When your teacher is heavily involved with maintaining the local trail systems – and so is one of your grandparents – you get to do some cool projects in class. Ms Spensley’s grade 5/6s at McKim Middle School became sign makers this spring! A number of trails in the Lois Creek Trails of Kimberley were … Continued
Waste is a central theme in Beyond Recycling, and we finish off by connecting waste to food. We talk often about the impacts of our waste, and our food system ties in especially well if we look at transportation and food that goes uneaten. We define “Good Food” using 5 N’s: -Nutritious: healthy -Near: local … Continued
Climate. It’s a troublesome word, anxiety inducing for many. But in Beyond Recycling, we try our best to focus on solutions. After learning the mechanics of greenhouse gasses and dressing up someone as the warming earth, we shifted away from the causes climate change and spent a couple of days discussing solutions. “While many students … Continued
Beyond Recycling in Kimberley starts and ends by talking about waste. We begin in that fall looking at our own waste in the classroom and what we can do about it, then come full circle in May, finishing off the program with a waste field trip. Thanks to the “all-Dad-jokes-Nathan” at the RDEK, Spensley’s grade … Continued
Spensley’s grade 6’s at McKim Middle School connected so deeply with their first waste reduction project, that we took on another: making paper! Our first waste reduction project of making reusable bags from old t-shirts focused mostly on the middle “R”, this project was all about the third, and final “R”: recycling. We talk often … Continued
Wildsight’s Beyond Recycling program returns yet again to McKim Middle School in Kimberley, kicking off with an informative unit about the waste in our world. We start by learning what waste is, where it comes from, how it’s changed over time, and how we can change our current waste habits. We do a waste audit, … Continued
The final unit in Beyond Recycling focuses around food – “real food”, specifically. We define “real food” as following the “5 N’s”: · Nutritious: healthy · Near: local · Now: seasonal · Naked: not packaged in disposable wrappers · Natural: whole foods or not heavily processed The grade 6’s were first introduced to this idea … Continued
Have you ever wondered how exactly your phone gets charged? Where does that power come from, and how does it get to you? Well, Ms. Spensley’s grade 6s found out this week. The energy unit of Beyond Recycling starts off by looking at power in British Columbia, where almost 90% of our energy comes from … Continued
What do muffins and moose and preserves have in common, you ask? They are all good food! Mrs. Spensley’s grade 5/6s closed out Beyond Recycling with a good food potluck that included muffins, moose meat, many types of preserved jams and veggies, and much more. The class’s final Beyond Recycling unit focused on food. They … Continued
Ms. Spensley’s grade 5 and 6s decided to tackle a waste EcoChallenge this year with a decorative twist. The McKim Middle School students took on the challenge of decorating Wildsight Kimberley/Cranbrook’s first ever Winter Market. Beyond Recycling starts with the students learning about the different types of waste, and what actually belongs in the trash, … Continued
