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Entries from December 2007

Recycle Rex

December 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Here is a cute video from Recycle Rex in California. Keep an eye on WNEST for our own EPE Recycling Commercial coming up soon!

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Tags: Environment

Reducing our Recycling

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Happy Winter Solstice! Friday, Dec. 21 is the first day of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere - 24 hours of darkness on the North Pole. Do you know why?
Some classes and science club have been making shrink plastic keychains/zipper pulls from the cafeteria salad containers (rescued from the trash, of course!). These [...]

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Tags: Chemistry Matters · Earth and Space · Environment

Energy, Environment and Recycling

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Fifth graders have begun their unit on Energy. In keeping with the “going green” theme, we discussed nonrenewable and renewable energy. Solar energy is the theme of their classroom activities and we will address that in Science Lab following our electricity unit. Practice building circuits online here: Changing Circuits
Fourth graders are taking [...]

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Tags: Earth and Space · Energy · Force and Motion