A Morning of Fun & Learning at Bing Maloney with the First Green

Elementary students learned all about STEM and agriculture at through the First Green program at Bing Maloney Golf Course

Bing Maloney Golf Complex recently hosted a First Green field trip, welcoming students from New Joseph Bonnheim Elementary. Organized by superintendent Muhammad Ali, the event aimed to teach students about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through the lens of a golf course. The event gave children a fun escape from the usual classroom environment.

To start the morning, the students were treated to K9 demonstration by the Sacramento Agricultural Commissioner Office’s K9 unit. Then the students divided into groups to visit several stations focused on different environmental topics. They learned about pH levels and surface tension in water, wildlife preservation and observation, measurements and calculating square footage, different types of grass, and different tools used on a golf green. Of course, they learned how to play golf as well!

A group of elementary students on a putting green are being given a demonstration by the Sacramento Agricultural Commisioner Office's K9 unit. The K9 is sitting attentively, looking at its handler. One student is raising their hand to ask a question.
One student in a green shirt is attempting to cut a hole in a putting green with a tool while an adult supervises. Other students are standing around them and watching.
A group of students are standing in a line. One student stands at the end holding a large tape measure. An older man is holding the end of the tape measure at the other end of the students and showing one of them how to read it.
Students are grouped around an instructor while he shows them water samples. A teacher is standing nearby and smiling at what the group of students is looking at.
Two students are kneeling on the green. One is standing up slightly, holding a ramp used to calculate green speed after rolling a ball down it. The other is kneeling on the ground, watching the ball that rolled off the ramp.
A man is squatting on a putting green, holding a ramp used to calculate green speed. He is demonstrating to a group of students how the ramp is used.
A group of students are gathering a man holding a blue cup. They are reaching into the cup, to inspect the seeds of grass inside.
An older women in a blue jacket is talking to a group of students about wildlife preservation. On a table in front of her is a birdhouse with a large hook on top.
A man is kneeling next to a student on a putting green. He is holding up a putter for the student to use to hit several golf balls around them.

After the students visited all the stations, they received one more demonstration with a mower on the practice green. Swag bags were handed out to all the kids for coming and they all left excited about everything they had seen that morning. Learning is fun!

The students and the volunteers from the field trip are taking a group photo. The kids are sitting on the ground in front of the adults, in 3 rows, the adults are standing behind the kids. The kids are making silly poses and looking excited, while the adults are smiling.

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