At Brent Kennedy, Mrs. Malakoff and Mrs. Hendry’s grade 5/6’s celebrated an early Earth Day by doing a school yard clean-up, then moving inside for a Trash-to-Treasure art class. The class was surprised to see just how much garbage they collected from their school yard in under 30 minutes. And even though none of the … Continued
This week we examined the size of our ecological footprint. We looked at how our actions can impact the size of our footprint, and how different countries have different size footprints. We were amazed to see how every choice we make, every day, can increase or decrease the size of our footprint. Our class put … Continued
We looked at what we can do with our own two hands. We all have the opportunity to make a difference. Even our youth can help make our planet a better place to be! In the Eco Handprint lesson, we looked at all the positive things we are already doing and then thought up some … Continued
In our class we learned about different kinds of energy sources. In groups we studied about solar; wind; hydro; fossil fuels; nuclear and wave energy. We used an easy-to-follow website to gather information about the advantages and disadvantages of these sources. Each group was assigned a particular energy source to defend. During the debate we … Continued
True to the intention of Earth Hour, where participants are not only encouraged to celebrate during the actual hour, but also to "Go Beyond The Hour", Monday we launched the month-long Family Eco Challenge at Brent Kennedy. After first discussing how people spent this year’s Earth Hour (lots of candles, family time, games, music and … Continued
We learned about the importance of doing something to make a difference… with our own two hands! We wrote what we were already doing to shrink our footprint, and then said some of the things we could do. We took home the Eco-Challenge, so we could see what our families do now and how we … Continued
Students in Beyond Recycling in the East and West Kootenays are involved in Family Eco Challenges to investigate our homes, then come up with ideas and actions to shrink our family’s eco-footprints. Fortis has donated prize packages too! Today we also watched 4 short videos about how important it is to look after our earth. … Continued
We learned about EARTH HOUR-Sat. March 31-8:30! We’re all turning off our lights and not using any electricity in that time! We watched slides and learned about our ECO-FOOTPRINT. It shows how we use the environment. We learned that there’s 1.7 ha of productive land available to humans per person! Canadians use 8.8 ha per … Continued
Jaffray Elementary looked at what the difference is between our needs and our wants. We noted that we NEED things like food, shelter and water. We WANT things like our ipod and brand name clothing. We also looked at what the word SUSTAINABILITY means and how each choice we make can impact future generations.
This week, we looked over our ecological footprints, and talked about ways in which we could reduce their sizes. We then learned about Earth Hour, happening this Saturday, and talked about ways in which some of the group have previously celebrated. Mrs. Hendry challenged the class to come to school the following Monday with the … Continued
