Sustainable Tallahassee

At our April 8th meeting, Daniel Parker from Sustainable Tallahassee visited our club to continue our education on recycling and its importance. Sustainable Tallahassee is a local organization that works to bring awareness to the community about "going green", as well as collaborates with city and county officials on ways our city can be environmentally friendly.

Here are some pictures from his visit:

Circuits

Here are a few pictures from our circuit creation activity at our last meeting.

Electromagnets

I promised the students I would post this on the blog so they could try it out. Click on the link for directions on how to make an electromagnet (and remember: don't do this near an electrical outlet!)

http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/electromagnet.php

Josh Rockin' the Flower Pin

Josh came to school today wearing the flower pin he made at our meeting! It looks great!

Happy Friday!

Reducing Waste by Reusing

Ms. Carole Gentry, our tour guide from our field trip at the Solid Waste Facility, came to Springwood yesterday to show us how we can make crafts by reusing materials. Our first creation was an origami bookmark. These can be created from magazines, old papers, etc. You just need to cut the papers into square sheets before starting. Our second craft was an aluminum can flower pin. The cans were crushed and dye cut into different flower petals. We strung them all together using wire, and topped them off with a button. They turned out beautiful!

Recycling This Morning

These pictures were sent to the faculty and staff from Dr. Small this morning with the title, "Recycling Experts." Good job, guys!

Solid Waste Facility Field Trip