{"id":3355,"date":"2017-02-20T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2017-02-20T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T22:25:05","slug":"3355","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2017\/02\/20\/3355\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle School students code for Project Zero Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curious about if you can recycle something? Anything? And then \u2026 where to take it on the Kenai Peninsula?
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\n Middle School students in Anchor Point, Alaska, built a website to give you what you need to know, on the go.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Kenai Peninsula Recycling<\/a><\/span> website is hosted on KPBSD servers, and Chapman School<\/a> students explain they will keep adding pertinent information, \u201cHopefully we\u2019ll need to do so as recycling programs continue to expand!\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis project helped me learn more about where to recycle. It allowed me to use my skills and discover the wonderful world of coding.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013Andy Drake, Chapman School
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\n\u201cLearning how to code can help us change the world because electronic devices are popular and people are more likely to use a website than a book. Coding is a fun and educational way to use time.\u201d <\/strong>\u2013Melissa Baxter, Chapman School<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The project grew out of the \u201cZero Waste Project\u201d that Chapman School eighth grade students are doing with the Center for Alaska Coastal Studies,\u201d explained teacher Mr. Jon Crocker. \u201cWe realized that a lot of people don\u2019t know what can be recycled, and where to go locally. There are resources out there, but none that can be easily accessed while somebody is on the go. It also fits in with our\u00a0year-long thematic unit about community. Once it became clear that such a resource would be a good idea, I asked my eighth graders to put designing their personal webpages on hold for a few weeks while we developed the site. Each student took one topic, researched it, and came up with their page based on a few guidelines. If a student was assigned something that isn\u2019t recycled locally (such as #3 plastic), I asked them to focus more on reducing and reusing strategies. We wanted it to be something people could access from their phones while doing things like making decisions on what to buy in the grocery store.\u201d
\nStudents worked to improve on the information available on the Borough website<\/a>. For example:<\/p>\n