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The Toymato Green Living After School Program is an eight-week, highly adaptable program. It incorporates films featuring the Toymato characters and activities about the environment, gardening, and nutrition. |
Unique Approach
The program promotes: |
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Core Units by Week Week 1: Sustainability Students explore what it means to make sustainable choices. They identify the causes and effects of pollution. Week 2: Recycle and Reuse Students think creatively about reusing and recycling. They develop an understanding about what happens to their garbage and how landfills work. Week 3: Energy and Resources Students generate ideas about reducing energy and conserving water. They develop an understanding about limited and unlimited energy sources. Week 4: Community Week Students organize and design an event to share with the community illustrating what they have learned about making sustainable choices. Week 5: Prepare and Plant Students explore where their food comes from, along with the basic elements of a healthy garden. Week 6: Grow and Compost Students develop an understanding about why organic material is biodegradable and why a thriving garden needs healthy soil. They explore composting and vermicomposting as methods of recycling and sustaining a garden. Week 7: Community Week Students explore where their food comes from. They get to know farmers and gardeners in their community and work in a community garden. Week 8: Harvest Students explore seasonality and healthy eating by tasting and making observations about seasonal produce. To conclude the program, students research eco-careers. |