To Jay Liv and Grace for our past present and future E.F. To my grandmother Kathleen Hyslop with memories of her one-room schoolhouse on Manitoulin Island S.R. Acknowledgments First to my family Loretta Fyvie Peter Fyvie and Nicole Fyvie and also Marzipan and Clover To my grade school in Manhattan P.S. 158 which was built in 1898 and served as an inspiration for Birch Elementary Public School To my then Grade 6 student readers Naio Martin and Casy Miller for reading an early draft and giving insightful and helpful feedback To Molly Peacock for teaching me so much about a writing life To all of my friends for their love and support I want to list them here but cannot because of space To everyone who contributed their intelligence artistic vision design expertise professional support and kindness to this book Jay Liv and Grace Lilley for everything always Kids Can Press gratefully acknowledges that the land on which our office is located is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit the Anishnabeg the Chippewa the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations Inuit and Métis Peoples We thank the Government of Ontario through Ontario Creates and the Ontario Arts Council the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada for their financial support of our publishing activity
Contents Welcome to Birch Elementary Buried Treasure The Origins of the Energy League School Life in 1900 Not Just a Science Fair A Future Fair Time Capsule 1 The Global Seed Vault What Is Energy Team Electricity Time Capsule 2 The Terracotta Warriors Team Plumbing Time Capsule 3 The Wreck of the Titanic Team Buildings Time Capsule 4 Voyager Golden Records Team Transportation Time Capsule 5 Scott's Hut What Is Our Legacy Birch Elementary Public School 2125 Create Your Own Time Capsule Glossary Index
Welcome to Birch Elementary Can you hear me I've been waiting more than a hundred years to be heard Maybe this is the year I'll finally be discovered CONSTRUCTION Hello What's sustainable mean Good morning Birch Principal York here Thanks for your patience as we make Birch a more sustainable school I know the construction is disruptive but the reward will be a school that succeeds now and in the future Class 6 I'm starting to think that being underground for so long isn't optimal for learning Have a great day Birch CONSTRUCTION Sustainability means having our needs met now without compromising the ability of people in the future to meet their own needs
6 Okay let's hear from our Eco Club representatives Class The energy audit showed that the school's furnace wastes energy by working harder when heat is lost through drafty windows An energy audit is a series of tests that analyzes a building's efficiency It checks how well a property functions by figuring out how much energy it uses and how much energy it wastes The obvious solution replace the old windows with new insulated ones to help keep heat inside in cold weather and outside in hot weather Nice It's always too hot or too cold in here
