2009.04.22
Students at Bent Mountain Elementary School celebrate Earth Day!
Third-graders enjoy visiting the wetlands right outside their school doors with parent Dave Trible. Emily Flora SWoCo
Students, faculty, and parents came out to Bent Mountain Elementary School today to celebrate Earth Day. Many activities were scheduled for the students and teachers to enjoy and were conducted mostly by parents and community members.
The kindergarten through fifth-grade classes rotated throughout the day to enjoy the different activities which included the following:
*ART: Trash to treasure (with the help of Alicia Berlin, local artist and contributions by Art teacher, Martha Lalka)
*Science: Wetlands Study (with Dave Trible, local Wetlands Scientist)
*Clean Rivers and Water (with Kathy Smith, Blue Ridge Soil
and Water Conservation District)
*PE: Toxic Waste Game (with PE Teacher, Shawn Fortner)
*Music: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” (with Dan Smith, parent)
*Related literature, activities and movies with classroom teachers!
Students got the opportunity to learn about their own wetland conservatory right behind the school and even took a trip to it with Dave Trible. Students saw firsthand the difference between soil you find in your backyard and the soil in a wetland. They also learned about using recylcables for art project, sang songs honoring the earth, watersheds, and why it's important to have clean water.
For more photo from their earth day celebration, check out our gallery here.
