Earth Day!

Today is definitely one of my favorite days at school! I love teaching the students about Earth Day and the things we can all do to protect our natural resources. I guess it is my chance to help Earth by creating awareness. My students enjoyed today's activities and became "Earth Rangers!"

We started by reading books and watching videos on www.brainpopjr.com about Earth Day and Natural Resources. We then created a book about the different resources (water, sun, mountains, trees, etc.).  This was an idea a good friend shared with me.

Here are some pictures:

Here you can see the book cover, our greenhouse template, and some worksheets we completed. Kids used markers and coffee filters. They colored the coffee filters with blue and green markers. Then we sprayed them with water and let them dry. They looked great!

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 Here is the inside of the book. Each page is a different Natural Resource. Blue - represents the water (Clear blue water), green - trees (Tall trees),  brown (Mountains tall), yellow - (The shinning sun), light blue - (Beautiful skies).

We also made Earth necklaces (this was another idea a friend shared with me). They did not dry on time, so we are going to paint them tomorrow. We used soil and liquid glue. We mixed them together and made the balls. I let them dry for a few hours and then used a paperclip to string the yarn. Tomorrow we will paint them with blue and green paint (to look like the planet Earth).









Last week we made our Greenhouses to see how plants grow. Somehow when I use soil, my seeds never sprout. This is the only way they grow for me. The kids loved seeing the parts of the plant and the "water cycle in-a-bag." You can see the front of my greenhouse on the first picture of this post.



Hope you liked these ideas and happy Earth Day!!!!