Save the Earth by Ann Allison Cooke

Overarching Objective

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:18:09 UTC

We can do things to save the Earth.

How will we know when they understand this? What can we ask them to do that shows they have learned this?

Making instruments out of recycled materials

jestrada134 — 2024-09-19 19:21:59 UTC

tpasko — 2024-09-19 19:22:05 UTC

Reusing materials is the best

Sundial

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:22:16 UTC

The handicap sign near the cafeteria is acting as a sundial, with the directional signs to indicate where the sun is.

Cereal bowls

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:26:09 UTC

I'd like to save the bowls from when the kids have cereal for breakfast. We need a garbage can to collect them, a way to get them washed, a place to store them.

NOTE: I asked Ms. Simmons and found out there are approximately 250 cereal bowls and 250 milks at each breakfast and more than 300 milks at each lunch. That's a lotta stuff. --Allison

Air Quality

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:26:19 UTC

Planting trees for reading under

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:26:33 UTC

Outdoor Classroom Space

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 19:30:29 UTC

a circle of stumps to sit on while talking

Plant Saplings

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 20:03:46 UTC

9/19/24: I emailed this program to see how we might be able to collaborate with them. -- Allison

9/20/24: Their response:

"Thank you for your interest in our Restore the Canopy program. Here is more information: https://mwrd.org/community-action/native-landscaping/restore-canopy

We are winding down our program this year but we will have plenty of oak saplings in the spring. If you want just a few potted saplings this year, you can pick some up at our Calumet plant on 130th street on the next two Weds 9am-noon.

Not sure what you had in mind for the students, but if you planned to give each student a potted sapling, I wanted to mention that they would be a bit heavy and dirty (on the bottom, pot has holes) for smaller children. Plus not everyone can accommodate a (an eventual) 50 foot oak tree in their yard."

So, maybe this is a project for a few trees, not one for every child. :-)

Protect the Pollinators Project

acooke47 — 2024-09-19 20:04:49 UTC

Culminating Project

acooke47 — 2024-09-29 06:48:59 UTC

Something that celebrates the moving up of the 4th grade to the middle school, while also sort of thanking them for being our role models.

I’ve been thinking about the Abu-Edam family, how Peter takes care of Aliceanna. He seems worried about her and I worried that he’d be anxious leaving her behind. So, I was thinking of something that could thank him for his care (the whole 4th grade) while assuring them that they helped us grow as a community while they were here.

Not well thought out, yet, obviously, but I didn’t want to forget. :-)

Talked about recycling and what can be recycled. Played a game and gave each row an item that can be recycled.

tpasko — 2024-10-03 19:35:12 UTC