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School/Organization: George Street Middle
Grades/Ages: Grade 8
City: Fredericton
Province: New Brunswick
The Drain Keepers
Posted on: 29 May 2023Action: We researched the Yellow Fish project and decided to paint yellow fish on the storm drains around our school. We made posters with QR codes that we put up in our downtown streets so that people in our community could read about the Yellow Fish Projec...
Read More EditEco-Friendly Fellas
Posted on: 29 May 2023Action: We cleaned up around our school while leading a group of grade 8 students. We interviewed a group of marine biologists about their knowledge of the effects of plastic pollution on marine life. We also surveyed our classmates about their level of know...
Read More EditGarden Green Teens
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We planted vegetable seeds in pots and grew them in our classroom after researching which plants were the most in need and would be highly nutritious. We planted, re-potted, and watered the plants for weeks until they grew large enough to donate. We ...
Read More EditTeam Oceanic
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We chose this topic because it is rarely known about, and it is likely to cause serious dangers to humanity if we walk around in ignorance of these rarely known problems. So, to make sure our vision comes to life, we made a website informing people a...
Read More EditP.A.W. (Plastic and Water)
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We emailed an ecologist from Canadian Forest Service to learn more about plastic pollution and to hear an expert opinion. As a group, we also cleaned up about 600 m of shoreline on the St. John River in our city of Fredericton, New Brunswick. There ...
Read More EditWater Pollution? These Girls Have a Solution!
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We put posters all over the school to make the school aware of water pollution. We interviewed some students in grades 6, 7, and 8 and some teachers. We made some announcements in front of our school about what water pollution is and how you can help...
Read More EditCucumber Crew
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We made a PowerPoint that we presented to Grade 6 classes in our school and made posters that we put up around our school to educate students about this problem. We also grew several cucumber plants that we gave to classes in our school so that they ...
Read More EditPlanet Protectors
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We wanted to inform our classmates of how many years it can take for plastic to decompose and also to inform them of the harmful chemicals it releases into the soil and water. Litter also creates microplastics which are very harmful to our watersheds...
Read More EditPura Aqua Five
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: Our main action was to go to a local retirement home called Ste. Anne’s Court in Fredericton, New Brunswick and try to convince the people that work/live there to install rain barrels. We contacted the Activity Director at St. Anne's Court, and we pr...
Read More EditA Delicious Solution for Pollution
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We created a PowerPoint presentation about edible cutlery because we researched a company in Poland called Biotrem. We were excited to learn that they had a distributor in our Maritime Province of Prince Edward Island. We had a Zoom meeting with the ...
Read More EditFood Save YOURS
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: We created a survey and distributed posters with a QR link to the survey around the school. We also interviewed people in our neighbourhood to learn more about imperfect produce. We went back and questioned the same folks after a week to discover wha...
Read More EditGirls Against Water Waste
Posted on: 24 May 2023Action: Our action plan was to hang posters up at each water fountain in our school that talked about water facts and how valuable water is. We made presentations to grade six and seven classes about how water wastage is hurting the planet. We gave them tip...
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