Conservation

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Conservation

• By Diane Marx
• 1st Grade
• Creeds Elementary School
• 2008-2009

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Vocabulary

• Natural Resourcesthings that come from nature
• Conservationsaving or protecting natural
  resources for future generations

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Conservation

• With all the things we use our natural resources
  for, isnt it a good idea to protect and save
  them for future use?
• Use just what you need, dont waste natural
  resources.
• Keep it clean, dont pollute or litter.

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3 ways to Conserve

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

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Reduce use less

• Use less water to wash. Turn it off when you
  arent using it.
• Use less power energy. Turn it off when you
  arent using it. (lights, TV, heat)
• Get larger packages and break it up into smaller
  packages using reusable containers.

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Creeds Reduces Paper Use

• Check out the Creeds Web Pageit now has the
  Creeds Indian Beacon, the student newspaper on
  it.
• Now notification goes home to many students by
  way of myschoolmail_at_vbschools.com instead of
  paper copies.
• We are saving lots of trees!

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Maybe you can be in next years calendar of
student artwork expressing the need to reduce the
use of natural resources like water.
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Reuse use it again

• Reuse things more than once.
• Use things for different purposes.
• Pass things on to other people to use when you
  are done using them.

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Creeds Reuses
In the Office Containers and scrap paper.
In the Library Old books for swaps, scrap paper,
and student works.
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In the Gymfor everyday fun.
And what a cool way to store pencils.
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In the Art Room
Containers, cardboard, egg cartons, paper, boxes,
and CDs
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In the Classroom
for storage, games, math tool kit supplies, and
art projects.
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And dont forget the class pets.
Mrs. VanderGiessens guinea pig, Snickers,
prefers to reuse full sheets of newspaper.
Mrs. Barbers guinea pig, Waffles, prefers to
reuse shredded newspaper.
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In the SummerCamp Invention
Art Exploration
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Creeds Recycles, Too!

• Printer ink and cell phones.

Paper, glass, plastic, cardboard, and metal.
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Recycling Rankings for February 2009

• (totals are listed in pounds/ranking in weight)
• Here is how your efforts are making a difference
• Since September 2008 we diverted 515 tons from
  the waste stream
• This is the equivalent to saving
• 10,251 trees
• 147,670 gallons of oil
• 2,412,000 kilowatts of energy (enough to power
  300 homes for one year)
• 4,200,000 gallons of water
• 1,809 cubic yards of landfill space
• Thank you for contributing to the Big Green
  Recycling Team
• School Recycled Material Ranking
• Creeds EIem 2925.54 8
• Princess Anne Elem 2194.15 44
• Red Mill Elem 2403.12 27
• Rosemont Forrest Elm 2716.57 14
• Strawbridge Elem 1788.00 70
• Three Oaks Elem 2457.74 20
• Princess Anne Middle 3761.40 1

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Recycle make it new again

• Though you can not recycle much on your own, you
  are the first step in a process to conserve
  natural resources by recycling things to make new
  things out of old things without using more
  resources.

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Recyclingstep 1

• Put papers, cans, boxes, bottles, and containers
  in the recycling tub.

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Recyclingstep 2

• The big recycling tub gets dump into the
  outside recycling can.

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Recyclingstep 3

• The contents of the big recycling can are
  picked up and delivered to the recycling center.

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Recyclingstep 4

• The recycling center sorts the recycled materials
  and sends them to recycling plants for processing
  usually by cleaning them, melting them down, and
  molding them into new products.

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Inside the Metal Recycling Center
This man loads the aluminum cans onto the
conveyor belt which carries it to the top and
drops it into this machine to be turned into a 1
foot cube of crushed aluminum.
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Big blocks of crushed aluminum are bundled for
transport to the recycling plant to be melted
down.
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I wonder what it will be next a pie pan? a
radiator? or a new soda can?Your guess is as
good as mine.
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CompostingRecycling of green waste to create
healthy soil material for gardening

• Grass clippings
• Leaves
• Pine needles
• Coffee grounds
• Tea bags
• Fruits vegetables
• Drier lint

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Its up to you.You can do it, just put your
mind and imagination to itA strong and healthy
world full of valuable natural resources.