More Earth Day Resources
Whether you seek ideas for a community service project for Earth Day or ways to use innovative technologies to bring the environment into your classroom, TeachersFIrst has the reviewed resources to meet your needs. This extensive list is a full listing of TeachersFirst resource for Earth Day.
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Vokle - Robert Kiraz
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6 to 12
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Vokle allows you and others to connect through an interactive video conference format. There are three main components to the program: text chat, audio, and video. Registration is required...more
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Vokle allows you and others to connect through an interactive video conference format. There are three main components to the program: text chat, audio, and video. Registration is required to host an "event" but isn't necessary for viewing recorded events available on the site. After registering, create an event (or series) by providing a title, description, and category. Schedule an event for a future time or go live immediately. Invite others to the event by embedding the code on your website, Facebook page, Twitter link, or by sharing the url. Encourage participation through viewer comments and questions that can be screened and chosen by the host. Sessions are recorded and can be viewed at a later time making this very useful for the classroom. Search for sessions by browsing events and viewing available categories. The learning category may be a useful starting point.
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This site would be perfect to use when collaborating with other classrooms, for holding an author visit, or for professional collaboration. After hosting an event, share the link with students (or parents) who could not attend or who want to watch it over again. Encourage students to host their own event with topics such as book talks, interactive discussions on solving difficult math problems, or discussions of current events. Create a Vokle for parents to view, sharing your educational philosophy, classroom procedures and expectations, and other school-related information. Create a Vokle for students who were absent from class or who may want to watch the lesson again. Even elementary classes can make a vokle under teacher supervision for special events such as Earth Day or the 100th day of school.Edge Features:
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Metro: Sustainable Living - Metro
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6 to 12
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Make steps towards sustainable living. Find practical and inspiring tips to use at your job, at home, or when traveling. Find incredible resources, ideas, and tips for a better quality...more
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Make steps towards sustainable living. Find practical and inspiring tips to use at your job, at home, or when traveling. Find incredible resources, ideas, and tips for a better quality life for you, your family, and the planet.
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tag(s): environment (230), natural resources (25), recycling (38), resources (75), sustainability (11)
In the Classroom
Though originally for residents of Portland, Oregon, anyone, anywhere can use this resource. Use as a start for good ideas and search for additional information for better understanding. Create blog posts, websites, posters, or other media to share ideas with others to create community involvement in sustainable living. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. When researching and discussing environmental issues, be sure to add practical ways for others to DO something. Challenge your students to create their own community of young people at your school to become involved in sustainable living. Use this site for ideas to launch Earth Day initiatives and public service announcements.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Critter Zoom - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
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2 to 9
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CritterZoom is your Internet portal to the great outdoors! Six critter cams provide real time footage of bald eagles, barn owls, bats, herons, osprey, and vaux swift. Seasons dictate...more
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CritterZoom is your Internet portal to the great outdoors! Six critter cams provide real time footage of bald eagles, barn owls, bats, herons, osprey, and vaux swift. Seasons dictate which critter cams are active. Informative CritterFacts about falcons, heron, owls, salmon, and wolves add to the good resources on this site.
tag(s): animals (166), birds (34), earth day (96), ecology (118), ecosystems (63), endangered species (24), environment (230), fish (16)
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Share this website on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) in life or environmental science classes. Have students do a daily check in on different animals to see what they can observe. Create an observation log or journal to explain what they see. Assign research about the animals that they are watching. Have students look for typical behaviors and name them with accurate scientific terms. With younger students, share and do a daily class check on the critters. Students can journal about changes that they are seeing in the animals from day to day. Or, try using this website to create awareness about different species and their status on Earth Day!
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Project Laundry List - Project Laundry List, Inc.
