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Category: Grade 4 – Sustainability Course

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 12 – Piggy Bank Bottle & Bazaar

Posted on December 5, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Our last class. I was so happy and sad at the same time. To new beginnings =)! Again, bring in another recycled plastic bottle. Make…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 11 – Self-Watering Plastic Bottle Planter Part 2 + Newspaper pot maker

Posted on November 21, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will plant their seeds today. Fill the top half of the bottle with soil. Make sure the twine is dispersed within the soil. Poke…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 10 – Self-Watering Plastic Bottle Planter Part 1

Posted on November 21, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students brought in recycled plastic bottles (cola, water, pepsi, etc) to be turned into a self-watering pot. The idea is to get students to enjoy…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 9 – Let’s make paper and art! Part 2

Posted on November 14, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students collected recycled paper from their recycling bins. This time we turned the collected recycled paper into new paper. The procedure is the same as…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 8 – Let’s make paper and art! Part 1

Posted on November 7, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

We bought paper making kits for the students to make their own paper and portraits. The most important part of the kit is a frame…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 7 – Sustainability (Presentation) Day

Posted on October 31, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students presented their posters and recycling bins and discussed sustainability in other classes. This includes students from grades 1 to 6. The presentation was in…

Week 3 (4, 5, 6) – Designing Recycling Bins and Posters
Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 3 (4, 5, 6) – Designing Recycling Bins and Posters

Posted on October 10, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Students will design their own recycling bins based on the needs of the school. At SDU we decided that we needed plastic/glass and paper recycling…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 2 – Review and Recycle Game

Posted on October 3, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

Since there were a lot of new terminologies to go through, review all the English names with the students. Afterwards, play the Recycle Group game…

Grade 4 - Sustainability Course

Week 1 – What is Sustainability?

Posted on September 26, 2019March 2, 2020 by Deviatorz

This is the introduction to sustainability. Students will learn the simple concepts of sustainability which include the 3 R’s: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse. Emphasis will be…

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Tim Kwok

Welcome to my site! Feel free to look around to see what I've done in my classes. Here you will find ideas to my Theme-Based Approach to STEAM inquiry.
Pic: Setting up my Coffeeology course.

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