - composting, [[permaculture]], local food movement
* [[Engineering]] - building aquaponics, rainwater collection, animal shelters
* [[Chemistry]] - methane digesters, plant fertilization, solar power
* [[List of life sciences|Life Sciences]] - carbon cycle, water cycle, composting biomass
* [[Animal husbandry|Animal Husbandry]] - free range chickens, goats, [[apiary]]
* [[Climatology|Climate Studies]] - weather observation, weather logging
* [[History]] & [[Cultural studies|Culture Studies]] - local food culture, history of agriculture, natural resources
* [[Culinary arts|Culinary Arts]] - cooking garden produce using clean energy like biomass, biogas, or solar power
* [[File:Tiny House built from Local Materials.jpg|alt=This tiny house on wheels provides a good example of more sustainable shelters.  Built from locally produced cypress wood, this tiny house on wheels gives students a sense of what a living system integrated into solar power, rainwater collection, and sustainable utilities looks like.|thumb|This tiny house on wheels provides a good example of more sustainable shelters.  Built from locally produced cypress wood, this tiny house on wheels gives students a sense of what a living system integrated into solar power, rainwater collection, and sustainable utilities looks like.]]Multi media arts - designing pollinator landscapes, bird houses, [[Nest box|bat houses]], murals 
** Painting - nature studies, murals
** Pottery - watering pots, plant pots
** Wood working - pollinator houses, chicken coop