EARTH DAY event at Bay Brook Elementary

Get Connected Icon Happens On Apr 24, 2025
Get Connected Icon 10-12 or 12-2
Expired

Description

Please register at https://forms.gle/AAXxX3FsyMf2QwUL9

Students from K-12 will have the opportunity to rotate through various stations designed to promote environmental awareness. Activities will include hands-on learning experiences, cleanup efforts, and discussions on sustainability.

  • Groups will rotate through stations every 15-20 minutes
  • Teachers will guide their own class rotations

STATIONS & ACTIVITIES:

1. Trash Pickup & Cleanup Plan 

  • Each class will be assigned a section of the school to clean
  • Encourage friendly competition by tracking the GROUP with most collected waste.
  • Potentially reward the groups with the highest trash pickup with dojo bucks that can be used to redeem snacks, etc.

2. Sorting Trash, Recycling, & Compost

  • Students will sort what they picked up. (More reuseable gloves needed, each student can use 1 glove)
  • The group that correctly sorts the most earns dojo bucks

3. School Tour Stop: Drains & Water Impact Discussion

  • Highlight the connection between litter and water pollution
  • Discuss how trash in drains affects local ecosystems

4. School Tour Stop: School Compost Bin: 

  • Students learn where the school compost bin is located.

-Composting with Worms ( Student facilitated)

  • Hands-on experience with worm composting.
  • Explanation of food waste breakdown and soil benefits

5. School Tour Stop: School Garden Stop

  • Students will either plant or help clean up the garden
  • Learn about native plants and their environmental benefits

6. School Tour Stop: Weather Station & Air Quality Control Discussion

  • Explain how weather and air quality impact the environment
  • Allow students to interact with weather monitoring tools

Details

Get Connected Icon Register by Apr 23, 2025

Location

Get Connected Icon Bay Brook Elementary/Middle
4301 10th street
Baltimore, MD  21225