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2 to 12
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Save the planet, one load of laundry at a time with Project Laundry List. This website is dedicated to encouraging people to use clotheslines and other sensible alternatives to wasteful...more
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Save the planet, one load of laundry at a time with Project Laundry List. This website is dedicated to encouraging people to use clotheslines and other sensible alternatives to wasteful energy consumption. Don't miss the Cost Calculator: a spreadsheet that you download to your computer, enter the amount and type of laundry you do, and automatically calculate energy and water costs of clothes care. It even shows your washer's carbon dioxide emissions! The calculator suggests easy ways to reduce costs, which, in turn reduces your impact on the environment. In the Programs Education section, find "The Clothesline Plan." It provides strategies about how to get involved with the clothesline, cold water washing movement. Featured here, among other good laundry history resources, is also "National Hanging Out Day" which is used to educate and create awareness about energy savings through the use of clotheslines.
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tag(s): earth day (96), ecology (118), environment (230), holidays (103)
In the Classroom
During environmental science units or Earth Day, use this to have students calculate what their own households spend to care for clothing. Have students consider different tips for reducing environmental impact and saving money. As a homework assignment, have students implement two changes for two weeks. Have parents sign off on a log form to verify student participation. (Parents will love the extra help and possible money savings!) Set up your own celebration of "National Hanging Out Day" by having teams of students prepare presentations (the website even provides one) to share with others students and the community.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smore - Shlomi Atar and Gilad Avidan
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2 to 12
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Smore allows you to make beautiful online "multimedia" flyers to display on your smartphone, tablet or computer. You can arrange your content easily with Smores' drag and drop editing....more
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Smore allows you to make beautiful online "multimedia" flyers to display on your smartphone, tablet or computer. You can arrange your content easily with Smores' drag and drop editing. Add ready-made graphics, images from files on your computer, or images from the web. Quickly embed text, videos, and tweets, too. Choose from several attractive themes. Share your creations via email, URL, Facebook, or Twitter. Smore is in private beta at the time of this review, so it may take a day or two for your membership approval.
tag(s): creativity (66), multimedia (17), posters (17)
In the Classroom
Have students create their own "infographics" with this site to display what they have learned from a unit of study, or present a review before a test. Use your interactive whiteboard and projector to allow student groups to present a flyer about a book they've read, news article, etc. Have them create campaign posters for fictitious candidates as you study about the election process. Smore allows you to preview as you work or return later to complete and publish your flyers. Add ready-made graphics, images from files on your computer or on the web.Allow students to create flyers for upcoming events such as Earth Day, Grandparents Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day, birthdays and anniversaries. Make holiday greetings to share.
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Powering the Earth - CNN
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7 to 12
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Use this beautiful Infographic to identify the energy consumption and carbon dioxide production of various countries over the years. Click on the names of the regions of the world to...more
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Use this beautiful Infographic to identify the energy consumption and carbon dioxide production of various countries over the years. Click on the names of the regions of the world to gain en even better perspective of the significance of the data. At the time of this review, the Infographic only included data through 2007.
tag(s): conservation (107), earth day (96), energy (124), environment (230), population (38), solar energy (18), sustainability (11)
In the Classroom
Use this at the start of an Ecology or Environmental unit to determine and notice trends and generate questions for research. Share the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. The Infographic is simple yet powerful and sure to begin the discussion of relevant information needed for understanding past and present energy use and questions that need to be asked and answered for our future. Assign cooperative learning groups different geographic areas to investigate. As an extra challenge, ask students to research more recent data to find out whether the trends in this site have continued. Challenge groups to create an online poster using a site such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here). Share posters as part of Earth Day or other environmental events.
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Lose Your Excuse - U.S. Department of Energy
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3 to 12
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This energy-saving environmental site has posters, activities, lesson ideas and more. View some popular excuses we hear over and over about why we don't save energy. Find videos and...more
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This energy-saving environmental site has posters, activities, lesson ideas and more. View some popular excuses we hear over and over about why we don't save energy. Find videos and other resources under Energy Extras. Click on Posters to create your own energy conservation poster or to see posters created by others. Play the Energy Rescue Game (more entertaining than educational) or go to the Lost Excuses Land to save energy by eliminating the excuses and learning the facts. Create a personal energy savings checklist and action plan for school or home. There is also a parent area to explore.
