Winlaw students today presented their findings of the life cycles of everyday objects, such as pencils, soccer balls, and CDs. All groups saw just how many different raw materials, from all over the globe, go into the products we have. We also realised how hard it would be to truly know everything that’s involved in … Continued
Students thought is was quite entertaining to have a lesson on water on the one day the school floods. It’s the way it worked in Fernie. The class took place in the student services room because the middle school student classrooms had been flooded that morning. In Fernie, we rarely have water issues. Students were … Continued
Today’s lesson at Twin Rivers Elementary was all about the first step in ANY product’s lifecycle: Raw Material Extraction! All of the stuff in our lives, whether it looks natural or not, was made from raw materials taken from the Earth. Some of these raw materials are renewable resources (wood, cotton, fish) and some are … Continued
We learned all about plastic, where it comes from, how much we now rely on it, in the lesson on plastic. It’s huge in our everyday world, and the thought of living without it is very strange. However, there’s a real problem with what happens to plastic once we’re finished with it, one area of … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Mrs. Graham’s grade 5/6 class got a chance to meet a self-described "world-renowned garbage expert" today – Dr. Payou – who made a surprise visit to the school to thoroughly examine what was in the class garbage, and what clues that can give about the behaviour and lifestyle of the group she is studying. Students … Continued
