Instead of sheets of paper, we worked with cookie cutters and lots of different colours of paper from the recycling to make shapes that will turn into the front of Mothers’ Day cards. The class was able to make a few shapes per person, playing around with the thickness of the pulp and what colour … Continued
What if the short shower challenge really excites you, but you just can’t figure out an easy, waterproof way to properly ensure your showers truly are under 4 minutes? How about making a shower timer out of old pop bottles? Creativity abounds at Redfish’s Trash to Treasure showcase, including easy-to-use, yet-to-be-patented T2T shower timers.
Last week, students at Kinnaird Elementary took an active role in recycling, turning the contents of the classroom recycling bin into brand new paper! The students and some brave parent volunteers took on the task of ripping, blending, scooping, rolling and squeezing pulp into paper and learned a lot about the paper making process along … Continued
St. Joseph’s grade 4/5’s did an incredible job presenting their findings as to just how much raw materials, energy, transportation and waste goes into the making of a simple pencil. From the extraction of wood, metals, and latex to the realization that there’s not much we can do once the pencil is too short, the … Continued
After spending the first few weeks of Beyond Recycling learning about where our stuff goes when we throw it away, today we focused on where our stuff comes from in the first place! The students at Kinnaird had no problem pinpointing the raw materials of their paper, kleenex and pencils (trees!) but when asked about … Continued
This was a pleasant surprise – from a student at St. Joe’s.
Mrs. Mackay’s 4/5 class made lovely thank you cards to our tour guides at the Nelson Leafs Recycling Centre, the Grohman Narrows Transfer Station, and the Ootischenia Landfill. It was really neat getting a chance to follow the waste stream, seeing what can be returned for money, what is diverted from the landfill, and how … Continued
The sun was out, but it was cold for the students at St. Joe’s, who braved the shade to watch a truck at the transfer station get filled with mixed waste. When we got to the Ootischenia landfill, there came that truck to dump its load – which then gets flattened by Stan’s compactor. While … Continued
Chef Mackay let the 4/5s at Redfish watch her make her specialty – the fossil fuel oil! She first liberally sprinkled plankton into her large, large pot of salty water, then applied a heavy, impermeable clay layer to exert great pressure and increase the temperature of the mix. After setting her timer to a few … Continued
The students at Kootenay Orchards and Kimberley Independent school, experienced first hand how challenging it would be to clean up after a oil spill. During the lesson on Water, students were tasked with a challenge to clean the oil from water in a pie tray. The students were given only a popsicle stick, paper towel … Continued
