At the end of April, all nine Grade 5 classes ventured to Pasir Ris beach for a clean up. This action connects with their current Unit of Study and was a powerful hands-on learning experience for many students. Not only did the students feel proud of their accomplishments, they also realized how much rubbish finds its way to the beach. Throughout the tuning in process for the upcoming Expo, the grade students watched videos that taught them about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, among other current issues in the environment. Only once the students went out to the beach did they make a very real connection with the urgency of keeping our waterways pollution free. After some classes graphed the items they collected, they were most surprised to conclude that styrofoam was among the most prevalent item littering the beach. Collectively, students collected hundreds of small pieces.
Well done everyone, I was so surprised that we found so much styrofoam.
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