Debating Energy Production
Students learned how to debate while defending different forms of energy production.
Beyond Recycling
Something New from the Recycle Bin
Anne Bock’s class from Jaffray Elementary/ Jr. Secondary School had the chance to make something new from recycling bin materials just before spring break. The Multi-Purpose room was alive with activity the afternoon the students worked hard to make paper. We had five stations that students rotated through including sorting and shredding, blending, pouring … Continued
Forary into Reducing Food Waste
The students in Mrs. Spensely/Ms. Gibbard’s gr 5/6 class have been talking a lot about waste. Food waste in particular. The Beyond Recycling program starts with a unit on waste, and how waste has changed in type and amount over the years. The gr 5/6’s have been applying this learning to the delicious topic of … Continued
Is that REAL-ly food?
As a final wrap up celebration, Mrs. Spensely/Ms Gibbard’s class had one more food related activity: a Real Food Potluck! Real Food is defined as: · Nutritious: healthy · Near: local · Now: seasonal · Naked: not packaged in disposable wrappers · Natural: whole foods or not heavily processed The students did a great job … Continued
An “Energetic” debate at Mc Kim school
Students in Mrs Julie’s class at Mc Kim school in Kimberley, spent the last few weeks of March researching the various types of Energy and their impacts on our planet. Students worked together to learn all about their energy sources and those of the other debating teams. The lively “tennis match” style debate was full … Continued
Water: Necessity of Life
Water is a necessity of life, so that means that everyone alive has sufficient water, right? Wrong! As the grade 5/6’s in Mrs. Reinarz’s class learned through the Our Water activity, there is not enough available clean water to meet the worlds use. During this activity, students had to decide how to distribute water among … Continued
EcoChallenge – Windermere Elementary School
Our class EcoChallenge came at the same time as there was much discussion in our community and the broader Canadian community about single use plastics, in particular plastic bags. The challenge we came up with was to create a bin for a local grocery store to implement in their store as a “Take a Bag, … Continued
Paper Making – Windermere Elementary School
November 15, 2019 Today our class got to wrap up our unit on lifecycles by making paper! This was a much anticipated lesson by the class (one student actually requested it before knowing it was on the schedule)! Up to this point the class had learned about resources and the lifecycle of the things they … Continued
Class Discussions – Windermere Elementary School
This was the first year I was a Beyond Recycling Educator, I faced a number of challenges but was always excited to teach these classes, and would leave the school feeling uplifted! The challenges I faced were largely around: 1. Feeling confident and prepared for each lesson 2. Working with a busy schedule on both … Continued
How Clean is Your Water?
Is your water clean? Is it accessible? As it turns out, this depends on where you live in the world. As Mme Lapierre’s class discovered, most Canadians have access to clean drinking water but many people around the world do not. This week’s lesson, Our Water, had the students re-enacting two alternative water accessibility scenarios. … Continued