Sand dunes are something that make sure the sand or water doesn't leak into a city nearby. They are used as a windbreaker, for not letting the wind blow the beach sand away. They also put discarded Christmas trees to make sure that the dunes will last. These sand dunes help the city from not getting flooded, or becoming a desert. The plan was made by Tony Pontari’s fourth-grade class at Union Avenue School in New Jersey. The plan was very successful, so successful that the kids got help from the town officials.
Even though the dunes worked very well, there were also many problems they faced. Big storms caused many dunes to disappear. The dunes at the beach suffered from the effects from winter storms. Many people had a solution, they tried to lay trees on top of the dunes to strengthen them, but they just got swept into the sea by the waves. They have to rebuild the dunes, or else the sand and water will destroy the town. They must find a solution, and they did. We are going to talk about the solution in the next paragraph.
The dunes were getting destroyed by big storms, but when there’s a problem, there’s always a solution. The students buried dead trees after Christmas, these trees helped keep the dunes in place during the winter. The students also used dead trees that were about to get thrown away. Even though they are dead, it doesn't mean that they are useless. I think it is a good idea because they managed to turn something useless into something useful, we should think before doing an action, all the people decided to throw their christmas trees not knowing how helpful they can be.
The plan of the class worked very well. It helped keep the city safe, and clean, and at the same time taught the students about nature. The teachers decided to continue the plan, each year the new fourth grade class will get to participate in the activity. They will keep doing it like a tradition, it does no harm, but just good. When the town found out about it, they decided to help. The town workers would deliver thrown out Christmas trees to the beach for the children to use. I think it is a good idea to pass the activity on from year to year.
In conclusion, I think that they are doing something good. I think that more schools in different places in the world, not just the United States, should start doing this. It helps the kids learn about the environment. I think it would be nice for our school to do this because I like spending time outdoors, and it would be good to help the town community while doing something we like. I think that this should take place in more schools and be in all grades in school, the bigger kids could help with the strength requirements like lifting the trees, and the small kids could learn about how it works.
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