Students from Rossland Summit School in Ms. O’Malley’s Gr. 5/6 class celebrated Earth Day 2018 with a focus on Ending Plastic Pollution. The students made up, and delivered posters for the promotion of a Plastic Bag Free City Initiative project, held an interview with the local grocery store owner on the issue of plastic shopping bags, organized … Continued
The problem: Students at RSS were throwing Plastics into the garbage. The Solution: Students made bins to Recycle Plastic containers and plastic bags. Sounds simple right? Well, it all started when the Gr. 5/6 class were amazed during the Garbology lesson. So much plastic was in their garbage, 12 000 cubic cm, or 12 L … Continued
Rossland Summit School was put to work on their REAL Food Farm Tour this week. We visited the Moon Gravity Farm located in Rossland to learn about what it takes to produce yummy local food. The students walked amongst the farms many animals; sheep, goats, chickens, bees, and even mingled with some guest frogs! There … Continued
Mrs. Heikkila’s Gr. 6/7 class at Rossland Summit School enjoyed getting their hands dirty while making their own Native Seed Bombs for Earth Day. Each student, from this Beyond Recycling program, made 4 seed bombs containing native, non-invasive seeds. Each seed bomb contained 4 seed species: Round Leaved Alumroot, Small Flowered Penstemon, Yellow Glacier Lilly, … Continued
The students at Rossland Summit School were amazed at this hands-on activity in this weeks Beyond Recycling lesson, Sustainability. Their classroom floor was converted into a world map, however the countries were all odd sizes. This represented the population of each country according to its size on the floor. For example, North America was very … Continued
The students from Rossland Summit School celebrated the end of their Beyond Recycling program with a Local Potluck. Students tried their best to create a dish consisting of local and/or organic ingredients that were in season. We had a variety of dishes including rhubarb muffins, farm fresh organic eggs, spinach salads, and homemade breads. The … Continued
The Gr. 6/7 class at Rossland Summit School celebrated Earth Day 2015 with sending a message to the community about our how to decrease our Ecological Footprint. One of the students, Savanna Tweedy and Jess Williams (Beyond Recycling facilitator) participated in the Rossland Earth Day event on Sat. April 18. We had a "We challenge … Continued
Rossland Summit School’s Gr. 6/7 class is amazing at making their own PAPER! The class received a quick introduction and demo of how this craft is done and then they went at it with excitement. The class was split up into groups and each group got to participate in each station, including ripping up old … Continued
The Grade 6/7 class at Rossland Summit School took part in a heated debate today. This Energy Debate looked at 5 different energy sources (Wind, Solar, Nuclear, Fossil Fuels, and Hydro). Each energy source had a group represent the pros and cons of that source. With research completed last week, all groups were ready to … Continued
The Gr. 6/7 class from Rossland Summit School were amazed to learn about the process of waste disposal in their community while visiting the landfill and bottle depots. This field trip is a highlight with the Beyond Recycling program as the students see first hand the challenges of managing everyday garbage. They learn about how … Continued
