Yesterday students looked deeply at this painting:
http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#cans-seurat
After stating their observations, their thinking and asking questions about the painting, we zoomed in to find that it is completely composed of plastic lids. Did you know that in the U.S., an average of 400,000 plastic bottles and lids are disposed of each minute?
We began wondering...what is being done with these lids? Are they recyclable? How many lids would be used in a day? A week? A month? A year? The class will be solving this problem during math class. As well, students have begun to wonder why we waste so much "stuff", when in the past, that stuff didn't even exist. How did the First Nations people survive without stuff? How can we minimize our environmental footprint?
http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#cans-seurat
After stating their observations, their thinking and asking questions about the painting, we zoomed in to find that it is completely composed of plastic lids. Did you know that in the U.S., an average of 400,000 plastic bottles and lids are disposed of each minute?
We began wondering...what is being done with these lids? Are they recyclable? How many lids would be used in a day? A week? A month? A year? The class will be solving this problem during math class. As well, students have begun to wonder why we waste so much "stuff", when in the past, that stuff didn't even exist. How did the First Nations people survive without stuff? How can we minimize our environmental footprint?