Ms. Newtons class implemented a class wide garbage reduction campaign and created 4 new waste streams in the classroom (Compost, 1-7 Plastic, Plastic wrap, Cardboard). We stressed the importance of the 4R pyramid with recycling not being as important and reusing and reducing. Results on waste diversion: Week True garbage Compost Week 1 1496 … Continued
Mrs. Haworth’s class has been working hard at reducing their classroom waste over the last few months of Beyond Recycling. Here are some of the actions they have taken during the Garbage Eco-Challenge: Garbage Free Lunch Week After our 1st day, our goal was to get under 100 g. We managed that on all … Continued
Teams were prepared and the debate was fierce as to which energy source was best at generating electricity for us. Our representatives from the non-renewable energy sources took a back seat for most of the debate as the renewables tried to out-argue each other. Near the end, fossil fuels was in the hot seat but … Continued
The students at St Mary’s Catholic School in Cranbrook had the opportunity to get messy, make mistakes and learn how to make paper. It was a fun filled morning with lots of laughter, excitement, a little chaos and plenty of hands on learning. Students tried all facets of the paper making process. Students ripped, tore … Continued
Mme. Whittick’s students set up a recycling station in their classroom last week. The grade 6 & 7s took scrap paper and old newspaper and transformed them into colourful art supplies to be used in a future project. After weeks of discussing our waste-filled consumer habits and all the necessary processing of our stuff, the students put … Continued
Where does your power come from? The grade 6/7 students at Windermere Elementary can now follow their energy from the dam all the way to the outlet. Looking first at the benefits of electricity and how our lives would be different without power, the students in Mme Whittick’s class discussed the environmental impacts of both renewable … Continued
What a rainbow! The grade 4/5 students in Mrs. King’s class at J.A. Laird made an impressive rainbow of recycled paper this week. They’ve been learning about “closing the loop” of our waste – which means changing the linear life cycle of an item into a loop, where the “waste” materials are re-used as something … Continued
It was an exciting and fun day at Lady Grey with Madame Bergeron’s class making paper! The students have spent the last few weeks learning about the extensive process all our STUFF goes through, from the extraction of raw materials & production to distribution and eventually disposal. The class got a chance to take recycling … Continued
Over the last three weeks, students at Twin Rivers Elementary have been investigating the ‘Story of Stuff’. After learning about the typical life cycle of everyday products (Extraction of raw materials, Production, Distribution, Consumption and Disposal) and exploring some of the environmental impacts associated with each stage, students launched a group research project. Groups researched … Continued
Le 30 novembre dernier, les élèves de la classe de Madame Christine ont présenté le fruit de leurs recherches quant au cycle de vie de divers produits. D’abord, l’équipe des bouteilles de verre nous a raconté les différentes étapes de “l’histoire” de ces dites bouteilles: de l’extraction des matières premières jusqu’à leur disposition. Heureusement, le … Continued
