19. Queen Elizabeth Elementary Annex: Rain Water Collection

Overview

Project Title

Rain Water Collection

Organization Name

Queen Elizabeth Annex - École primaire de Jules-Quesnel

Keywords

Related Course Concepts

Food justice, Food security, Indigenous food sovereignty, Other

Organization Information

Organization Name

Queen Elizabeth Annex - École primaire de Jules-Quesnel

Mission and Vision of Organization

  • To recognize the importance and uniqueness of every child, we provide a warm, safe and educationally rich environment for all learners.
  • We strive to enable our students to develop their individual potential to become critical thinkers, continuous learners, caring and contributing members of society.
  • As a school we are committed to promoting sustainability within our school and community.
  • We strive to tackle eco-justice issues through sustainable solutions and problem solving within our classrooms while we encourage students to discuss this with their families at home.

Guiding Principles + Values

Responsibility - social responsibility, environmental responsibility, community responsibility - Respect -respecting materials, respecting self, respecting others, respecting our earth - Self- Regulation - become conscious learners and decision makers - Leadership - develop leadership skills

Contact Information

Preferred Method of Contact

  • Best method(s) to contact: Email
  • Best day(s) to contact:Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
  • Best time(s) to contact: Mornings, Afternoons

Project Description

Context: What challenge or issue does the project aim to address?

Queen Elizabeth Annex has on-site raised European garden beds. Staff have been working with students and a variety of community groups for the past several years to make the best use of these resources, bringing the classroom outdoor. Classroom teachers and students plant and harvest throughout the year.

UBC students will work with the K-3 students to help them learn about climate issues and develop and implement an ecological and economical water harvesting device. The grade 3 students will mentor the younger students. We would like for our students to learn that rain water can be harvested and reused thus serving both economical and sustainable purposes.

Main Project Activities

UBC students will help K-3 students learn about weather changes, local patterns that occur on Earth and in the sky, water is essential to all living things, and it cycles through the environment, wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land. Also help learn about climate change. UBC students will help plan for the construction and delivery of a water harvesting device.

Expected Project Deliverable(s)

Students will work with the community partner to determine a realistic number of age-appropriate workshops, and will develop and co-facilitate workshops and related learning materials. Workshop ideas include:

  • Weather patterns, weather changes. and climate change (similarities/differences)
  • The water cycle
  • Building a water harvesting device together
  • The role of water in shaping the landscape
  • The impact of agriculture on water use and its relevance to food growing and climate change

Student Assets and Skills (preferred or required)

  • Since this is a French Immersion school, French speakers are preferred but not mandatory
  • Interest in education (especially K-3 education)
  • Knowledge and interest in water conservation and sustainability

Student Assets and Skills (to be developed through the project)

  • Sustainability awareness
  • Lesson planning
  • Teaching and facilitation skills

Are there any mandatory attendance dates (e.g. special event)?

  • No

Is a criminal record check required?

  • Yes

If a criminal record check is required, when should the process be initiated?  

  • At the first community partner meeting (January 22, 2020)

Project Location

  • Queen Elizabeth Annex, 4275 Crown Street Vancouver

Preferred Days of Week and Hours

  • Monday and Friday

Related Community Service Opportunities for Students

  • N/A

Required Reading

Project/Partner Orientation Materials

Students should review these materials prior to the first partner meeting:

Additional Project/Partner Orientation Materials

The following will be provided at the first community partner meeting:

  • Site tour

General Resources

Expected Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

I hope students will learn about...

  • the opportunities and obstacles to creating ecologically and economically sustainable projects.

I think students will come to appreciate...

  • issues of food system sustainability and community food security.

Through this project, students will develop...

  • an awareness of ecologically and economically sustainable ways through collaboration.

Organizational Outcomes

Intended Project Outcome (Short Term Outcome)

  • Decrease municipality water consumption through rain water harvesting.

How does the student project contribute to your organization's mission and long-term vision?

  • Providing an educationally rich environment for our learners by developing their individual potential to become critical thinkers, continuous learners, caring and contributing members of society.
  • As well as by promoting sustainability within our school and community, thus tackling eco-justice issues through sustainable solutions and problem solving within our classrooms while encouraging our students to discuss this with their families at home.
source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Course:LFS350/Projects/W2020/QEA