Lets Sort It Out

1. Lets Sort It Out

2. Why Reduce and Reuse and Recycle? Do You Know How Long it Takes Litter to Decompose? Aluminum Cans: 50-60 years Tin Cans: 50 years Plastic Bags: 20-1000 years Cigarette Butts:2-10 years Orange peels/Banana skins: Up to 2 years Plastic Bottles: 450-1000 years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M-6vn0ke2o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJxxdQox7n0

3. Litter is Everybody’s Problem! Litter is harmful to animals; small animals crawl into bottles or jars and get stuck and slowly starve to death; animals get caught in plastic rings, bags and other throwaways and suffocate; animals get cut by glass and other sharp litter items; animals get sick and die from ingesting decaying litter items, etc. Litter kills aquatic life directly (IE. choking) and indirectly through its impact on water quality; when litter decays in water it can decrease oxygen levels in water; or introduces harmful bacteria into water systems, etc. Litter is harmful to people; particularly when it involves items such as broken glass, needles and syringes; litter can be a fire hazard (cigarette butts); vehicle accidents are cause by litter when drivers attempt to avoid litter on roadways; children fall on dangerous litter in parks / playgrounds. Litter reduces the aesthetic appeal of public places, including streets, parks and waterways. Litter weakens the community sense of pride and it encourages further anti-social behaviors (more littering). Litter is costly to clean up; litter can cause blockages of drainage systems and flooding – costing dollars to repair; houses in littered neighborhoods have depreciated property values, etc.

4. Driving Question What can we do to improve our habitats for the future?

5. Time to Ponder… What have we done in the past that has affected our present? How have our past choices affect our future? How have humans affected local habitats for animals?

6. Curriculum OutcomesGrade 3 Science 104.4- compare the results of their investigations to those of others and recognize results may vary 108-3- describe how personal actions help conserve natural resources and care for living things and their habitats 108-6- identify their own and their family’s impact on natural resources 205-5-make observations and collect information relevant to a given question or problem 300-1-compare the external features and behavioural patterns of animals that help them thrive in different kinds of places 302-2-describe how various animals are able to meet their basic needs in their habitat 301-1-predict how the removal of a plant or animal population affects the rest of the community

7. Cross Curricular Links Physical Education Outcome #2 accept responsibility for various roles while participating in physical activity Outcome #4. demonstrate etiquette and fair play by participating co-operatively in physical activity with others who may have varying interests, abilities and backgrounds Outcome #5 take personal responsibility for a physically active life style Music 4.2.2 use specific materials, techniques, and forms to create, make and present music

8. What we did to spread awareness In order to gauge awareness of students in the Education Program, we compiled a educational survey to see how much information our classmates know about recycling at Crandall University. We created posters, some from recycled materials, to help inform students of the importance of recycling both on and off of campus. We also have all individually cleaned up garbage both in and around our homes, and have placed it in the appropriate bag determined by SENBand the Amherst and Saint John waste commissions. http://www.nbse.ca/solidwaste/

9. Doing our Part

10. Doing our part

11. Our Statistics

12. Our Statistics

13. Our Statistics

14. Data

15. Discoveries • Our Project Based Learning group has discovered that many of the Education Students in both classes know very little about recycling at Crandall University. • At the beginning of the year in the classrooms there were paper recycling baskets, now there is not. • There is no clearly indicated place for recyclables in the Education Lounge. • Due to previous findings, most students dispose of recyclables in the garbage can. • Downstairs in the Commons there is only one designated place for recyclables, and it is not labeled.

16. Challenges • We feel that the main challenge to have more awareness of recycling at Crandall would be to inform the Administration about the lack of areas where proper recycling is able to occur based on the lack of green and blue garbage bags. • Education the full student population about the importance of recycling would have to be put into place. Posters would be placed throughout the whole university and dorms, as well as an eco-friendly e-mail sent to all current students and faculty. • When the issue of the separate bags is rectified students must take responsibility for their actions. Instead of leaving empty water bottles and can and coffee cups laying around they should be placed in the appropriate bin. • Students should also limit the amount of disposable water bottles they purchase and opt for a re-useable water bottle.

17. Exceptionality Carter is small for his age and lags behind in academic work. Although the teacher describes him as a “dear child,” she is increasingly frustrated with Carter’s lack of progress and diminishing motivation. Carter’s reading is poor, showing a marked delay of about a year. Writing and spelling also lag badly. Math performance is at grade level or slightly below. Of all the areas that worry the teacher, oral language performance tops the list. Very often, Carter’s speech is difficult to understand, particularly when he is nervous, in a hurry or attempting to read aloud. But Carter does not talk a lot. The teacher observes that he often refuses to speak, balks at reading orally and will not join in during morning opening exercises in songs, chants or conversations. He answers questions with a shrug or a frown and increasingly uses gestures to express his wants.At a meeting with the mother, the teacher became aware of Carter’s growing dislike of school. He complained at home that the work was too hard, that the teacher asked him too many questions, and that other children did not like him. “They say I talk like a baby,” he confided to his mother. They laugh at me and call me names.”Carter has been diagnosed with an articulation disorder.

18. Additional Project Based Learning Ideas 1. Students will be introduced to many different recycling methods in place within different countries. In some countries waste in minimal. Students will need to research in small groups how this is so, and they will be requested to present their findings to the class. A compiled list of recycling methods will be recorded and will be the outline for how the school is to reduce it’s own waste and go green. 2. Students will be informed of the importance of recycling and will be requested to collect a variety of recyclables that have been rinsed. When the recyclables have been delivered to the school the teacher will provide students with an array of open ended materials and some suggestions written on the whiteboard of how they can use the materials to make their own musical instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiYFcuIkBjU

19. PBL Ideas 3. Have students collect rinsed out milk containers and turn them into bird feeders, using string, and bird seed. 4. Collect a variety of recyclables and create shadow art. It encompasses both the scientific aspect of helping habitats by reducing the waste that enters the community, as well as it has cross-curricular links with art. 5. Have a healthy competition between classes in regards to how much weight of recyclable material that they can collect. Every morning the class that is in lead will be announced on the morning announcements. Students will be awarded with a certificate for participation at the monthly assembly. This begins mid-September and will run until June. Class who has collected the most recyclables throughout the year will be rewarded with a pizza party in June.