WLWV High School Online Ecology Club
Club Facilitator: Karen Brundage, Science Teacher, brundagk@wlwv.k12.or.us
Instagram Account: wlecologyclub
Email: wlecologyclub@gmail.com
We meet at 12 noon on Fridays; check your Class Connect schedule for link
Purpose
The purpose of Ecology Club is to build a community of like-minded, diverse individuals who are interested in ecology, evolution, zoology, botany, and/or anything else dealing with life and the outdoors.
What we've done
We have planned our club together through a series of meetings. Meeting Minutes can be found in our Google Slides shared file. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ycDQgos2hNhnKpL6zSi9E-O2OKvulInVT2ShG4oy8Mw/edit?usp=sharing
We started brain-storming:
Earth Challenge app: Download and try it out!! Google Play/App Store (ask your parents/guardians for guidance on GPS use within app)
Attend or host a virtual teach-in
Try some delicious plant-based cuisine: research plant-based recipes; minimizing food waste by canning, drying, freezing fruits/veggies/meat
Cutting down on plastic use
Learn new ways to protect our species/encourage renewable energy use; teach-ins, live-streams; virtual field trips
Create eco-art: Re-purpose materials!
Virtual Field Trips:
Paper Mill
Hydroelectric Power/Dams
Solar Fields
Turbine Farm
Meat Processing Plant
Dairy Farm--Tillamook: How do they maintain/help sustainability
Sustainability Ideas for around the House and School with focus on Ecology
Will create and use Google Classroom and/or Google Sites for Ecology Club
Downloading Earth Challenge app for mobile devices
Looking at ways to be sustainable at home and why?: Try and consider Plant-based recipes https://www.foodnetwork.ca/healthy-eating/photos/plant-based-recipes-for-beginners/