Sustainability

GREENHOUSE GASES EXPERIMENT

The greenhouse effect is the warmth of the atmosphere by gases that trap heat. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. Too much greenhouse gas in the environment causes our planet to heat up too much. This can cause icecaps to melt, water levels to rise and weather patterns to become more extreme. 

Pathways Sustainability students observed three jars half filled with water and five ice cubes. The jars were covered and placed on a white, paper and printed card. The jars were left out in the sun on a very hot day. The clear plastic bags represent the greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere. Sunlight passes through the plastic, where it is turned into heat energy, which cannot escape. Students observed that white surfaces reflect some of the sun’s energy back into space, while dark paper absorbs the ultraviolet rays to produce more heat. 

THURSDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 

Naranga will join other schools in the Schools Clean Up Day with Planet Ark. Classes can collect long tongs and buckets from Pathways in the amphitheatre area during sessions 5 or 6. Classes only need to spend twenty minutes in their chosen area. Students need to wear their hats and make sure they have applied sunscreen.

Areas of the school that need a clean include behind the BER, basketball court, Junior and Senior yard, kitchen garden, outside the cottage and amphitheatre area. 

What to do?

1. Collect equipment and choose an area to clean.
2. Collect rubbish. 
3. Tally and sort rubbish into groups. 
4. Pathways will be on hand to record results and take photos for the newsletter before you put rubbish in the correct bins.

Let us all do our part to make our school environment tidy and rubbish free.