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7th Grade Lesson & Bake sale pictures

Today we taught an awesome group of 7th graders at MBMS. Everyone was so interested in our project and ways that they could get involved!

Also, here are some pictures from our bake sale on Saturday!

Random Fact of the Day #4

Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times.

Project Update!

-Had a Bake Sale today at the pier..lots of people bought baked goods and we raised lots of money for our project!
-Our lesson plan on Friday went better than expected. The kids loved it and had a great time. This is Carter helping kids make fish out of plastic water bottles:

Lots to do and so much planned for next week! Check back later for more.

Random Fact of the Day #3

If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!

Project Update!

-planning on having a recycling drive at our high school next week

-getting in contact with local businesses to support our project

-planning activities for Whale Fiesta (Jan. 29th)

-having a bake sale on the Manhattan Beach pier this Saturday morning...Come buy some delicious cookies and brownies to support our Quikscience team and project! 

Come back later for more updates! 

Random Fact of the Day #2

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours

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Our username is: recyclecrew

Project Update:

-Preparing to teach elementary and middle school students; lessons will continue throughout the next two weeks
-We will soon tour the Waste Management Plant
-Organizing our community service project (hopefully to include fun booths, a surf competition, and more!)
-Just ordered our t-shirts!

Check in later for more!

Random Fact of the Day #1

A running faucet wastes 2.5 gallons of water each minute.

Who We Are

We are a group of 6 Mira Costa High School juniors who are currently competing in the Quikscience challenge. The Quikscience challenge is essentially a large science fair open to high school students throughout the West Coast. Teams choose a marine-related, conservation-geared issue and come up with a research proposal and lesson plan and complete a community service project in order to examine possible solutions to the chosen topic.

We have decided to study the process and effectiveness of recycling methods and its beneficial effects on marine ecosystems. Our goal is to come up with a more energy and cost efficient method of recycling in order to reduce the strain that trash has on ocean life. Also, we would love to get anyone involved in any way in order to educate our coastal town about the benefits that recycling has on our beautiful ocean and beaches.