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
Today at St Mary’s Catholic school in Cranbrook, students in Mrs T’s class had the opportunity to learn about how truly connected we really are to nature. Students shared their ideas through a brainstorming activity on the concept of what is “Nature”? The students came up with so many interesting ideas. Some ideas shared were, that nature is … Continued
The students at St Mary’s Catholic School in Cranbrook had the opportunity to get messy, make mistakes and learn how to make paper. It was a fun filled morning with lots of laughter, excitement, a little chaos and plenty of hands on learning. Students tried all facets of the paper making process. Students ripped, tore … Continued
The students at St Mary’s Catholic and Kootenay Orchards schools, had the opportunity to take a Recycling tour with Loree Duzcek, with the RDEK . The students visited the various recycling facilities in Cranbrook and made the journey out to the RDEK Landfill. The experience was truly "eye opening" for the students and parents who … Continued
It is Earth Week and the students at Kootenay Orchards and St Mary’s Cathoilic school are celebrating in style!! All 3 classes, taking part in the Beyond Recycling Program selected Trash to Treasure as their class project. The creations were awesome !!! Some examples of the amazing treasures were, a painted tire seat, juice box … Continued
Over the last few weeks, the students at St Mary’s Catholic school in Cranbrook have been working hard on an Inquiry based learning project. Each student, on their own or with a partner was to design a "City of the Future" . The outcome from this project was amazing!!! The students based their design on … Continued
The lesson on Water was an eye opener for many students today. It offered not only great discussion about how much is actually available for 7 billion people on our planet..less than 1%, but the students had the unique opportunity to work in groups having to ration, haul and try to not waste, the allocated … Continued
This week we looked at how we are all connected to the Earth. In the lesson, "We are Nature", the students discussed various ways in which we are all connected to our planet and how we have a role in protecting and taking care of it. One slide in the presentation, received much attention, that … Continued
The students at Kootenay Orchards and St Mary’s Catholic school in Cranbrook. All the classes had the opportunity to learn about the "life cycle of stuff ". Students were able to take the information and dive in deeper with their groups to investigate a particular product. The students did an amazing job, sharing how their … Continued
First of all..Paper Making is so much fun and so messy!!! The students at both Kootenay Orchards and St Mary’s Catholic School had a blast making paper before the Christmas Holidays..as if the energy in a school is not already pretty high the last week before school, we decided to add to it..and it was … Continued
