These are some of the activities and books from our Conservation & the Earth unit. I like this unit because it has so many applications to our life right now. The kids are discussing and applying what we are learning about in lessons immediately. And Kyrie, especially, is at an age where she is able to understand the problems facing our environment and get motivated to act. For her, this unit also included work for her "Household Elf" Brownie badge, which is all about conservation. I also had activities for exploring rocks & minerals and using recycled materials to build & create.
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| The kids were excited when I pulled this activity out! We made enough paper pulp to make paper for days...literally. |
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| Degen's unit folder. The concept was to make a mini-collage of what makes Earth beautiful. |
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| Working on independent work. |
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| Kyrie working on a diagram of the water cycle. |
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| Kyrie making a natural glass cleaner using water, rubbing alcohol & vinegar. You gotta love any project that concludes with the kids running off with rags to clean the windows (see picture below)! |
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| Kyrie collected bags to take to the store to recycle. I am good about recycling and composting, but in the past I have often either let plastic bags just collect or tossed a few here & there. Since this unit, I am much more motivated to keep on top of our plastic bag recycling. |
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| One of Kyrie's chores is emptying our recycling bin. |
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| The kids went with me to the grocery store, and we brought along our own cloth bags. |
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| The kids working on making recycled paper using the kit shown above. |
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| Kyrie did research on-line as part of her Brownie badge work. Then she created two Word documents. |
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| Kyrie's Re-Use It! poster |
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| Kyrie's Word documents about saving water & energy. |
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| Kyrie's unit folder |
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