South Gate Middle School
Students from South Gate Middle School joined Generation Earth coordinators for a series of educational workshops over the course of six weeks. During the first three weeks, students focused on water pollution and prevention, the impacts of waste on the environment, and the benefits of trees. During the Water Pollution and Prevention presentation the students were quizzed using an interactive virtual board game and the winners walked away with eco-friendly swag. The game was a great success with many of the students expressing how much fun they had, so the Generation Earth coordinators decided to create games for all of the remaining workshops.
During the second round of the workshops, students learned about plastic pollution, the four R’s, and soil health. To assess students’ knowledge and encourage critical thinking, a Jeopardy-style game was utilized during the Plastic Pollution presentation. During the Four R’s presentation, an environmental loteria (bingo) game generated discussion and led to new insights. Lastly, during the Soil Health presentation students worked in teams to compete in a comprehensive quiz game which covered all the topics throughout the six weeks. These games were a fun and effective way to engage the South Gate students with these vital environmental topics.
This workshop series was coordinated with Ms. Jessica Mejia and the amazing teachers at South Gate Middle School. If you would like to coordinate a similar workshop series for your students,
follow this link to book a Generation Earth Project Coordinator.