The grade 5 and 6s are back for another year of Beyond Recycling! After taking a look at what ends up in a typical class garbage bin, the students in Spensley/Gunn’s class travelled back in time to look at how waste has changed over the years. To keep socially distant from the educator, this class … Continued
Many things have changed this year due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, and Beyond Recycling is no exception. To keep delivering this inspiring, informative and interesting program to grade 5 and 6 students across the Columbia Basin, Wildsight Educators have had to get creative! Educator Kim Urbaniak is having success connecting with Mme. Laporte’s class at … Continued
Mme. Laporte’s class jumped into action right away this fall with their first EcoChallenge. After the class’s very first lesson on Garbology, with a close look at what ends up in typical class garbage bin, the students decided to try their hands at a waste-free lunch. Due to Covid-19, the class garbage isn’t in use, … Continued
And so, without seemingly a moment’s notice, the Holidays were upon us and as I write this time has ticked over to 2021! Happy New Year! Here’s hoping for safety, health and security for all. I finished my year full of joy, by spending the month of December with the Grade 5/6 class at Columbia … Continued
Grade 4/5 students in Ms. Tegart’s class spent several hours researching and preparing presentations on the lifecycle of manufactured products we use everyday including aluminum cans, glass bottles, jeans, pencils, soccer balls and batteries. After learning about all the stages in the lifecycle of a product they became experts in one of the products. Their … Continued
Students at Ecole Isabella Dicken Elementary School, like many schools in the area, were faced with challenges around having visitors and outside educators in their classrooms. Through using Zoom, we were able to run some of our sessions online. Students showed their Lifecycle presentations via Zoom and were able to use technology to continue our … Continued
On a sunny afternoon, students from Ms. Wilson’s class took a step back time, in the school yard at Lady Grey Elementary. The students travelled from the time of hunter gatherers up until modern times predicting how much waste was created during each time period. To accomplish this, signs were made out of reused materials … Continued
As you can see from this brainstorm of descriptive words related to “waste”, we humans do not have positive associations with waste! Thankfully, there are other hardworking creatures that would make the exact opposite brainstorm, if they had hands or arms. But they’re also too busy decomposing the organic waste in Ms. Curry’s Gr 6/7 … Continued
Grade 5/6/7 students at McBride Centennial School jumped at the opportunity to get into character and discover the history of waste. Students were shocked and amazed at the amount of garbage in the world and came up with many questions to guide future learning.
Grade 5/6/7 students at McBride Centennial School jumped at the opportunity to get into character and discover the history of waste. Students were shocked and amazed at the amount of garbage in the world and came up with many questions to guide future learning.
