Julie Eidson was selected through the Georgia Intern Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) Program for Summer 2022. The lesson she created aligns to Georgia sixth grade science standards focusing on water collection, conservation, and use.
This lesson is designed for middle school students to explore the Water Petal of the Living Building Challenge. It examines how The Kendeda Building effectively manages stormwater by emulating the Piedmont Forest ecosystem of metro Atlanta.
In Her Own Words
My name is Julie Eidson. I am a sixth grade science teacher at East Coweta Middle School in Senoia, Georgia. I have been teaching for 23 years. Twenty of those years have been in elementary and the last three years have been in middle school. I am honored to be selected as one of the GIFT Fellows at The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design for the summer of 2022.
