In this class students will learn the basics of beekeeping, including the biology of bees, how to maintain a hive, the life cycle of bees, the hierarchy of the hive, protecting your bees from disease and predators, as well as how to winterize your hives.
Instructs learners on the fundamentals of heavy duty transmissions. Learners will overhaul manual and automatic shifting transmissions, troubleshoot and repair fully automatic and automatic shifting manual transmissions and read wiring and air schematics.
In this hands-on workshop, participants will build their very own 10” hanging basket of flowers. The instructor will cover essential topics such as selecting the ideal soil or potting medium, determining the perfect location for your hanging basket, and mastering proper water retention and drainage techniques. Learn the ins and outs of assembling a visually-appealing hanging flower basket while discovering the world of flowers to help you choose the best blooms to elevate your creation. Don't miss out on this opportunity to cultivate their green thumb and unleash their creativity!
Covers customer installation, odor investigations, house piping codes and installation methods, commercial meter operation, pipe cutting and threading, steel main tapping and stopping, cathodic protection and testing, corrosion control, and contrasts between steel and plastic gas systems.
Learn techniques for urban cultivation of mushrooms with simple controls of temperature, humidity, light, and air exchange (like us, mushrooms breath in oxygen and produce CO2). These controls enable us to provide a steady, year-round harvest of fresh mushrooms. We will discuss a large variety of mushrooms that changes with the seasons. Some of those varieties are an assortment of Oyster mushrooms such as Italian, Blue, Pink, and Pearl, as well as specialty varieties such as Speckled Chestnut and Lions Mane.
This clinical experience applies nursing concepts and therapeutic nursing interventions to groups of patients across the lifespan. It also provides an introduction to leadership, management, and team building.
This science of psychology course is a survey of multiple aspects of behavior and mental processes. It provides an overview of topics such as research methods, theoretical perspectives, learning, cognition, memory, motivation, emotions, personality, abnormal psychology, physiological factors, social influences, and development.
Interested in making sourdough bread at home but not sure where to start? This class offers a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to sourdough baking through lecture and demonstrations. Participants will observe techniques, ask questions, and sample bread, but will not bake during class. All supplies are provided, and nothing needs to be brought. Topics include getting started with sourdough, caring for yeast, the basic recipe and fermentation process, and when and how to add flavors.
Requires medical assistant students to integrate and apply knowledge and skills from all previous medical assistant courses in actual ambulatory health care settings. Learners perform medical assistant administrative, clinical, and laboratory duties under the supervision of trained mentors to effectively transition to the role of a medical assistant. This is a supervised, unpaid, clinical experience.
This advanced clinical course requires the student to integrate concepts from all previous courses in the management of groups of clients facing complex health alterations. Students will have the opportunity to further develop critical thinking skills using the nursing process in making clinical decisions. Continuity of care through interdisciplinary collaboration is emphasized.
Prepares learners to perform basic nursing skills under the supervision of a nurse for job entry as a nursing assistant or a home health aide (HHA) in health care agencies. Face-to-face and hybrid classroom, campus lab and clinical instruction are offered at various nursing homes and hospitals throughout the district. Students need to submit an application and complete background check.
This clinical experience applies nursing concepts and therapeutic interventions to patients across the lifespan. It also provides an introduction to concepts of teaching and learning. Extending care to include the family is emphasized.
This clinical experience integrates all knowledge learned in the previous courses in transitioning to the role of the graduate nurse. The course promotes relatively independent clinical decisions, delegation, and works collaboratively with others to achieve client and organizational outcomes. Continued professional development is fostered.
This intermediate level clinical course develops the RN role when working with clients with complex health care needs. A focus of the course is developing skills needed for managing multiple clients across the lifespan and priorities. Using the nursing process, students will gain experience in adapting nursing practice to meet the needs of clients with diverse needs and backgrounds.
This introductory clinical course emphasizes basic nursing skills and application of the nursing process in meeting the needs of diverse clients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on performing basic nursing skills, the formation of nurse-client relationships, communication, data collection, documentation, and medication administration.
Discover how to grow healthy, productive plants using raised beds! In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn how to plan, build, and manage a raised bed garden for flowers, vegetables, or herbs. We’ll cover soil basics, plant selection, spacing, watering, season extension, and simple maintenance tips to help your garden succeed. Whether you’re starting from scratch or improving an existing space, this class will give you the confidence to grow more with less hassle.
Participants will receive a hands-on experience working with tallow to create nourishing creams and healthy, all natural deodorant. Each participant will leave with a 1oz container of their own whipped tallow cream and a 1 oz container of coconut-based deodorant, both crafted during the class. Feel free to bring your favorite essential oils to personalize your whipped tallow cream and deodorant for a unique touch!
Learn how to make tallow soap from scratch! This hands-on class will teach participants how to use fats and lye to make an all-natural soap. Participants will leave with a pre-cured bar of tallow soap, knowledge, and recipe to start making their own soaps at home! Soap recipe includes pasture raised tallow, coconut oil, olive oil, water and lye topped with lavender buds.
This course provides youth between ages 12 to 16 with the necessary requirements to be certified for compliance under Wisconsin Act 455 to operate tractors or self-propelled machinery for their own family on public roads. This course also meets the requirements for the U.S. Department of Labor Agriculture Hazards Occupation Order for youth 14-15 years of age employed on a farm other than their family farm.
This course will explore the basics of safe mushroom identification for numerous spring species. There are great edible mushrooms in the spring. We will look at velvet foot, pheasant's back, wood corals, and of course morels! The second part of the class is a field trip to the woods to use the identification skills in the real world.
