After an inspiring lesson about creative ways to reuse everyday waste, and plenty of fun brainstorming ideas ranging from egg carton dragons to cardboard couches, we decided to make something simple, practical, and easy for anyone to create: pen and pencil holders for our desks using cardboard and t
When Valentine’s Day approached, the students were able to revisit the paper they had created months before. Instead of reaching for brand-new sheets, they chose to use something they had made themselves, something that once lived as scrap paper in their classroom.
Students created a collage in old cd cases, looking at one of a zillion possibilities of ways to shrink our ecological footprints. From cross-country skiing instead of driving, to recycling, to stay-cations, each idea was illustrated almost entirely with items bound for the recycling centre or landfill.
"It was hard to remember to do everything but I still got 500 points. It’s really fun to do this stuff because you’re helping yourself and the world." Doesn’t that just say it all? It’s not easy to change habits, you’re not going to be perfect at something new, but the rewards are so very … Continued
After writing all they do to help the Earth and reduce their Ecological Footprints (and grow their Ecological Handprints), the students in Mr. Auringer’s grades 4/5/6 also thought about what they would be willing to do to lend the earth a helping hand. Left hands show all that’s already being done, right hands highlight possible … 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
