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Team Planning Day

Rejuvenate plants each spring

Environmental Ethics

Reclamation, community gardens, naturalization areas

and green space

Fantastic Bioplastic:

What impact on the

environment can one person

have?

Plant Growth

Waste in Our World

Alberta: The Land, History

and Stories

Nature's Place

Green Team, plastic recycling

program

Grow lights

End of year-->

present to other schools and classes

Field Trip to MRF and landfill

Grow Potatoes from spuds

Farming/Settlers (Social

Studies)

Soil Composition (Rocks and MInerals)

Guests: Clean Calgary

(composting, packaging), Evergreen

Theatre

Make Potato Plastic Product(packaging pros/cons,

reusable products, compostable and

biodegradeable -->Rocks and Minerals)

Biodegradation Experiment: burry

bioplastic, plast, paper and banana peel in fish

tank and compare

Math:Student choice to make a

difference , how many potatoes used? What is

saved?

Personal use of Natural Resources

Industrial use of Energy: Development of sustainable energy sources (Mavericks,

practices of the past, current green technologies and

innovation)

Land use and preservation

The ProposalThe Proposal

Energy Content (specific links to curriculum, activities, Energy Content (specific links to curriculum, activities, investigate personal and industrial use of energy and investigate personal and industrial use of energy and the development of sustainable energy sources) the development of sustainable energy sources)

Community Partners (schools etc. to promote personal Community Partners (schools etc. to promote personal responsibility)responsibility)

Student Leadership (present to community partners, Student Leadership (present to community partners, Green Team, opportunities for advocacy)Green Team, opportunities for advocacy)

Goals (realistic and measurable, sustainable)Goals (realistic and measurable, sustainable) Project Evaluation (evidence, specific indicators of Project Evaluation (evidence, specific indicators of

student learning)student learning) Budget (How will we spend $10, 000?)Budget (How will we spend $10, 000?)

Fantastic Bioplastic: What impact can Fantastic Bioplastic: What impact can one individual have on the one individual have on the environment?environment? … … is a project that will focus on energy conservation, waste is a project that will focus on energy conservation, waste

reduction and raising consciousness around petroleum use reduction and raising consciousness around petroleum use and preservation. What is bioplastic? What does bioplastic and preservation. What is bioplastic? What does bioplastic have to do with petroleum? How can one person’s choices have to do with petroleum? How can one person’s choices effect the environment both locally and globally? These are effect the environment both locally and globally? These are some of the guiding questions that will drive a yearlong cross-some of the guiding questions that will drive a yearlong cross-curricular inquiry for four classes of Grade ¾ students at West curricular inquiry for four classes of Grade ¾ students at West Dalhousie School. Students will explore the complete Dalhousie School. Students will explore the complete lifecycle of a product from plant growth and bioplastic lifecycle of a product from plant growth and bioplastic production, to biodegradation and composting of production, to biodegradation and composting of biodegradation and composting of bioplastic products. Past biodegradation and composting of bioplastic products. Past industrial practices, current green technologies and industrial practices, current green technologies and innovations will be compared and considered as students innovations will be compared and considered as students come to their own understanding of energy conservation and come to their own understanding of energy conservation and its importance. By sharing their learning about bioplastics, its importance. By sharing their learning about bioplastics, environmentally friendly products, and waste reduction with environmentally friendly products, and waste reduction with the community students shall promote personal responsibility, the community students shall promote personal responsibility, community involvement and citizenship.community involvement and citizenship.

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