First Grade Field Trip to DADs landfill and Waste Management Recycle Center

WOW!  How long does it take a Diaper to break-down?

A coke can?

Last week first grade students went on a field trip to DADs landfill out in Aurora.  It was pretty amazing, and not stinky!  We saw appliances ready to be recycled.  Wood and organic materials about to be made into compost.  We saw curious pipes coming out of the landfill, harvesting the stinky harmful gasses that are made when trash breaks down to generate ENERGY out of bio-mass!  The landfill currently harvests enough energy to power 2,500 homes and could potentially double this amount.  At the recycle center first graders toured the educational booths and learnt about the processes of recycling.  They learnt that large magnets separate metals from combined recycling, air blows paper products and magnets repel aluminum; this is how our waste gets separated.

First Grade students taking apart e-waste, discovering just how much sharp and dangerous stuff there is behind those computer screens!

Did you know that # 2 and #3 plastics can be recycled into T-SHIRTS!   Its true!

Safety first!

One of our wonderful hosts taking the students on a '3 R' march.

'Re-use, Reduce, Recycle'

Glass Jar dioramas - Workshop

Students signed up for the after-school workshop to make glass jar dioramas, one to keep and one to donate to our inaugural DGS Auction BRING ON THE GREEN 2013!  Take a look at the fantastic creations made!

Miles our most prolific student with his completed works!  Fabulous!

Emily and 'goldfish'.

Ella in create mode!

Bell with her colorful creation!

Sienna with one of her wonderful landscapes.

Jack and Sammie 'taking a break'.

Dancing!!!

Denver Green School students dancing during Physical Education class. This video showcases the 6/7th grade "Dance" class, 8th grade "Individual Activities" class, and 6/7 grade "Individual Activities" doing a hip hop dance.

Trouble viewing? click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4OxHgL-x-I&feature=youtu.be

Demo Night - PE ECE, K and 1st

Part 1 - Little Kids:

Part 2 - Bigger Kids:

WATCH THIS SPACE - 4th Grade plays 'Imagine' by John Lennon Middle School 'Tinikling' and More

Demo night ART ROOM - More to come!

Fourth Grade 'LED' flowers, made from up-cycled paper coffee cups,  pennies and lime juice!

Second Grade making clay bones for the 'Million Bones' project.  The bones will be fired and sent along with other many other participants from Colorado and all around the US to Washington DC.
More information on the 'Million Bones' here:  http://www.onemillionbones.org/

6th and 7th Grade PE - 'I don't speak Americano'

One Million Bones Project at DGS

DGS students are currently being given the opportunity to get involved in this social arts project - there will be clay available to make a 'bone' for the project on DEMO night in the art room.  It is a wonderful and meaningful way to contribute to your DGS community - JOIN US!

'We are collecting artwork bones for a collaborative installation of 1,000,000 bones on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. from June 8th-10th, 2013. This installation will serve as a collaborative site of conscience to remember victims and survivors, and as a visible petition to raise awareness of the issue and call upon our government to take much needed and long overdue action.'   

  
http://www.onemillionbones.org/the-project/