This week the 4th grade classes from Mary D Lang visited The Mushroom Cap on a field trip as part of Together for Education, a non-profit organization that is a catalyst for community involvement in education. Together for Education seeks to strengthen the partnership among parents, educators, students and the community through quality program development and communication. This field trip was to enhance the 4th grade PA Industries unit.
The students watched a video about the mushroom industry. They were also able to look through a "mushroom shaped" peep hole to see a man picking mushrooms. They learned that mushrooms were first discovered in Egypt, that spawn came from France and England and that PA produces 63% of the nation's crop of cultivated mushrooms. How about the shiitake log, the maitake log and the oyster log? All mushrooms do not grow alike. The students were given recipes to take home. The class received fresh mushrooms and instructions on how to make spore prints and were given the book by Sue Yocum, Let's To to a Pennsylvania Mushroom Farm.
Thank you Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Desjardien for bringing your students to The Mushroom Cap and we all thank Mrs. Jen Augustine, Executive Director of Together for Education for coordinating the trip.
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