Debating Energy Production
Students learned how to debate while defending different forms of energy production.
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A Soccer Ball, Pencil and Jeans. What do they have in common?
They all have a product Lifecycle! The students at Rossland Summit School discovered that some of their everyday “stuff” has a unique and sometimes complex process of how they are made into products that we use everyday. Groups of students researched their product item starting with their raw materials and then to the manufacturing stage, … Continued
Something New from the Recycle Bin
Anne Bock’s class from Jaffray Elementary/ Jr. Secondary School had the chance to make something new from recycling bin materials just before spring break. The Multi-Purpose room was alive with activity the afternoon the students worked hard to make paper. We had five stations that students rotated through including sorting and shredding, blending, pouring … Continued
Paper Making at Kootenay Orchards
In December, Mrs. Halldorson’s grade 4/5 Kootenay Orchards classroom transformed into a paper making factory. Prior to this Beyond Recycling Paper Making project, students learned about the lifecycle of our stuff, how it is extracted and produced, manufactured and distributed. We embraced all of the
Forary into Reducing Food Waste
The students in Mrs. Spensely/Ms. Gibbard’s gr 5/6 class have been talking a lot about waste. Food waste in particular. The Beyond Recycling program starts with a unit on waste, and how waste has changed in type and amount over the years. The gr 5/6’s have been applying this learning to the delicious topic of … Continued
See The Heat
Beyond Recycling partnered with the RDCK for a pilot program to bring infrared cameras to three classrooms this winter. The cameras plug into iphone or android devices and make heat loss visible. Students from Twin Rivers Elementary in Castlegar, Adam Robertson Elementary in Creston and JV Humphries in Kaslo participated. Students from the three classes … Continued
High energy for our Energy Debates!
The Gr. 5 students at Rossland Summit School held a very formal debate around the five energy sources: Fossil Fuels, Wind Power, Solar Power, Hydro Power, and Nuclear Power. Each group came very prepared, as well as in their best dressed, to share knowledge and pros and cons of all the energy sources. A pick … Continued
Is that REAL-ly food?
As a final wrap up celebration, Mrs. Spensely/Ms Gibbard’s class had one more food related activity: a Real Food Potluck! Real Food is defined as: · Nutritious: healthy · Near: local · Now: seasonal · Naked: not packaged in disposable wrappers · Natural: whole foods or not heavily processed The students did a great job … Continued
An “Energetic” debate at Mc Kim school
Students in Mrs Julie’s class at Mc Kim school in Kimberley, spent the last few weeks of March researching the various types of Energy and their impacts on our planet. Students worked together to learn all about their energy sources and those of the other debating teams. The lively “tennis match” style debate was full … Continued
Water: Necessity of Life
Water is a necessity of life, so that means that everyone alive has sufficient water, right? Wrong! As the grade 5/6’s in Mrs. Reinarz’s class learned through the Our Water activity, there is not enough available clean water to meet the worlds use. During this activity, students had to decide how to distribute water among … Continued