To understand what happens to most of our waste, students built landfill models. Please check out the YouTube video to learn more about the process! It was definitely a lot of fun.
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One of the first steps to understanding Alberta is learning what the land in Alberta is like. Students thus researched the different natural regions of Alberta, including their climate, vegetation, wildlife, and landforms. In small groups, students compiled this information into Google Slides and also gave a short presentation on what they found. It was the first part into learning about what Alberta is like and more is soon to come!
In our journey to learn about waste in our world, students looked at the type of garbage they made at home. They then used a chart to sort this garbage into the type of materials they are made out of. We learned that a lot of the waste we throw out in our daily life are food wastes and plastic. 4KE Also recently learned about the liquid wastes we produce and one way to treat water. Students made water filters, testing different materials such as marbles and sand to see if they could clean water. We saw some exciting results as dirty brown water would pass through different filters, turning light yellow or even clear! It was a fun and exciting experience.
As students continue learning about Whole Numbers, we have begun adding numbers to the thousands. Students have been working on different strategies for adding as well as estimation. Please take a look at a how the students have been working in class above!
In our first lessons for the science unit Waste and Our World, students learned about natural wastes. Students were then tasked with learning about the organisms that take care of these wastes, decomposers. Each student picked one of the following decomposers: bacteria, mold, toadstools, or earthworms, then researched them. In the end, we had a room full of quite informative posters! |
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