It was an extremely busy week with lots of fun activities and learning happening at Nose Creek! Some highlights this week was our field trip to Shepard Landfill and the composting facility, and our grade 4 design challenge task. We’re also looking forward to going swimming next week at Vivo. Some items discussed with the students was:
In math this week, students started learning about time concepts, in which they will be working on reading and recording time using digital and analog clocks. We watched an informative video about many of the topics we’ll be studying including units of measure, reading an analog and digital clock, and reading and recording calendar dates in a variety of formats. Students learned how to tell time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour, and practiced this skill in class. In science, we celebrated “Green Week” by planting some bean seeds on Monday. Students watered & cared for them throughout the week and by Friday a few had noticed their seeds already have a taproot growing. It will be exciting to see if any bean plants will sprout over the weekend! Students also used the laptops to research some general questions about plants. This will be good background knowledge for many of the topics we’ll be studying in the next few weeks. As well, both classes learned about the main components of plants — the roots, stem and leaves; and the functions of each one. Students sketched a plant and labeled the parts in their visual journal, and included the information we discussed in class. On Tuesday, 4A & 4C visited Shepard Landfill and the composting facility. Students (& adults!) learned a lot from our tour facilitator Michelle about how our waste is stored and treated in Calgary. We learned that the City of Calgary set a target of 70 per cent waste diversion by 2025, and their vision is to lead the community towards zero waste through innovative recycling, composting and diversion programs. Some things that students learned was:
“Nothing in a landfill breaks down.” “That putting used oil into the sewers is illegal.” “They use sensors to detect leachate under a landfill cell.” “Some people throw out perfectly good things at the landfill.” “China stopped taking our recycling and landfills are very expensive.” “They use vessels to compost.” “Telus Spark is built on an old construction landfill.” “I learned what to put in the compost.” “It takes 60 days to make compost.” “Shepard Landfill is 50 years old.” “I learned that everything that was once alive can decompose.” “Composting can make soil for gardens and farms.” “Nut shells can go in the compost bin.” “One thing I learned is that under the garbage hills is gross juice water that can get in the ground water.” A big thank-you to the parent volunteers who were willing and able to attend with us! Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather! —Ms. Jagger
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