by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Using an item found in the trash, lost and found or the school yard, have the students create a comic strip with the trash as the main character. Challenge students to imagine different ways in their comic that the item/character might be reused, upcycled, repaired...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Gather some everyday objects (spoon, hat, pencil, book, etc.). Have the students form a circle to play “This is not a spoon”. Take an everyday object (spoon, pencil, hat) and pass it around the circle. When the student gets the object they say, “This is not a ______...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Buying and accumulating stuff is such a big part of our culture and lives we rarely question it. But in creating a Loop de Loop world we need to start by asking ourselves if we have too much & how we might manage with less. Materials Required Images of landfills...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
We’ve all been taught how important it is to recycle. And while it remains a key environmental solution, recycling can be expensive and not as effective at reducing waste as we might hope. Plus, it takes a lot of energy to break down materials like plastic or glass...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Preparation: Gather items from home/school that can be reused ie. old t-shirts, broken toys, plastic bottles. You will also use these items for the Round and Round game. Using the items brought in, have students create two and three dimensional sculptures. Have...
