Tuesday’s visit to Mrs. Estes’ Third Grade

Hello again!

Hannah here.. On Tuesday Carrie and I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting Mrs. Estes’ 3rd grade class at Mable Woolsey in Knoxville. The students are phenomenal! Before we gave our presentation we noticed lots of nature and conservation books, on display in front and center in the class. We guessed that the students would maybe know a lot about water already- and boy were we right!

Here are some of the books we saw…

How fun!

I read this as a kid, as well!How fun!

When we asked students how they can save water and before we suggested our ideas the bright kids raised their hands and explained methods they are already using to save water- and it was just what we were going to say! It was awesome. Theses students are turning off the water while brushing their teeth and washing their hands, as well as using tap water and not bottled water to drink. They are watering their plants during times when the sun is low, and being conscious about the tap water used when washing dishes. Also, students understood the implications of leaky facuets- and knew those were important to fix!

We had fun making the pledge, and the class decided to pledge to save water by using tap water and drinking fountains wisely.

And here’s another picture from a few weeks ago when we visited Cooke Elementary.

Jason Ponlano, left, and Kaidenes Wilson, right, color their certificate after a water conservation class put on by Knox College students. Kaylah Murphy, junior, is working with them.

And that is all for now!

We were off to Mable Woolsey again this morning, so look for a post about that soon!

Also, we attended the Galesburg C205 School Board meeting on Monday- it was great. We will post soon!

And we will be at Knoxville’s School Board meeting presenting our project this Monday. If you are interested, please come check it out!