Grade 5s have been exploring all about energy and resource conservation in our community. After learning a bit about energy and testing a bunch of toys that make use of different forms of energy, students explored the school to see what forms of energy exist in our four walls. Students were then challenged to take a look at the resources (physical, electricity, water) and energy that they use throughout a day. They collected their waste throughout the day, and we checked it out to see what ways we could decrease our waste. We noticed that we used lots of water (like leaving the tap on when brushing teeth), lights (leaving screens and lights on when we're not in the room), and lots of packaging in our lunches. We discussed ways we could conserve in these areas. We've been checking out NU Grocery (two locations in Ottawa), a zero-waste grocery store. We even got to take a virtual field trip to the Westboro location, which you can do if you click HERE. They work to eliminate non-recyclable packaging from products and offer ways to buy in bulk so as to lower the amount of waste we produce when buying our groceries. What's up next? We're going into two weeks of hands on learning centres before we begin making our Rube Goldberg inspired energy transformation projects!
If you have any recyclables at home... we'd loooove to have them at school! Things like cardboard (thicker boxes and thin, like cereal boxes), paper tubes, yogurt and applesauce containers, bottles, etc. are going to be very helpful for our creations! Comments are closed.
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