Nancy Frick’s first-grade students at A .C. Moore ES are learning what it means “to be green.” Students are recycling, composting, and making projects with reused materials.
My puppet, Dumpy, and I had fun visiting this Green Steps classroom!
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Building a Pallet Compost Bin
Sixth-grade students at Green Charter School of the Midlands researched how to build compost bins out of wooden pallets. After researching, they drew up a plan to create their own compost bin using wooden pallets they received for free. The students worked together to secure the pallets to a fence and then added more pallets as walls to complete the compost bin.
Pizza Box Loom Workshop
Dutch Fork ES recently hosted a workshop for district teachers to make pizza box looms. Students will soon be weaving plarn (plastic bag yarn) made from used grocery bags into 16” mats that can be made into a variety of fun and useful projects.
Cardboard Challenge
Students at the Green Charter School of the Midlands are busy making creative projects during their “Cardboard Challenge” Reuse project.
Reuse Project
A.C. Moore Elementary students searched for natural items on their schoolyard and glued what was found to frames they cut from cereal boxes. Students then glued magnets to the frames so the projects can cling to their family refrigerators. What a fun way to teach others that reusing can be beautiful!
Green Club’s Neighborhood Cleanup
A.C. Moore Green Club members with the help of Sustainable Carolina students picked up neighborhood litter, cleaned around storm drains and educated others by writing chalk messages on school sidewalks.
Weaving Plastic Bags
Students learn from Tameria Warren how to weave plastic bags on a pizza box loom during STEAM night at Gadsden ES.
Water Quality
Elementary students at Harmony School test the health of the creek behind their school.
Learning about Soil
Students at Dent Middle School learned about soil with Green Steps mentor, Karen Jackson, testing infiltration rates and estimating the percent of sand, silt, and clay before building their new rain garden.
Green Purchasing
Students at Dutch Fork ES recently made and sold holiday ornaments to raise money to buy plants to improve air quality in their classrooms. Great Green Purchasing Project!
