by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Waste
A Michigan-based company, The Bear Factory, had a vision to offer a green product line that holds up to sustainability standards while also providing an opportunity to educate children on the importance of animal conservation and environmental sustainability. More than two years of research and development led to Plush for the Planet, a sustainable collection
Students will be able to identify and apply the Big Ideas of Sustainability in their place to help develop a sustainable mindset.
Students will analyze items in their backpacks and classroom and determine what they’re made of and what happens to those items after their use.
Students will be able to identify what a food desert is and where they exist in their place by using google maps and other research tools.
Students will use motor skills and creative thinking to construct their
own “do nothing” machine. This activity encourages little engineers
to express themselves, while parents help to draw connections and
awareness to stewardship, and repurposing our waste.