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Class Description:
In this human culture class, students will examine energy and resource use at Wolf Ridge. They will recycle and compost solid waste, examine dorm water use and efficiency, and be introduced to the Wolf Ridge wind generator and wood boilers. Energy efficiency will be illustrated using photovoltaics and an energy bicycle. Finally, students will consider the impact of human population and our individual lives upon global resources, and determine ways to conserve and use resources sustainably.
Total time: 3 hours (1 hour outdoors)
Audience: 6-20 students, 4th grade through adult
Activity level: easy
Travel: 1/4 mile
Total uphill travel: 30 feet
Outcomes
Upon completion of the Living Lightly class students will be able to:
- The sun is the primary source of energy for life on earth.
- There is no such place as “away.” (Matter is not created or destroyed, but only changes forms.)
- "Whatever we throw away, we will drink or breath later." (Rethink, reduce, reuse, recycle.)
- “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” (Renewable resources must be used at a sustainable level to remain available.)
- A growing human population is making increasing demands on natural resources.
Minnesota Graduation Standards
The Living Lightly class will provide students with guided practice, in an authentic setting, to support the following Graduations Standards. We have chosen one to three “major focus” standards per grade level. Due to the holistic nature of environmental education, several other standards, not listed here, are addressed as well.
Task Management Skills: Resource Management
• H.S. Sciences : Environmental Systems (A, D, E, G)
• H.S. Managing Resources: Economic Systems (A, C)
• 6-8th Managing Resources: Personal Resources (1-7)
• 6-8th Managing Resources: Informed Consumerism (2, 6)
• 4-5th Sciences: Living and Non-living Systems (4, B4)
Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts
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