Sixth Graders Enjoy Learning
Experiences in Sustainability Unit

Karen Kaczman's North Chatham sixth graders enjoyed presentations by UNC students on Thursday, March 19th. The UNC students are sustainability mentors.

Presentations included students sharing their field experiences, information on native plants, biodiversity conversation, coral reef ecology, wildlife conservation, forest preservation, recycling, global warming, energy resource depletion, renewable energy, globalization, gardening, composting, wetland ecosystem, and environmental justice.

UNC student Chase Pickering related how he became interested in science at a very early age. A book he read by Jane Goodall, The Chimpanzee Family Book, inspired him to learn more about chimpanzees. After high school, he worked for one year in Tanzania at the Jane Goodall Institute.		As part of a lesson, a student dissected a carnivorous pitcher plant to discover its diet. Many FLIES were found! Read more about meat-eating plants at Chomp! Meat-Eating Plants.

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To learn more about Karen Kaczman's science unit, please listen to the WNCA/School Notebook podcast.