“Wow, that was so fun and so messy” replied a student in Mrs Kauffman’s class at Mc Kim school a few weeks ago. As a Beyond Recycling Educator, the paper making lesson is one of my favourite classes. I used to be a little apprehensive to do this lesson but now its my favourite and … Continued
Students at St Marys school had a chance to learn about how water is valuable to all and so limited in various parts of the world. Through an interactive activity students worked together as a “village” to determine how they would allocate water to 3 main areas (Agriculture, Industry and Human needs) depending on their … Continued
This week the students at St Mary’s school were busy creating their Trash to Treasure projects. The students will share their work with the entire school during Earth Week. If the students weren’t already busy with their regular classwork and T2T project, they chose to take on another project to honour the Earth and show … Continued
Grade 6 students at St Mary’s Catholic Independent School in Cranbrook went on a fun journey through time. Students explored the various ways humans have dealt with waste over the years. Some students bravely got dressed up as historical characters as the class learned how human innovation, agriculture, industry and behavioural change have had an … Continued
The grade 5 class leads the way at Hume School for Earth Day.
As a wrap-up to Beyond Recycling at Hume School we celebrated with a Real Food Feast. The students were challenged to bring something to share with the class that was nutritious, grown locally, grown organically, homemade without unknown ingredients, used little to no disposable packaging and available in season. After introducing how and why each … Continued
The students of Ms. Juliet’s Wildflower class did a plastic free lunch week right after spring break this year. In preparation for this Eco Challenge we made beeswax wraps and sewed some drawstring bags that could be used for snacks in their lunch kits.
We took a Good Food Field Trip to Save-On Foods to investigate food choices at one of our local grocery stores.
When we did our Real Food Potluck at Ms. Juliet’s Wildflower class there was an interesting theme that kept coming up as the students described their dishes they brought- family! Some brought homemade salsa made by grandma with tomatoes from their garden. Others brought cookies and bread made with their mom’s help. Another student brought … Continued
Recently in Ms. Juliet’s Wildflower class in Creston, we appreciated the wonderful qualities of water! The students shared their appreciation for water like: they could drink it, swim in it, jump in puddles, watch the rain drop on a windowsill.