In the Classroom
Click "For Teachers" along the bottom to find further activities to use in your classes. After sharing this site in class, create a survey asking students to check the excuses they have used. Or create a survey to uncover some of the common misconceptions about energy. After discussing the information on the site, have students create a personal action plan they can use with their family. Have them write-up an energy diary of their actions and work towards their action plan. Use this site to create a public service announcement to share at school over the video channel or using multimedia. For Earth Day, start an initiative to change energy use in the school or community.
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Earth Day - Funschool/Disney
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2 to 8
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Earth Day provides students with Earth Day themed quizzes, games and crafts. This is a very colorful and eclectic site. Warning: there is a catchy (yet persistent) tune played on ...more
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Earth Day provides students with Earth Day themed quizzes, games and crafts. This is a very colorful and eclectic site. Warning: there is a catchy (yet persistent) tune played on the main page. So you may want to turn the volume down.
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Teachers this site is perfect for teaching about Earth Day. Use the site with an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the quiz as a pre-assessment to see how much students know about Earth Day. After the unit is complete have students retake the quiz to see what they've learned. Create centers in the classroom with the website. Have the arcade games as a station, the word play on the interactive whiteboard and have the crafts as another center. Show students the slide show about five ways they can save the planet. Have them work in groups and create posters to be hung around the school. Use an online poster creator, such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here).
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Early Sprouts - Early Sprouts Program; Keene State College
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K to 4
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This website offers a complete curriculum to introduce young students to the importance of healthy eating based on having them grow and prepare their own foods. The 24-week program...more
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This website offers a complete curriculum to introduce young students to the importance of healthy eating based on having them grow and prepare their own foods. The 24-week program includes a variety of child-friendly activities that familiarize students with nutritious fruits and vegetables, for example, by touching, growing, smelling, preparing, and eating them. Supporting materials for family and community involvement round out the curriculum.
tag(s): child development (16), cooking (24), nutrition (102), obesity (14)
In the Classroom
Use this site as the starting point for individual or group projects. Use the print sources and images from this site for your bulletin boards. This site is a perfect addition to Earth Day activities. When you have lessons on nutrition, make them real by including the sensory aspects of this curriculum. Try some of the simple recipes in class, or cut and paste to make a classroom cookbook.Use this site as a jumping off point for growing those parent gifts of sweet potato greens or other small vegetable plants.
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Waterlife - National Film Board of Canada
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4 to 12
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Get swept away in an ocean of images and waves of powerful music in this unbelievable site about the ecology, grandeur, and necessity of the Great Lakes. Visit often because ...more
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Get swept away in an ocean of images and waves of powerful music in this unbelievable site about the ecology, grandeur, and necessity of the Great Lakes. Visit often because clicks can lead to a variety of different places. Learn the different ways the Great Lakes are a necessary resource and how they are currently under stresses affecting humans and many other species. This site requires a bit of bandwidth with the moving images, music, and narration. Be sure to try it out on your class computer in advance and limit the number of computers connecting at the same time. Be sure to check out all the topics, including invasive species, home, political, evaporating, and much more. Take a look at the link "Water Is" to view the list of topics. You will need headphones or speakers for the audio on this site.
tag(s): ecology (118), ecosystems (63), pollution (53), water (91), water cycle (21), watersheds (8), wetlands (7)
In the Classroom
Use as an introduction to a unit on water or pollution. Use to introduce the chemistry of water (and how life on Earth would not be possible without it) by finding ways that water is affected by other materials and discussing the chemistry behind it. Explore in a civics and government class as a contemporary issue not constrained by international boundaries. Allow students the opportunity to explore on their own and report interesting facts and troublesome points to the rest of the class for further review and research. Use on Earth Day or as part of Earth Week activities. Divide younger students into cooperative learning groups to explore the site. Create letters to the editor, blog posts, and other multimedia or conventional items to portray what they have learned. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of one of the concepts and their additional research. Use a site such as PodOmatic (reviewed here). Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.
