The main focus of The Refuse Project is to inform people of the impacts marine debris and improperly disposed waste has on our lives and how we can effectively make an impact to reduce the amount of waste we produce. This project consisted of several groups of students that would focus on subtopics that would fit there interests. For example, I worked with environmental education, while another group focused on studying micro plastics in bottled water.
For this project, our group focused on educating elementary school students about environmental issues through a few workshops that our group conducted. Initially, our group was split into two groups that had different ideas for what we wanted to do for this project. Our group decided to focus on environmental because it seemed like a topic where the entirety of our group could apply our strengths effectively and make a meaningful impact on an individual level. We started by making preparations for the workshops we planned to host by writing lesson plans to get a clear idea of what we would do during these workshops.
The first teacher we approached was the teacher of the outdoor leadership program at HTe (High Tech Elementary), Scott Shepherd. He allowed us to help facilitate his class on the Thursday of each week, which was great practice for our group. After that, we expanded and contacted other teachers such as Tasia Paulson and Karishma Sinnott who allowed us to facilitate our own workshops. These workshops involved creating seed bombs with the students along with sharing a short presentation about environmental issues and how they affect us. We thought this would be a great activity for them to participate in because the seed bombs were related to plants and greenery which is related to the environment. Our last workshop was with Scott Shepherd, where we created our sunscreen from scratch with his students. The intended impact for this project was to motivate children to adopt environmentally friendly practices and learn more about how marine debris affects our ocean life.
The first teacher we approached was the teacher of the outdoor leadership program at HTe (High Tech Elementary), Scott Shepherd. He allowed us to help facilitate his class on the Thursday of each week, which was great practice for our group. After that, we expanded and contacted other teachers such as Tasia Paulson and Karishma Sinnott who allowed us to facilitate our own workshops. These workshops involved creating seed bombs with the students along with sharing a short presentation about environmental issues and how they affect us. We thought this would be a great activity for them to participate in because the seed bombs were related to plants and greenery which is related to the environment. Our last workshop was with Scott Shepherd, where we created our sunscreen from scratch with his students. The intended impact for this project was to motivate children to adopt environmentally friendly practices and learn more about how marine debris affects our ocean life.
- The intended impact for this project was to motivate children to adopt environmentally friendly practices and learn more about how marine debris affects our ocean life.
- From my perspective, I think our group did a great job at hosting all of these workshops, while also making a meaningful impression among both the students and the teachers
- Hopefully, this experience will be enough to motivate the children at our workshops to adopt environmentally friendly practices and be encouraged to utilize these practices in the future