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
Today in class we learned lots about energy. The energy from plants is called methane gas. A renewable resource is a natural resource. A non-renewable resource is like: coal,gas or oil . 95% of B.C’s energy comes from hydro.The different resources we learned about today are: fossil fuels, solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear. We had … Continued
Mrs. Jones grade 5 class in Jaffray Elementary started up Beyond Recycling this month. We started with costumes, games and looking at how the amount of waste humans create has changed over time. We had lots of fun and students started to understand that how we have dealt with garbage in past cultures was very … Continued
Today we learned about the true cost of food. Most food that you by at big box stores have a huge eco foot print (an eco foot print is the impact that we have on the earth). In this lesson we learned that you should buy locally or organically, to reduce pesticides, transportation and global … Continued
We spent more time learning about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, answering such questions as, “Where is it?”, “What is it?”, “When did it come about? Why?”, “Who is impacted?”, and finished the class with perhaps the most important question, “What, if anything, can we do about it?”
Today we learned about the life cycle of a pair of jeans, from extracting the raw materials from the earth, to the processing or combining of those materials to form a final product that gets transported all over the world for us to buy. We examined just how international we are in terms of dress, … Continued
We broke into small groups of three students and picked a product. We studied about where it was made, what it was made of, the environmental impacts the building of the product had and what happens to it after it is used. We were surprised by the number of places the ingredients (materials) had to … Continued
Today we learned about the Eco-Handprint. We learned about how you should take the bus instead of driving to school. If you use containers you save materials, and reduce waste. We made our own Eco-Handprint for the "past" and the "future" tracing our right and our left hand. Examples: Waste: throw out less garbage. Food … Continued
We looked at pictures of the various stages of blue jean production. We talked with a partner about environmental impacts of making jeans. Here are some of the concerns we came up with: -Cutting trees -Planting cotton -Spraying pesticides -Picking/transporting raw cotton -Toxic dyes used -Shipped long distances to sew -Sewing done by poor people … Continued
