Steinkjer school. Our presentation 1st grade - Waste sorting. Projects with decomposition 2 nd grade...

Steinkjer school

Our presentation

• 1st grade - Waste sorting. Projects with decomposition

• 2nd grade - Life in the intertidal zone• 3rd grade – Solar energy• 4th grade - Visit to the garbage repository• 5th grade – Hydropower• 6th grade – Saving energy• 7th grade - Cooperation with the NTE on wind

power

1st grade - Waste sorting. Projects with decomposition

• Goals:• Make the students aware of the degradation

in nature• Using different objects to dig down and

examine what happens


• Food leftovers, different types of plastics, glass, metal, milk carton and a wooden stick


• The students get their own object – tie a thread around it and dig it down in an aquarium


• Satisfied with their effort.The final touch before putting it away


• After 3 weeks something happens in the aquarium.What is growing?A carrot or a milk carton?


• Summary:• A lot turned out the way the students had predicted.• The most of the food leftovers were gone.• Plastic, glass and metal did not change, so it’s not a

good idea to throw these objects in nature.• The biggest surprise was that the sandwich and the

lettuce still were there – but the waxed paper was gone!

• An interesting and joyful project with curious students.

2nd grade - Life in the intertidal zone• Goals: • Recognize insects and seaweed species with

species map• Gain an understanding of how energy use

affects life in the intertidal zone• Be able to describe the food chains• Look at some species which are dying out, and

find reasons for this

2nd grade - Life in the intertidal zone• We use the tide areas near to the school• The children are looking for seaweed and

small animals

2nd grade - Life in the intertidal zone

• They make many exiting discoveries, • and the show eagerly what they have found• This is not supposed to be here…

2nd grade - Life in the intertidal zone

• Findings are put on a species map to see which species they have found

3rd grade – Solar energy• Goals:• Learn about global warming• Learn how the sun affects us, and how space is

constructed• Learn how renewable solar energy can be

transformed into other forms of energy

3rd grade – Solar energy• Theory in the classroom, to learn about how

the sun affects us.

3rd grade – Solar energy• At the science center, they learn how solar

energy can be converted, and how a solar panel is constructed.

3rd grade – Solar energy• Finally the cars are tested, to see if they can

move with “solar energy”.

4th grade - Visit to the garbage repository

• Goals:• Get an understanding of the importance of

sorting waste• Understand that everything can be recycled,

making us use less energy• Learn how the decomposition of waste can

provide energy to our local communities


• To be environmentally conscious, of course, we rode bikes to the repository, instead of taking the bus..


• A well-organized and orderly junkyard• No birds, and no bad smell


• Here we are in the paper hall• The kids are sent into the paper pile to find

milk cartons with name and phonenumbers written on them


• Every month winners will be drawn.• It's smart to be environmentally responsible..


• Disposal of waste can create greenhouse gases, including methane

• At Tranamarka the gas is collected in a tube, and burned of

• This reduces release of greenhouse gases with 80 percent


• The gas is used for heating the sports halls and artificial grass pitches in Steinkjer

5th grade – HydropowerGoals:• Learn how direct water power was used to cut

timber, make flour and produce woolen cloths.

• Learn how the water later became used to produce electricity through turbines

• 99 percent of Norway's electricity consumption comes from hydropower

5th grade – Hydropower• Østby waterfall is a half hour bike ride from

school• It is part of a museum, where it has rebuilt a

saw, a mill and wool factory.

5th grade – Hydropower• This is how we made flour before we started

to use hydropower..• and after we started to use hydropower.• The children got to try

5th grade – Hydropower• Cutting of timber for building materials

became much easier when the water power took over

• Watch your fingers children..

5th grade – Hydropower• This is how wool clothes were made without

water power.. • and with water power.• Men took over women's work when the

production became mechanical…

5th grade – Hydropower• At the science center the students learn how

water are used to produce electricity through turbines

• The principle is the same as the direct water power at the museum, but now the water source can be far away from the factory.

6th grade – Saving energy (demo Steinkjer)

• Goals:• Create interest in and knowledge about

energy, energy consumption and energy savings


• Cooperation with NTE, where the students will get new electricity meters installed at home

• Those are smart electricity meters, which will make it easier and more fun to control power consumption


• The students have until now been working on different tasks:

• 1. Measuring power consumption at home, during a week

• 2. Comparing the consumption of one week in January, March and May


• 3. Making hypotheses about how they can affect power consumption, and test them out later on.

7th grade - Cooperation with the NTE on wind power

• Goal:• Learn about the possibilities with wind energy


• We were visited by one of NTE's engineers within the wind power


• She learned the students about:• 1. The possibilities with wind power in

Norway.


• 2. How a windmill works.


• 3. The dimensions of the new windmills• Statue of Liberty gets small…


• 4. Impact on wildlife in the area around the windmills

• Moose and deer returns after the construction period

• Small collision hazard for eagle, but the construction work disturb nesting


• Practical experiments to determine how the windmill must be placed to give as good effect as possible

• More practical work will be done at the science center later on

Thank you!

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