This Earth Hour is on March 31st at 8:30pm. Earth Hour started in Sydney Austraila in 2007 to conserve energy for an hour. Now Earth Hour is celebrated in over 128 countries and territories and millions of people all over the world participate in this event globally. To participate we could do as little as … Continued
Carbon dioxide is one of the natural greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. It acts like A blanket over our earth so that we have the climate that we do, in order to survive. Because of burning fossil fuels there are too many green house gases in our atmosphere. The climate is getting warmer, with more … Continued
This week we looked at how what we eat can impact the planet. We started of the class by looking at the classic American meal of hamburger, fries and a pop. We looked deep into what is involved in creating this meal, noting that to create this meal our food had to travel a very … Continued
When students reflect about their participation in Beyond Recycling throughout the year, they usually say the debate was one of their favorite activities. So far, this was my favorite class this year. We spent last week preparing for our energy debates, and this week the debating began. Groups of 3-4 students each debated that their … Continued
We learned that 50% of greenhouse gases come from transportation. We can do something to prevent climate change.We can plant a tree or use less carbon. I liked this lesson today because it taught us what we can do to prevent climate change. Written by Kacie, Gr. 6
We closed the loop today on the researching and presenting information on the raw materials needed, and ensuing impacts from the production of certain common, everyday items. Even something as seemingly simple as a pencil needs various raw materials, extracted from all over, for its creation. And then there’s the production of the cell phone … Continued
Our world is FILLED with plastic. It’s hard to even imagine a day where you wouldn’t use plastic in many different ways. We looked at the plastic we use and then looked at the impact of our use of plastic by watching part of the movie Addicted to Plastic. We were surprised to learn about … Continued
Today in Beyond Recycling we learned how your electricity gets to your home. It starts at the hydro dam then it goes to the turbine house to generate the power. From there the electricity goes to the power lines so it can travel to the substation where it holds the power. Then it flows to … Continued
We got into 5 groups and researched five ways of generating energy: Fossil Fuels, Hydro, Wind, Solar and Nuclear. Each group presented positive things about their energy. The rest of the class debated disadvantages about that energy source. We discovered that there is no perfect energy source. The best thing we can do is use … Continued
Our Jaffray class looked deeper into the waste we produce with the Garbology lesson. With safety equipment on we explored the classroom garbage and discovered a whole lot of plastic and packaging. Students calculated the amount of ziploc bags they would create in the entire year and were surprised to see how the use of … Continued
