Classroom Challenges for Mme Desrosiers: Grade 3, Grade 4
Buckle Up!
Test your smart mobility knowledge with a trivia game.
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Media Mania
Contact your local media and share the great work you are doing as part of the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge.
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Get Growing
Sketch your way through the process of photosynthesis and learn how plants clean the air every day.
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Green your school
Get creative and design an eco-friendly, energy efficient school.
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Letter to the Editor
Write a letter to the editor in response to a news article about energy.
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From you to us
Use Google Maps to figure out the most efficient way to get from your city to the Canadian Geographic head office in Ottawa.
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Post-It!
Design a poster that encourages students to reduce their energy consumption, and post it around your school.
Assignment: assignment7_teacher1299.pdf
Story Time!
Write an illustrated children’s story that teaches about energy use and misuse.
Assignment: assignment9_teacher1299.pdf
The windy city
Find the best place for a wind turbine in your schoolyard.
Assignment: assignment10_teacher1299.pdf
Tips, Tricks and Announcements
Share a daily tip or trick to reduce energy use on your school’s PA system.
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Track your Trash
Audit how much garbage your class produces and take steps to reduce that amount.
Assignment: assignment12_teacher1299.pdf
A green powered Canada
Learn about using alternative sources of energy to power one desktop computer for one hour.
Assignment: assignment13_teacher1299.pdf
Spread the word
Create a presentation to show your school how your class is saving energy and spread awareness about reducing energy consumption.
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Green Innovations
Get creative and invent a product or service that will help to reduce energy use.
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Recycle, Reduce and Re-Gift!
Explore the recycling process and host a swap meet to make old items new again!
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Water Works
Calculate how much water your class uses daily and determine ways to reduce it
Assignment: assignment17_teacher1299.pdf
Transportation Tricks
Figure out the most efficient way to to get from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ using smart driving tips.
Assignment: assignment18_teacher1299.pdf
Drew's One Hour No Power
Spend an hour with no power in your class each week.
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Do you really need it?
Determine each student’s energy needs and wants and then sacrifice one item each for a week.
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Community Connections
Find out how organizations in your area are doing their part to be energy aware.
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What's for lunch?
Map your lunch to see how much energy really goes into your daily bread.
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Making the energy grade
Calculate how much energy your class uses and find ways to reduce it.
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How big are your (carbon) feet?
Calculate your class’ carbon footprint and find ways to shrink it.
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The Phantom of the Classroom
Find where the phantoms of you class live and how to reduce their energy impact.
Assignment: assignment25_teacher1299.pdf
Sign up or sign out!
Get as many people as you can to sign an online energy-reduction pledge.
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