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Odosketch - Odopod
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K to 12
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Odosketch is a flash drawing tool that is simple to use. Simply click "Create A Sketch" to get started. Choose a color from the palette below and use your mouse ...more
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Odosketch is a flash drawing tool that is simple to use. Simply click "Create A Sketch" to get started. Choose a color from the palette below and use your mouse to begin drawing. Erase, use white (essentially a watermark on the display), and reload to start over. Create an account to be able to save creations. The colors of the palette are beautiful and go well together. Play with the movement of the mouse to achieve various brush strokes.
tag(s): colors (36), drawing (58), writing prompts (50)
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Create a class account for students to use to create or allow them to create their own account.Use this site anywhere pictures can be used to describe content. Assign prompts that can be answered with a visual picture instead of writing. Or have highly visual students use drawing as a prewriting activity Connect students with their feelings by having them describe their emotions, thoughts, and feelings with a picture. Provide themes so students can then draw whatever comes to mind. Follow with a simple sentence or description of what they were thinking or feeling. Create special drawings for holidays or events such as Earth Day. Take a screenshot to save the image and include it in an album of images using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here.
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Earth Care - Earth Care Canada
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1 to 12
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This site is dedicated to providing information on taking care of the environment and offers many resources and lessons for teachers. The Lessons, Activities, and Handouts link contains...more
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This site is dedicated to providing information on taking care of the environment and offers many resources and lessons for teachers. The Lessons, Activities, and Handouts link contains printable lessons and activities listed by grade level and topic. Topics include energy, recycling, water and waste. Another helpful link is Focus on Books which has environmental lesson plans based on popular children's literature such as Make Way for Ducklings, Diary of a Worm, and If You Give a Moose a Muffin. Lesson plans include suggested grade level, duration of lesson, goals, lesson activities, and follow-up questions. Be sure to also check out the Focus on Numbers link which includes additional lesson plans based on an environmental theme but also includes lessons to develop numeracy skills.
tag(s): environment (230), literature (185), numbers (137), recycling (38), water (91)
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Use this site as a resource when looking for Earth Day lessons and activities. Use this site to plan cross-curricular activities for science and math.
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Planetfesto - Planetfesto Projects
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K to 12
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Begin a new way of thinking with a little gratitude using this site. Encourage others to offer thanks and recognize the gifts from Planet Earth. Each picture that is added ...more
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Begin a new way of thinking with a little gratitude using this site. Encourage others to offer thanks and recognize the gifts from Planet Earth. Each picture that is added to the site creates a ribbon of pictures that will circle the globe. Upload a picture with words of thanks and a pledge of action. See Things You Can do for adults and kids in the About menu. The beauty of the site is simple: no money pledges but simple thanks and action. View the slideshow of pictures and messages. Search messages by location or other criteria. Use the play, pause, and fast forward buttons to stop and advance the ribbon. Use one of their pictures or use your own. To add a picture to the ribbon, enter your name, message, and whether you want your information added to a group or school. Upload your picture from your computer (2MB limit) or choose a planetfesto picture already on the site. Click additional actions listed. Enter your name (if over 18), your location, and email address to edit information later (none of these is required unless you wish to return and edit). Turn the music on or off easily in the upper left. Click on the icons below the ribbon for ideas for the pledge of action.
