First Grade Update: How Can We Help Our World's Oceans?

 We learned a lot about our world's oceans and some of the common problems associated with threatening the health of our world's oceans and ecosystems. After finding out about plastics and microplastics ending up in our world's oceans, students were challenged to create a prototype for a machine that could assist with plastic clean-up in the world's oceans.

To adequately solve this problem, we not only need to stop more plastic from entering the ocean but also clean up what is already out there.

Click HERE to learn about an actual invention helping to clean up plastic in the ocean.  

Here is a design created by Avya, Carlo, & Emilia.

Here is another design by David, Liya, & Russell.

And another design by Antonio, Ariana, & Yousef

And a design by Aiden, Emily (absent on final reveal day), & Harrison  

Click HERE and HERE to see some of our prototypes in action.
Students attached motors and created programs that allowed their prototypes to move.

Then, we created t-shirts that advertised ways to help our world's oceans. 

Loved seeing the students' creativity and their messages for the public about protecting our oceans.
We are finishing up the school year learning about world geography and physical features.  This will help us with an upcoming project-based learning unit in second grade's Idea Lab.  

We've really enjoyed getting to know each other this year in Idea Lab.  We look forward to our continued adventures together!