Last week two BC Lions players spoke to us about how to protect the environment by using energy sustainably. Through some fun games and lively discussion we learned how each one of us can work to save energy in simple ways.

We used our electric microscopes to look at the world inside a drop of water! In the water from a tropical fish tank we discovered a world of very tiny organisms. So had legs and some might have been plants. Inside the cells of  some of the plants we saw some even tinier organisms that looked like they were being swallowed by some slightly bigger things. All of these organisms were too small to see with just our eyes, but under the microscope they seemed to be as big as trees! This made us realize that we need to take care of all parts of the earth; even the parts we cannot see on our own.

In celebration of Earth Day we learned a song written by Linnea Good called O Great Earth. Ask your kids to sing it for you!

Soon we will be doing some art on T-shirts. We need old Styrofoam tray to practice with. So please collect and wash any Styrofoam trays and send them to school by the first week of May.