Water, water everywhere! Or, is it? The water unit of Beyond Recycling has some of the most fun, interactive lessons. Students at McKim Middle School have been learning about the challenges of water around the world. After learning about the concept of sustainability and trying their hand managing their own resources during the Fishing for … Continued
Sustainability is a big concept. Thinking about future generations when making everyday decisions doesn’t come naturally for most of us, but it is an important idea if we are to live within the limits of our one planet Earth. Mrs. Turcon’s class got to practice this concept while trying to keep their “village” alive in … Continued
Steph Spensley and Jaimee Pichette’s grade 5/6 class is diving into the Beyond Recycling program again for 2021/2022. The students are one of two McKim Middle School classes embarking on multi-month learning journey where they will learn all about energy, water, food, transportation from a middle school kid’s perspective. The first unit is all about … Continued
This year at McKim Middle School, two grade 5/6 classes are going Beyond Recycling. The students are embarking on multi-month learning journey where they will learn all about energy, water, food, transportation from a middle school kid’s perspective. But before going beyond, Mrs. Turcon’s class spent some time learning about recycling and other types of … Continued
Isabella Dicken Elementary School (IDES) students are moving, grooving, and finding ways to change the plastic world they live in. During this awesome lesson, Mrs. Conlin’s grade 6 class listed the plastics they use and touch everyday at home and at school. The students were amazed with how many plastic items they could come up … Continued
Mr. Fortin’s grade 5/6 class at Isabella Dicken Elementary school travelled back in time to explore the history of waste. The class started with brainstorming what the word ‘waste’ meant. How do we think about waste? Then we discussed what words would describe trash or garbage when using their senses (taste, smell, sound, touch and … Continued
The students in Ms Ronalea’s grade 6/7 class at KIS in Kimberley had their last Beyond Recycling class. We decided to take it to the Kimberley Nature Park, where we started with the “We are Nature” class in the fall. Students shared with the group their favourite lessons and experiences from the program. Lessons like … Continued
For Earth Day this year, Mme Laporte’s grade 5/6s took a deep diver into their own sustainability by investigating their personal EcoFootprints. The students were already working on a project building 3D models of First Nations Tipis, so we looked at our lifestyle in comparison to a traditional First Nations lifestyle of living off the … Continued
Students at Ecole Isabella Dicken Elementary School worked hard to take things destined for the trash or recycling and make them into something new again.
Students at Kimberley Independent School had the chance to apply many of the lessons learned throughout the Beyond Recycling program into beautifully designed Eco communities. Students were given the challenge to create a community that demonstrated the eco footprint concept as well as share their Cities of the Future with their classmates and cohort classes. … Continued
