2001-2003 • Public Art Installation     Thorndyke Elementary School Ecolab A Community Design-build Project     Click below for   Community Builders Planning Activities Building Activities Operational Activities       Designing Activities January - April 2002     Project Coordinators • First- through Fifth Grade Children & Teachers       Based on what children should SEE, HEAR, and LEARN in the Ecolab, all fifteen first- through fifth-grade classes built a model to represent their continent         Then each grade level voted on the preferred model, which was translated into a design for the Ecolab by McHegg Design + Build   Preferred Model Translation First Grade South America and the Amazon River Rivers of the World SHAPE OUR EARTH Second Grade Asia and the Yangtze River Rivers of the World SHAPE OUR CULTURE Third Grade Asia and the Yangtze River Rivers of the World SHAPE OUR LANDSCAPE Fourth Grade Europe and the Rhine River Rivers of the World SHAPE OUR WEATHER Fifth Grade North America and the Mississippi River Rivers of the World SHAPE OUR INDUSTRY Fifth-grade Girls Gazebo design         Initial Ecolab design developed by McHegg Design + Build   Five gardens, to represent continents linked by a river (path), to the gazebo The gazebo           Simplified garden design developed by CEEDS