Human Impact: Community Walk & Decomposers
Thursday, we went on our first Community Walk as a Grade Four team with Ms Brox's class. We sat down and we were drawing examples of human impact. After that, we talked about what we need to have (as humans to survive and thrive), and what we don't need. Some of us had different opinions and that's ok. Some ideas that we agreed upon were:
- we don't need to have cigarette ends on the ground
- we don't need to have all of the lights on in an office building all night long
We talked about how we make choices each day that have an impact on the Earth.
One other thing we talked about at the top of the hill was examples where nature tries to take back the space, such as plants growing up the side of a building or on ruins, or the osprey nest at the top of the teepee structure.
Back at school, Ms Elder showed us a link called "the Carbon Footprint Quiz" (on our Google Classroom). We can take it at home to learn more about how our actions affect the environment.
"I liked how we could look around and write our ideas on the clipboard." ~ ATM
"I liked that we could get out for our Community Walk to do the work." ~ OO
"I really liked how everyone was writing about human impact." ~ ES
"I liked how we could work with Ms Brox's class." ~ Mary Jane
"I really liked how our class our class and Mrs Brox's class came together outside and learned things." ~ KSR
In class, we have also been learning the difference between waste (can decompose) and trash (can not decompose). Nature has waste, too. For example, if a tree dies, it becomes waste. But nature takes care of its own waste by having things called decomposers that eat the waste. They turn that into healthy, rich soil that need plants can grow in.
Some examples of decomposers are: pill bugs, bacteria, fungi (mushrooms), earthworms, beetles, centipedes, ants, and millipedes.
Today, we worked on Visual Journal entries that show what decomposition is. Here are some examples of our work:
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