Over the last three weeks, students at Twin Rivers Elementary have been investigating the ‘Story of Stuff’. After learning about the typical life cycle of everyday products (Extraction of raw materials, Production, Distribution, Consumption and Disposal) and exploring some of the environmental impacts associated with each stage, students launched a group research project. Groups researched … Continued
This week in Mrs. Evdokimoff’s Gr.5/6 class, we took a journey through the History of Waste to see how our garbage habits have changed over time. We started by travelling back to prehistoric times, where our cavewoman Brooklyn demonstrated how throughout most of human history, we really only produced organic wastes that could easily be … Continued
Rossland Summit School was put to work on their REAL Food Farm Tour this week. We visited the Moon Gravity Farm located in Rossland to learn about what it takes to produce yummy local food. The students walked amongst the farms many animals; sheep, goats, chickens, bees, and even mingled with some guest frogs! There … Continued
In celebration of Earth Day, students in Ms. Elias’ Gr 4/5 and in Mrs. Evdokimoff’s Gr 5/6 classes created inspiring artwork created entirely out of scraps that would have otherwise been thrown away. Each student chose a positive eco-action as their theme and then collected bits of garbage and recycling to turn into a collage. … Continued
Mrs. Heikkila’s Gr. 6/7 class at Rossland Summit School enjoyed getting their hands dirty while making their own Native Seed Bombs for Earth Day. Each student, from this Beyond Recycling program, made 4 seed bombs containing native, non-invasive seeds. Each seed bomb contained 4 seed species: Round Leaved Alumroot, Small Flowered Penstemon, Yellow Glacier Lilly, … Continued
This week, the students of Ms. Elias’ Gr 4/5 and Mrs. Evdokimoff’s Gr.5/6 classes got a chance to tour the Ootischenia Landfill and the Waste Management Recycling Facility in Brilliant. It was an eye opening experience for the students to see where our waste goes when we throw it ‘away’. At the Ootischenia Landfill, we … Continued
The students at Rossland Summit School were amazed at this hands-on activity in this weeks Beyond Recycling lesson, Sustainability. Their classroom floor was converted into a world map, however the countries were all odd sizes. This represented the population of each country according to its size on the floor. For example, North America was very … Continued
This week, students in Mrs. Evdokimoff’s Gr. 5/6 class learned about sustainable decision making in a rousing game of "Fishing for Sustainability". Sustainability is all about fulfilling our needs without impacting the ability of future generations to do the same. In this game, groups (or ‘Villages’) had to make careful decisions of how many fish … Continued
Last week, Ms. Elias’ Beyond Recycling class had an eye-opening discussion about the World’s water supply. Through hands-on demonstrations, the class was able to visualize just how precious clean water truly is. Despite the fact that our planet is covered by 70% water, only a tiny fraction of that water is usable to humans and … Continued
After considering the typical life cycle of paper, students in Ms. Elias’ Gr.4/5 class at Twin Rivers got a chance to make their very own paper! With a pile of paper scraps from classroom recycling bins and a whole lot of enthusiasm, the class got to work blending, squeezing, and rolling pulp into paper. By … Continued
