The Wild Fourth Grade Explorers

Illustration by Jayden T., Ms. Davis' Class People can hurt animals by littering. Littering can hurt animals and our city. If you litter animals can eat the garbage and die. If no one litters, animals won't die; and our city will be clean.  -Jordan C., Ms. Digiacomo's Class People can litter and animals can eat it and die. People can cut down trees, and we lose oxygen. People kill sea life by pouring oil in the sea. That is how people can hinder our environment. -Sasha H., Miss Bakhuizen's Class Illustration by Hieu P., Ms. Sarus' Class Our human interaction supports our environment whenever some people pick up others' litter so an animal doesn't confuse it for its own food. Also, others help by riding a bike or walking instead of taking a car! The car puts a horrible gas into the air. So, perhaps you need to take a bike or just walk. And some people just trash our planet or environment. They hinder our earth by littering and making probabl

Today we voted on the official name for our blog. After considering many great ideas, we took a vote and the winner by 10 votes was The Wild Fourth Grade Explorers. Congratulations to Layla-Rai who came up with the winning name! The runner up PIE's Amazing Nature Blog became our subtitle. We also read Trapper by Stephen Cosgrove and started to discuss how our human interactions support and/or hinder our environment. Check back next week for more on this topic and to learn more about earth manners.

Welcome to Pelican Island Elementary School's PROJECT  LEARNING  TREE  Blog Pelican Island Elementary’s 4th graders were visited by Daisy Parker from Keep Indian River Beautiful (KIRB) to discuss Arbor Day, the importance of trees to our environment and ecosystems, and how to determine the best location to plant a tree.  Rotary Club of Sebastian donated a Slash Pine tree, planted by the 4th graders Who We Are This blog was created and is maintained by the Fourth Grade class at Pelican Island Elementary School! We are excited to share our observations about the environment around us and how we can better understand and care for our planet. What is Project Learning Tree? Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers and other educators, parents and community leaders working with youth from preschool through grade 12. Project Learning Tree's mission is to use the forest as a "window on the