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Lowertown-By-The-Sea
As Eco River moves through Bigtown the molecules are happy to be heading to their favourite vacation spot, Lowertown-By-The-Sea. They like it here because they get a chance to move through a clean environment before they flow into the ocean, and also, they get to soak up a bit of history. Part of the river flows by restored buildings near the waterfront which has become a National Historic Site. The port now looks like the original harbour where the first European settlers lived when they came to Canada.
Fun Time
Compose a poem
Make up limericks describing how people can help:
"There once was a young man named Fred.
Who cleaned up a small otter's bed,
..."
Create Cinquain and Diamante poems to describe an endangered animal. What if you were one of these animals? Use poetry to describe how you feel.
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Clean up your act
- Your school board is having a contest to introduce a recycling program at your school. Working in your group, propose a plan which will limit waste, save money, and even earn money. Your proposal must not involve your teacher's time and the program must not cut into your school time. Present this proposal to your school principal.
- Design a brochure for other school students that provides practical tips for good environmental citizenship. Illustrate your brochure.
- Garbage-Free Classrooms: Compete with another class to see who can produce the least amount garbage. Reduce. Recycle. Reuse.
- Lunch Challenge: See if either class can leave no garbage for a week except for compost materials like banana peels and apple cores. Reuse galss containers for drinks; reuse paper sandwich bags; reuse plastic containers.
- Some classified ads promote a type or reuse. Find these ads in your newspaper. List types of second-hand goods for sale. What would you buy second hand? What could you sell either through classified ads or in a garage sale instead of throwing it out. Or, you could take goods to a second-hand store where they can be sold to other people who can use them.
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Lowertown-By-The-Sea was not always a molecule's paradise. This seaside town formed committees and began a cleanup campaign fifteen years ago because the citizens realized the value of a clean environment. Their fishing industry was not as prosperous as it once was so they concentrated on building a tourist attraction based on the beauty of their natural surroundings. The tourist attractions which they concentrated on and which now serve as a model for other communities are:
- Bird and animal sanctuary
- Wetland preserve
- Reforestation site
- Treed streets
- Bicycle paths and hiking trails through the countryside
- Community beautification programs
- Clean beaches
If you lived in Lowertown-By-The-Sea and were asked to work on one of the above committees, which would you choose and why? What do you think you could add to one or another? Are there other areas you would call attention to such as an anti-litter campaign?
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