All GREEN Schools projects

Avocado are a rare thing here in Korea, so when I brought in what appeared to be a massive seed the students were super excited! We researched avocados and avocado seed germinating, and decided we were up to the task to try our own in our classroom garden. The students were really into keeping up with the progress of their new project!

The students are so excited to start their gardening! They brought in large water/ juice bottles, yogurt plastic jars, and plastic coffee cups to pot their soil. We learned about the different soil types needed for our gardening needs and began mixing nutrients, fertilizers, and soils for their distinct plants. They secretly loved getting messy on this project!

Our class took part in a wonderful outdoor scavenger hunt that featured clues from our in class enviornmental diccussions as well as fun common outdoor objects that may be easily overlooked by the daily passerby. Needless to say they had so much fun participating in the nature around us!

We're getting into that green spirit in our classroom! After discussing plant life cycles and the learning about the benefits of having plants all around us we've decided to start a classroom garden! We started by researching all about the germination process and by bringing in egg cartons in order to repurpose them for our germination station! We used tissues, eggcartoons and recycled...

Each class is participating in a school-wide Bike/Walk Challange to help promote helping the environment! Students that live in town are encouraged to bike, walk, or scooter to school instead of being driven. Students living out of town who ride the bus are encouraged to do activities each day that help the environment. These may include but are not limited to recycling, pulling weeds,...

Our first Green Schools project! The theme "Love the World You're On" was put on our classroom door. We discussed and decorated the door with miniature Earths which featured our ideas on how we affect the Earth and how we can help protect it, including:recycling, reusing and conservation. The students were really excited to point out that our Earths were also printed upon reused paper!

Several classes at Nestor are involved in growing tomato seeds for the Tomatosphere project. We learn about plant growth, human needs when in space, and the scientific process. Then the students get to take their tomato plants home to enjoy the "fruits of their labour". errr... unless you consider the tomato a vegetable and not a fruit!

Students are currently creating Eco-art out of recycled materials. They are creating projects that answer the question, "What does a healthy environment mean to me?" Finished projects will be displayed at our local library during environment week, June 1-8th!