tag(s): earth day (96), ecology (118), environment (230), natural resources (25), recycling (38)
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If you allow students to submit ideas, be sure to discuss safety issues in advance about including optional personal information. The ribbon itself is a community that encourages action. Create class action and add to the ribbon. Use this site as an inspiration before Earth Day! During studies of ecology topics, create action public service announcements that can be added to the ribbon by each student. Hover over "about the ribbon" and click on "Connect with Planetfesto." Follow the link to their blog or click on lesson plans for ideas for your class. For example, create your own ribbon of ideas and actions for your school that can be displayed in the hallway and circle the school itself. Display the ribbon on an interactive whiteboard or use a projector. Mine the ribbon for great ideas and actions to adopt by individuals, the class, or the school community.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Earth Day: TeachersFirst Editors' Choices - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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Earth Day presents a special opportunity to connect classroom curriculum with real-world experience, not only in science but also for lessons in math, language arts, social studies,...more
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Earth Day presents a special opportunity to connect classroom curriculum with real-world experience, not only in science but also for lessons in math, language arts, social studies, art, and more. With so many outstanding resources available on the web related to environmental concerns, TeachersFirst's editorial team has hand-selected this group of "Editors' Choices" for their potential to engage and involve your students in both the understanding of scientific concepts surrounding Earth Day and in environmental activism for any time of the year.
tag(s): earth (175), earth day (96), environment (230)
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Share this list with your students and parents via your class web page not only on Earth Day but throughout the year to heighten awareness of environmental issues. Allow students to team up and select Earth Day projects or choose one effort for your entire school. There are options here for all ages.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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More Earth Day Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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This extensive list is a full listing of TeachersFirst resources for Earth Day. Whether you seek ideas for a community service project for Earth Day or ways to use innovative ...more
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This extensive list is a full listing of TeachersFirst resources for Earth Day. Whether you seek ideas for a community service project for Earth Day or ways to use innovative technologies to bring the environment into your classroom, TeachersFIrst has the reviewed resources to meet your needs in this collection.
List too long? Explore our TeachersFirst Editors' Choice resources for Earth Day.
List too long? Explore our TeachersFirst Editors' Choice resources for Earth Day.
tag(s): earth (175), earth day (96), environment (230)
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Share this long list as options for student projects or use the narrower TeachersFirst Editors' Choice listing. Either one is certain to make Earth Day more than a one-day event!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Think Green - Waste Management
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K to 12
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Looking for great information on living green and saving the environment? Find great resources here on "Transforming Waste" and "Case Studies." Read posts from professionals in "Points...more
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Looking for great information on living green and saving the environment? Find great resources here on "Transforming Waste" and "Case Studies." Read posts from professionals in "Points of View." View videos in the "Resources" section. Look under "Classroom Tools" to view student resources by grade and teacher resources by grade, topic, and resources. Caution: the beginning of the site sometimes asks you to participate in a survey. You can hit the "no thanks" button to pass this section.
tag(s): earth (175), earth day (96), environment (230)
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Use this site for lesson plans, videos, and other resources for teaching environmental issues to students of all ages. Share videos with younger students on a projector or as a center. Stay up to date with points of views from professionals. Have students review resources and determine points of views of other articles and resources on the web. Students can create individual, group, or class projects to increase awareness of environmental issues. Why not have students create age-appropriate multi-media presentations demonstrating what they learned? Have students create posters on paper or do it together as a class using an online tool such as Web Poster Wizard (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here). Have cooperative learning groups create online books using a tool such as Bookemon, reviewed here. Have students create commercials and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube
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Global Warming - Chris Clementi
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5 to 8
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This information-rich website offers a WebQuest (which could almost be an entire unit) devoted to Global Warming. It provides an eclectic look at this "hot topic." The teacher-creator...more
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This information-rich website offers a WebQuest (which could almost be an entire unit) devoted to Global Warming. It provides an eclectic look at this "hot topic." The teacher-creator also provides excellent video clips and learning activities. The culminating activity challenges students to create a short movie (using Windows Movie Maker) and to write a one-page newsletter about the specific topic they have researched. A short assessment tool is available at the "evaluation" link. For younger students, please view the videos before sharing them with your class. Some are rather graphic for elementary students. This website requires Flash and Adobe, get them from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): earth (175), earth day (96), environment (230)
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Use this "hot topic" website to spark your students' interest in the environment. Even if you don't have time to complete the entire WebQuest, using the short videos and other information would be beneficial to any class studying the effects of global warming or even the environment in general.Make it more interesting for students, and have them create an online poster for the final product instead of a typical paper poster. Use a tool such as Web Poster Wizard (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here) to spice the project up and make it more interesting for students.
