Lifecycle of Stuff at JV Humphries
JV Humphries students in Kaslo explored the Lifecycle of Stuff in February 2023.
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Earth Day and Earthworms
The Valemount Elementary Schools Grade 4/5/6 class has been learning about vermicomposting throughout the school year as part of an eco challenge. After starting a new worm bin in the fall, students observed the red wiggler worms while separating them from the vermicompost. They also learned what foods and paper items can go into the … Continued
Exploring Food Security, Eating Locally, and the Benefit of Worms at the Golden Food Bank
Grade 4/5 Students from Mr. Hein and Mr. Richard’s classes at Lady Grey Elementary School had the opportunity to visit the Golden Food Bank on May 29 and 31! Educator Karen Temple-Beamish met the classes at the Golden Food Bank and shared her extensive knowledge on food security, growing and eating local food, and worm … Continued
Earthy Organics Farm Tour!
What animals do you have on the farm? What vegetables do you grow? How do you water your crops? These questions, along with others, were being asked in the first five minutes of our tour of the Earthy Organics farm in Fruitvale. Grade 6/7 students from Glenmerry Elementary were excited and ready to experience farm … Continued
Cross Curricular Project
Science, Socials, Health and Wellness, and Physical Education were all touched on during the year end gardening project in Ms. Dureski’s grade 6’s at Gordon Terrace. The class has been partaking in Wildsight’s Beyond Recycling program for the past 20-odd weeks, learning about waste, water, energy, climate change, sustainability, and food. In addition to in-class … Continued
The almost 200km Apple and Carrot Muffin
This is a little story about some absolutely scrumptious apple and carrot muffins made by some seriously talented students! Our class recently embarked on an eco challenge to reduce our food waste and create our own snacks using ingredients sourced from within 200km of our school. To kick off the challenge, we visited the Revelstoke … Continued
Columbia Park’s Earth Day Trashion Show
Our grade 6 class at Columbia Park has been working hard on an Eco Challenge to reduce waste and promote sustainability. As part of this challenge, we’ve been collecting recyclable materials and counting them on a weekly basis. For Earth Day, we decided to take things up a notch by participating in our local ‘Trashion … Continued
Make it clean for Earth Day!
The Gr. 6/7 classes at Kinnaird, Twin Rivers, and Glenmerry Elementary schools celebrated Earth Day 2023 by making their own Eco Friendly All Purpose Cleaner. We first started the lesson by learning about Earth Day and why we acknowledge this global event, followed by some very inspirational videos about our amazing planet. Students then had … Continued
Creating the conditions for plants to grow
Ms Cooper’s grade 4/5 class were treated to tour through the fields of Cartwheel Farm, a small family farm at the heart of the Creston Valley. Cartwheel Farm grows certified organic vegetables and herbs for the community. As the class toured the farm, Laura and Nigel shared their perspective on farming: “We don’t grow vegetables, … Continued
Board Games as Climate Solutions
Have you heard? There’s a new board game about climate change solutions! Mrs. Archibald’s grade 5’s got a chance to try their hands at understanding climate solutions this week by playing a game. First, we had a lesson about what climate is and how its changing. We dressed up Mrs. Archi then Meia, as the … Continued