The students at both Kimberley Independent school and Kootenay Orchards school in Cranbrook, had an opportunity to debate the pros and cons of Solar, Nuclear, Wind, Fossil Fuels and Hydro energy this week. The students worked hard on researching their energy resource, as well as coming up with some great rebuttals for the other teams. … Continued
St. Joe’s tried to find the one clear-cut winner in terms of energy sources today. Solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and fossil fuels politely battled it our, trying to highlight their own benefits and show the drawbacks to the other energy sources. In the end, it was clear there was no real winner, for all energy … Continued
Today’s lesson at Kinnaird Elementary was all about conserving resources by recycling, reusing and reducing the amount of stuff we buy. When we throw an item into the garbage, we also throw away all of the natural resources or raw materials that make it up. Lane said it was cool to see how the 4 … Continued
We learned all about plastic, where it comes from, how much we now rely on it, in the lesson on plastic. It’s huge in our everyday world, and the thought of living without it is very strange. However, there’s a real problem with what happens to plastic once we’re finished with it, one area of … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Today in Winlaw, Chef Auringer showed the class his special recipe for fossil fuels – one warm ocean mixed with a generous amount of plankton, several impermeable layers of sediment carefully sprinkled on top, then apply much pressure and set your timer to, oh, a few hundred million years, and voila! Oil. Chef also created … Continued
Mrs. Graham’s grade 5/6 class got a chance to meet a self-described "world-renowned garbage expert" today – Dr. Payou – who made a surprise visit to the school to thoroughly examine what was in the class garbage, and what clues that can give about the behaviour and lifestyle of the group she is studying. Students … Continued
The grade 4/5/6 class made many discoveries on their field trip to the New Denver recycling center and the transfer station in Rosebury. Nicole Ward, RDCK Environmental Coordinator answered the students’ questions about what happens after we drop off our garbage and recycling at the facilities, and how waste is treated at the landfill. Students … Continued
