Monday saw Fossil Fuels, Nuclear, Solar, Wind and Hydro-Electric take on each other, out to prove why they were the very best source of energy (and why their worthy opponents were not). It certainly was easier for some groups than for others, to argue all the benefits of their selected energy source, and was very … Continued
At Brent Kennedy, Mrs. Malakoff and Mrs. Hendry’s grade 5/6’s celebrated an early Earth Day by doing a school yard clean-up, then moving inside for a Trash-to-Treasure art class. The class was surprised to see just how much garbage they collected from their school yard in under 30 minutes. And even though none of the … Continued
True to the intention of Earth Hour, where participants are not only encouraged to celebrate during the actual hour, but also to "Go Beyond The Hour", Monday we launched the month-long Family Eco Challenge at Brent Kennedy. After first discussing how people spent this year’s Earth Hour (lots of candles, family time, games, music and … Continued
This week, we looked over our ecological footprints, and talked about ways in which we could reduce their sizes. We then learned about Earth Hour, happening this Saturday, and talked about ways in which some of the group have previously celebrated. Mrs. Hendry challenged the class to come to school the following Monday with the … Continued
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
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 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?”
This week, we looked at plastic – how it is in so many day-to-day items, how many of these items we’ve used even before getting to school in the morning, and how hard it is to imagine life without this material. We learned that most of all of the plastic that has ever been made … Continued
