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Recognizing Earth Day
Recognizing Earth Day
Commodore annually recognizes Earth Day. Our Earth Day celebration has looked different these past few year due to COVID but has included each year. Pictures below are from the 2020 celebration. In 2021, 8th grade students read books to younger students outside. This year a middle school advisory is organizing an Earth Day fashion show for their Community Meeting on Friday, April 22, 2022. Community meeting is a grade-wide or multi-grade level meeting that happens on a weekly basis. During this time all students meet together, share acknowledgements, announcements and apologies.
Teachers Celebrate
Teachers Celebrate
In 2020, even though school was virtual, two teachers celebrated Earth Day by organizing a school year clean up.
Students Celebrate Virtually
Students Celebrate Virtually
Students celebrated in 2020, by submitting Earth Day themed art to be pictures on the Commodore Instagram page.
2022 Earth Day Fashion Show
2022 Earth Day Fashion Show
At the left you can see the planning document that is being used by the two 6th grade advisories who are collaborating to lead this year's Earth Day Community Meetings. This project involves 33 students creating fashion pieces and will have an audience that includes all of the 5th and 6th grade students. Additionally the students will present or have a video recording presented at the Community Meetings for the other grade levels so that all students are able to participate in the celebration.
At the right is a picture of one of the dresses that inspired the fashion show. This dress was designed by 5th grader, Teagan for the Lord Baltimore Hotel Couture Trees 2021 Competition. Her dress reuses non-traditional materials and was displayed in the community.
Science and Engineering Night Celebration
Science and Engineering Night Celebration
This annual event has been interrupted due to COVID, but last occurred Wednesday, May 8, 2019 and is scheduled to happen this spring. During this event students showcase their science learning from the school year including environmental projects, citizen science and projects that involve the reuse of materials. Additionally, Commodore has a used book sale to prevent old texts from getting discarded, community partners set up tables to share sustainable practices with families and the Green team shares information around city recycling.
Reuse of Materials Projects
Reuse of Materials Projects
3rd grade projects focused on re-using materials to model inventions created by black inventors. Here students demonstrate their gas mask model made from a soda bottle.
Plant Survival Projects
Plant Survival Projects
1st grade projects examined the parts of plants. They created models and journals that showed how plants survive in different environments.
Oil Spill Clean Up
Oil Spill Clean Up
6th grade student models his oil spill clean up invention.
Habitat Projects
Habitat Projects
Student examines 2nd grade models (that reuse materials) to show different habitats. In each project the group explains how the structure of the habitat allows different organisms to survive/function there.
Science Center Stations
Science Center Stations
The Maryland Science Center partners with us each year offering a variety of hands on stations that allow families to explore sustainability. In the photos above, students at the "Cooling down the House" station test explore energy conservation. They test different materials to understand which keep you house coolest in the summer.
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