This was Izzy's 2nd year participating in the Brookline Youth Climate Adaptation Challenge. John and Izzy created a prototype house demonstrating many green options that currently exist. The entire family worked together on this poster including Micah and Victoria with the coloring.
As a way to make this fun and encourage participation from all ages, we added a few friends that had to be discovered with a chocolate reward.
This year one of the judges was Tommy Vitolo, our MA House of Representatives.
Other examples of student's work included art the demonstrates climate related topics. This was one of our favorites. All the names of the endangered birds was written in the background of a bald eagle, an endangered bird that grew in number thanks to the efforts made to prevent its extinction.
A science demonstration on how acid rain erodes various rock types.
Our neighbors, Charlotte and Nell, made a poster about various endangered animals.
The finale was presenting certificates of participation. In addition, citations were awarded to participants whose projects stood out to the judges. Izzy's name was not called. However the following day I received an email that her name was accidentally omitted from the final list. The Pierce school principal included those students from Pierce on her email message to the Pierce community. Their presentations are on display at school this week as well. Once the citations are finalized by the MA State House, they will be awarded by the principle to the students. Such a wonderful finish to the experience!
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