This is Not A Spoon Game

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 ______...

Consumption Assumption

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...

Beyond Recycling

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...

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...

Round and Round Game

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 Sculpture Gallery activity. Play: Have students line up with one end being the “production/start” and the other the...