Earth Day- We love our Kootenay Lake!
Today was a fun and productive way to give back to the lake we love, the planet we love!
Beyond Recycling
Real Food Feast and Kootenay Meadows
This year we made a food feast with local ingredients and visited Kootenay Meadows to understand the cheese making and dairy farming. The feast and field trip were a wonderful way to celebrate everything we have been doing this year and to support learning about local food!
So Much Energy!
Ever plugged in your toaster and wondered how electricity gets to your outlet? Frank J Mitchell students spent the morning exploring just that. From solar panels to wind turbines to hydroelectric dams, we discovered that there are a TON of different ways to generate electricity!
KIS students teach peers about the “lifecycle of a product”
Students at KIS in Kimberley had the opportunity to teach the older students in their school a thing or two about the lifecycle of a product.
Creating Wonderful Visions of the Future!
What would it be like if we had more renewable energy in our communities? Cleaner forms of transportation? Access to fresh and local food? Zero waste? Conservation and protection of local water resources?
School Compost, Litter Free Lunches and More!
Canyon Lister Elementary School is doing a number of interesting projects to reduce the amount of waste at their school! They are doing a school wide compost, litter free lunches and investigating the litter that ends up on the school grounds.
Mc Kim Students make Snack Bars-Inspired by the Garbology lesson
Today the students from Ms. Kauffman’s class had the opportunity to make their very own homemade granola bars. Students were inspired to create a litter free snack for school after having the “Garbologist” uncover granola and snack wrappers in the class garbage. The cooking experience was so fun and the results were super yummy! While … Continued
The Path of Power
At Canyon Lister Elementary School we have be exploring how electricity is made. We use it all the time in our day to day life but don’t often think about the energy and infrastructure behind our electricity.
Trash Blast from the Past
Has waste changed throughout human history? We fired up the time machine to find out!
Nous sommes la nature: en dedans et en dehors
Pour leur dernière leçon du programme “Au-delà du recyclage”, les élèves ont eu droit à une leçon qui leur rappelle que la nature est autour de nous autant qu’à l’intérieur de nous. Après avoir regardé la fascinante histoire des loups qui changent le cour des rivières et réfléchi à toutes nos ressemblances et dépendances envers … Continued