Single Use Reducers: students are focusing their efforts on reducing the impact of single use plastic and Styrofoam items in landfills and oceans. They are encouraging no/paper straws, reusable bags/paper bags in grocery stores, reusable water bottles at LCMA, along with recycling paper around the school, and less plastic or recycling plastic from the lunchroom. They have designed a reusable water bottle with the school logo to raise money to purchase a water bottle filing fountain. Dark Knights: students are building bat small bat houses and a large bat house to help the endangered bats in our local neighborhood. Bats are an important part of our ecosystem, needed to control many insects, and their guano makes a terrific organic fertilizer. Their habitats, like habitats of so many of nature’s creatures, are being destroyed by industrialization. Stings and Wings: students are making hummingbird feeder from recycled water bottles, and spreading awareness of these beautiful and endangered insects, as well as the rapid demise of the honeybee. They will work with Global Tech classes to teach them about the endangered insects and help them to build a hummingbird feeder of their own. Manateam: students are working in the hydroponic garden to grow vegetables for sale in the farmer’s market, using proceeds to help manatees. They will visit Sea World and see first-hand their efforts to save the sea cows, and hopefully, they will grow lettuce in the hydroponic garden to feed the manatees. Monarch Maidens: students are reusing milk cartons from the bistro to grow milkweed. Monarchs need this weed to feed and reproduce. Many people are killing off native milk weed in their landscaped yards, destroying the food and habitats of monarchs. They are making a monarch garden here at LCMA. These students are going to Winston to share what they have learned about monarchs and give them milkweed to start their own butterfly garden. Algae Abolishers: students are experimenting with algae eating fish to help control the spread of algae caused by runoff fertilizers. They have researched the algae in our own Lake Wire, and will use their results to see if it can help with the red tide outbreak. They are visiting Science classes here at LCMA on September 14th to share their research. In addition, each team has created a tri-fold display to spread awareness of their environmental issue at Open House here at school, and at the Lake Festival and Cardboard Boat Race on October 6th. Some teams have bulletin board displays with links to their social media accounts for more information Comments are closed.
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