Waste Watchers (Grades 5-7)
Where is “Garbage Island”? Where does the water in my sink or toilet go after I flush it down the drain? Investigate these questions and a whole lot more in our Waste Watchers school program. Get your students involved in water awareness and conservation by opening their eyes to the often unseen world of water pollution. This program begins by exploring water pollution- where it comes from, how it affects multiple ecosystems and what can be done to help prevent the contamination of our waterways. In the second portion of this program, students learn some hands-on conservation actions while learning about biological and chemical indicators of healthy environments and ecosystems.
Interactive, informative, interesting! Love the stations - Lily, Pinewood Elementary, Delta BC
Fall Semester (Oct-Dec), Fridays, 10:00AM and 12:30PM, 1 hour 30 min, $12.00/student, 20-30 students
Prescribed Learning Outcomes:
Grade 5: It is expected that students will:
- Describe potential environmental impacts of using BCs living and non-living resources [Earth and Space Science: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources]
- Analyse how BCs living and non-living resources are used [Earth and Space Science: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources]
- Identify variables that can be changed in an experiment [Processes and Skills of Science]
- Describe the steps in designing an experiment [Processes and Skills of Science]
Grade 6: It is expected that students will:
- Demonstrate the appropriate use of tools to examine living things that cannot be seen with the naked eye [Life Science: Diversity of Life]
- Distinguish between life forms as a single or multi-celled organisms and belonging to one of five kingdoms [Life Science: Diversity of Life]
Grade 7: It is expected that students will:
- Analyse the roles of organisms as part of interconnected food webs, populations, communities, and ecosystems[Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Assess survival needs and interactions between organisms and the environment [Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Evaluate human impacts on local ecosystems [Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Assess the requirements for sustaining healthy local ecosystems [Life Science: Ecosystems]
- Measure substances and solutions according to pH, solubility, and concentration [Physical Science: Chemistry]