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Jason Mission Center: Operation - Monster Storms - The JASON Project
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7 to 12
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This task based website provides an interactive and technological way to teach about meteorology, specifically big storms. Operation: Monster Storms is designed to have students understand...more
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This task based website provides an interactive and technological way to teach about meteorology, specifically big storms. Operation: Monster Storms is designed to have students understand and interact with the information presented to them so that they learn and internalize concepts. The site has an introduction video that is reminiscent of "Mission Impossible" assignments. Then, there is a series of five missions. Each mission has a briefing (or more!), laboratory activities, and field assignments. Missions could be used independently of each other or as a complete unit. The information is easy to understand, and the formatting is visually appealing. For "full access" you must be registered (email required) and logged in - which is FREE. Read tips for safely managing email registrations here.
tag(s): earth (175), earth day (96), hurricanes (27), tornadoes (8), weather (150)
In the Classroom
Try showing the video using your a interactive whitebord and projector. Challenge the class to be able to complete the objectives by the end of the unit. Have students complete parts in class and at home. Once the operation is completed by the students, revisit the video objectives as a way to assess knowledge and retention of concepts.Since each mission can be used independently, but are inter-related, you may want to form small groups and assign each group the task of completing one of the missions. Each mission has several topics. Have groups take notes about what they learned using a tool such as Quicklyst (reviewed here). Also, have them collect images to go with the information using a creative commons image site like ImageBased (reviewed here). Once finished, have the small groups present what they learned during their mission using your interactive whiteboard and projector. Post student notes as links on your teacher website, so all students can benefit from them. Once created, the notes can be used as a study aid for tests and quizzes.
Another alternative is to introduce the site to the class, and then have them choose one operation as a semester or year long project to be completed on their own time. It could be used in place of a unit or final test on meteorology.
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Virtual Visit to a School Garden - TeachersFirst/Meriwether Lewis Elementary
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3 to 8
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Watch the archived version of a live webcast from Meriwether Lewis Elementary School garden on Earth Day 2009, a cooperative project with TeachersFirst. See students explain concepts...more
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Watch the archived version of a live webcast from Meriwether Lewis Elementary School garden on Earth Day 2009, a cooperative project with TeachersFirst. See students explain concepts of organic vegetable gardening, natural building with cob, composting, rainwater collection, planting their new bioswale, Pacific Northwest native plants, and more. TeachersFirst's complete how-to information for making your own video field trips is linked from this page, as well.
tag(s): earth day (96), environment (230)
In the Classroom
Scroll down to a list of suggestions for using this archived webcast in your classroom. Talk about local sites where you might be able to take a team of students to create a local student created "video field trip" to share with other classes both in and outside of your school. See TeachersFirst's complete how-to information to try one of your own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Biomes of the World - TeachersFirst
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4 to 8
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Introduce the earth's different biomes with this unit, created by TeachersFirst. Biomes include coniferous forest, deciduous forest, tropical rainforest, tundra, ocean, fresh...more
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Introduce the earth's different biomes with this unit, created by TeachersFirst. Biomes include coniferous forest, deciduous forest, tropical rainforest, tundra, ocean, fresh water, desert, and the savannah. Each link includes information and pictures. Students can complete an on-line research project on a biome of their choice, using selected web resources, or they can learn the basics of biomes with the information provided in the unit. There are links to the introduction, to learn more about the project, and even a teachers link (with a TON of class activity ideas). This site does require Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): biomes (112), earth (175), earth day (96), ecosystems (63)
In the Classroom
Have students work in cooperative learning groups to explore this site. Challenge students to create multimedia presentations about the biomes. How about a Powerpoint? Or have students narrate a photo of the biome using a site such as VoiceThread (reviewed here). Other options include creating a wiki, blog, or video.
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