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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities |
| Summary: This play by Mary Beth Greene was adapted from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Obviously Earth Day should be observed every day. This resource offers materials for year-round projects that includes: history, online games, crafts, clip art, send an earth day card, earth songs, coloring pages, "learn about our world," earth day activities... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: The Unifying Event for Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2005 is Kite Flying. Lessons and activities available for teachers include the chemistry of air quality, acid rain, and ozone. Each year has a different theme. |
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Day the Trash Came Out to Play, The
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary | ||
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) | ||
| Summary: Fiction
Author,/b> David M. Beadle ISBN 0972785507 Story and humor combine to teach about litter and community efforts. Lessons focus on rethinking, reducing, reusing and recycling. For a review see | | View more information on this link |
Discover How Trees Produce and Conserve Energy
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Students will design an energy wise community using trees and they will be introduced to landscaping for energy conservation.This is a 13-page pdf. |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) |
| Summary: Fiction
Author, Janet Wong, Illustrator David Roberts ISBN 9780763623807 The topsy-turvy artwork keeps things light, but adults will find plenty to talk about with children, from the value of creative conservation to safe modeling of th... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Games and Activities - School Projects |
| Summary: Non-fiction
AuthorMurphy, Stuart J and Renee Andriani (illustrator). ISBN0-06-000127-5 AbstractA mathstart (place value) book for level 3, this book illustrates a class effort to conduct an earth day project. The author combines le... |
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Earth Day Events for Families and Educators in Grayslake, Illinois
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Holiday |
| Summary: On April 13 an information-filled, free workshop for formal and non-formal educators (6 CPDU’s) will be offered., including public and private elementary and middle school teachers, as well as community leaders. A poster contest for students is being conducte... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Holiday - School Projects |
| Summary: Suggestions for activities, recycle projects and more for students and teachers as well as links to other Earth Day sites. |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: List - Web site |
| Summary: Earth Day images (including copywrite free, clip art, and copywrited images) |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Holiday - Web site |
| Summary: Kentucky's Envirionmental and Public Protection Cabinet is offering a variety of activities across the state in conjunction with Earth Day 2005, including the Environmental Quality Commission's Earth Day Award for Kentucky communities, Earth Day activities for... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: Learn about Earth Day 2005, register your event, join the network, check out upcoming events around the world. Locate additional events in your community or where your travels will be taking you. This site is updated throughout the year. |
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Energy Star for K-12 School Districts
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Holiday - List - Web site |
| Summary: ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program(EPA and DOE) helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR provides tools and guidelines for energy management appropriate for school administrators; it pro... |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Holiday - Language Options - Web site |
| Summary: The EPA site offers hints for school and home for a variety of earth friendly lessons and tips. |
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Exploring the Environment Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) |
| Summary: Non-fiction
AuthorsButzow, Carol M and John W. Butzow, illustrated by Rhett E.Kennedy ISBN1-56308-650-6 Fifteen chapters provide suggestions for literature use for topics that include air pollution, solid waste and recycling, effectos o... |
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Greening Our Schools Earth Day Activities
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Holiday |
| Summary: Elementary Teachers can begin development of a year's worth of lessons that support the mission of Earth Day. Earth Day IS every day. This list of 20 will expand to include lessons appropriate for each topic and for elementary education. |
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Illinois Sustainable Living Fair and Earth Day Celebration
| Type: Holiday |
| Summary: Two full days of exploration into sustainability, 40 workshops and 50 exhibitors will promote Earth Day celebrations. The goal of the ISLF is to help business and community members make sustainable choices that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and... |
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Lanuage Arts and Environmental Awareness: 100+ Integrated Books & Activities for Children
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Non-fiction, lesson and activity book
AuthorsRoberts, Patricia L ISBN0-208-02426-1 Lanugage arts consists of language, listening, folk literature, reading, speaking, and writing and techniques and resources for involving students ages 5... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: A collection of quotes (and sources) appropriate for Earth Day. The last one should be the first (Every day is Earth day--author unknown) |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Holiday |
| Summary: Complement your current lessons in recycling with this classroom game, or build a research unit around the catagories. Designed for 4-6th grade students, it can be used as a challenge for older students who are confident they know the answers. Almost all of... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: This lesson connects material use and recycling with physical and earth science concepts. Recycle symbols are provided in a format appropriate for younger elementary. |
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Recycling Facts Game (Provided by the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities |
| Summary: Creative people at the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County created an educational game that should be used at anytime during the school year, however, it has been specifically designed for use on America Recycles Day on November 15 and Earth Day on Apri... |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: Rustle the Leaf is an online outreach that uses syndication-quality weekly comic strips and other tools to communicate essential environmental themese. Their goals are to be encouraging while facilitating the sharing of enviornmental views. They use a blog s... |
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School Ground Greening Guide, Ontario, Designing for Shade and Energy Conservation
| Type: Article/Report - Checklist - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This publication is the first in a series of EcoSchools greening guides that promote best practices on school grounds and in the classroom. This presents a five-step process the involves the entire school community. This 90-page resource is designed to help... |
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School Profiles: Virtual Recycling
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: School Projects |
| Summary: See what some students have implemented at their schools. Included in the list: collage art contest, annual clothing recycle day, recycle projects and more. |
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So Many Cookies...So Much Packaging
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Designed for K-3 to help children understand that when they buy something, they also buy the packaging. Packaging has many important purposes, such as safety, marketing, protecting and transporting the product. This lesson will allow comparision of the differe... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Case Study - Classroom Games and Activities - Language Options |
| Summary: This is an online quiz to calculate individual footprints. Thought provoking questions are presented through the quiz. Participants are called upon to consider their own actions and possible changes and a certificate is available at the conclusion. This is... |
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Teaching Green The Middle Years
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Lessons
EditorsGrant, Tim and Littlejohn, Gail. ISBN0-86571-501-7 AbstractThis book of lessons is a compilation of the "best of Green Teacher" contributions from teachers who are working with middle school students and who are help... |
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Vermicomposting (Making Good use of Garbage!)
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Vermicomposting fun facts, information, activities, music (including The Littlest Worm), and reasons to consider vermicomposting. |
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| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: In 1999, Oregon disposed of 2.8 million tons of garbage. (See “Where Is Away?” Background for more details about solid and hazardous waste disposal). The terms “waste” and “resource” are relative and reflect our own needs and values rather than any objectiv... |
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Youth Education List of Resources
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: Topic Hubs are detailed collections of resources and contact information for specific topics or industrial sectors. In this case, the topic is Youth Education. Topic Hubs include narrative sections providing background information, operations involved (if the... |
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