Waste Reduction

In June, Mrs. Loving and I took a fantastic class at the Prairie Heritage Center near Petersen, IA.  B.V. County Solid Waste supported Buena Vista County teachers by paying for our class, the UNI credit, and all of our materials.  We recieved many great books for our classroom as well as wonderful ideas to educate children about waste in our world.  The following link will take you to a Pilot Tribune article about the class.

http://www.stormlakepilottribune.com/story/1839211.html

Mrs. Loving and I spent the last week team teaching.  We discussed many aspects of waste reduction, recycling, & reusing materials we already have.  Students learned that our main message was that we don't need more stuff to be happy.  Flat screens, Playstations, cool cars...they are just STUFF!

Students journaled about the things that bring them

true happiness:

family, a special pet, hugs, time with special people.

Project:

Snip the bottom of the tshirt...then tie it off like a baby blanket!

Josie & Benny

Ximena, Tammy, Raquel, Dol, Hailey, Mia, Stefany, Josie, Tracy 

Benny, Oscar, Nickolas, Joseph, Alexis, Hunter, Skyler

Students brought in tshirts and jeans to repurpose.  Many of them had holes and were ready to be given away for hand-me-downs or sent to Goodwill.  Mrs. Loving had students make a few quick cuts to their tshirt and it became a brand new bag!  I had students turn jeans into jean-shorts or capris and then decorate them.  There were many smiles admiring each other's new clothing.  Everyone was inspired to make more tshirt bags!



Hunter's sweet designs.

 

Front row: Ashley, Ximena, Hailey, Stefany, Josie
Middle row: Adrian, Benny Tammy, Skyler, Raquel, Mia, Tracy
Back row: Bryan, Jerson, Hunter, Joshua, Oscar, Dol, Nickolas, Justin

Showing off our Pants & Bags!