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
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
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
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
Our class explored the ecological footprint this week. We questioned whether there may be a limit to how much we can take from the earth. We also looked at the population of the earth. Do you know how many people live on the planet? Visit WORLDOMETERS to find out http://www.worldometers.info/ Our class calculated our ecological … Continued
Have you ever sorted through your garbage? Really – have you? We did it this week as we had a special visit from a Garbologist to the Beyond Recycling program, and we found AMAZING things. Students were surprised to see that there were so many ziploc bags in the garbage, and we estimated that there … Continued
