Today at Casey we built models of our ideal community using mostly recycled materials or things that we just had laying around the house. This turned out to be a good activity for the students which I think that they really enjoyed. I mean when you give some 6th graders a whole bunch of junk and a hot glue gun of course they are going to have a good time. Overall the students came up with some interesting ideas some of which actually had some ecological and sustainable features which was great. Specifically we had a wind turbine, a welcome sign which stated that this was a community that recycled, a whole bunch of solar panels, and a water power wheel. I think that if we were going to do an activity like this again things would go a little more smoothly if we had established a little more structure for the community before hand. I like that we left it open for the students to use their imagination but sometime a little guidance can go a long way and it could make it more of a learning experience which was focused on making a truly sustainable and ecological functioning community.
Ben
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