The Grade 4 students at Kinnaird had a great time learning about the concept of sustainability yesterday by playing a simple game called ‘Fishing for Sustainability". Students had to work together to manage their village’s fishing pond and were told they had to catch a minimum number of fish to eat and sell each week … Continued
Instead of sheets of paper, we worked with cookie cutters and lots of different colours of paper from the recycling to make shapes that will turn into the front of Mothers’ Day cards. The class was able to make a few shapes per person, playing around with the thickness of the pulp and what colour … Continued
What if the short shower challenge really excites you, but you just can’t figure out an easy, waterproof way to properly ensure your showers truly are under 4 minutes? How about making a shower timer out of old pop bottles? Creativity abounds at Redfish’s Trash to Treasure showcase, including easy-to-use, yet-to-be-patented T2T shower timers.
Rossland Summit School’s Gr. 6/7 class is amazing at making their own PAPER! The class received a quick introduction and demo of how this craft is done and then they went at it with excitement. The class was split up into groups and each group got to participate in each station, including ripping up old … Continued
The students at Kootenay Orchards, spent the last week researching with their groups the various energy topics in preparation for today’s great Debate. The topics included were, Wind, Solar, Tidal, Fossil Fuels, Hydro and Nuclear. The groups presented their arguments , having the opportunity to state their case on why their particular energy resource was … Continued
Last week, students at Kinnaird Elementary took an active role in recycling, turning the contents of the classroom recycling bin into brand new paper! The students and some brave parent volunteers took on the task of ripping, blending, scooping, rolling and squeezing pulp into paper and learned a lot about the paper making process along … Continued
This week at Kootenay Orchards school in Cranbrook, students worked hard to put together some amazing skits and presentations on how various everyday products are made. The students researched as a group what raw materials were used in the manufacturing of their product, the raw materials and resources used and shared the impacts associated. The … Continued
The Grade 6/7 class at Rossland Summit School took part in a heated debate today. This Energy Debate looked at 5 different energy sources (Wind, Solar, Nuclear, Fossil Fuels, and Hydro). Each energy source had a group represent the pros and cons of that source. With research completed last week, all groups were ready to … Continued
The grade 6 students in Mrs Potter’s class at Kootenay Orchards school in Cranbrook, are getting right back into the Beyond Recycling Program. In this weeks lesson, we are learning more about the Cycle of Stuff and the impacts that the everyday products we use have. In the lesson "It’s all from the Earth", students … Continued
The Gr. 6/7 class from Rossland Summit School were amazed to learn about the process of waste disposal in their community while visiting the landfill and bottle depots. This field trip is a highlight with the Beyond Recycling program as the students see first hand the challenges of managing everyday garbage. They learn about how … Continued
