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Website Wednesday--Earth Day
 

Ecological Footprint Quiz:  http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
Find out how big your "footprint" is.

Earth Day Groceries Project: http://earthdaybags.org/
Have your students decorate paper grocery bags for Earth Day! The "Earth Day Groceries Project"
is cost-free and one of the largest and oldest projects on the Internet. (Grades K-8)

Trash Goes to School: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/TrashIntro.html
Activities for grades K-12.

A to Z Teacher Stuff: Earth Day: http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Earth_Day/index.shtml
Lots of resources for all ages.

Internet Projects to Celebrate Earth Day: http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr068.shtml
Projects that involve students in Internet learning - and saving the Earth.

Celebrate Earth Day Online:  http://www.envirolink.org/earthday/
http://www.epa.gov/earthday/

Learning Through Listening: Earth Day Lesson Plans:
http://www.learningthroughlistening.org/Classroom-Teaching-Tools/Lesson-Plans/Earth-Day-Lesson-Plans/423/

Lesson plans with an audio component. Free registration required for full access.

PlanetPals: Earth Day:  http://www.planetpals.com/earthday.html

All About Earth Day: http://earthday.wilderness.org/history/ Learn how Earth Day came to be.

Digital Library for Earth System Education: http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
Searchable site with lots of electronic materials for both teachers and learners.

BuddyProject: Earth Day: http://www.buddyproject.org/thematic/earth.asp
Lessons and activities aligned to Indiana Academic Standards.

How Much Garbage Does Your Family Throw Out?: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/printables/activities/assets/envionmental/garbage.pdf

Renewable Energy: http://www.tvakids.com/teachers/pdf/renewable_elem.pdf
Creative, hands-on activities for grades 3-5.

Alternative Energy Sourcebook:  http://www.tvakids.com/teachers/sourcebooks.htm
Explore the issues involved with alternative energy sources with these sets of lesson plans, activities,
and sourcebooks for middle and high school classes.

Climate Change Guide:  http://www.nsc.org/ehc/guidebks/climtoc.htm 
To understand the science behind global warming, use this comprehensive guide from the Environmental Health Center of the National Safety Council.

Case of the Warming Planet:  http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/warming_planet/index.cfm
Students play detective with this online game as they see how things are heating up with global warming.

The Rotten Truth About Garbage:  http://www.astc.org/exhibitions/rotten/rthome.htm
What is garbage and how do we dispose of it? Learning that reducing waste is the only real answer,
students will also be examining how nature itself recycles.

Earth Day Teaching Files: http://www.everydayteaching.com/Teach_Files/Earth_day.html
Comprehensive lists of resources for all grades.

Earth Day Word Puzzles:  http://www.vocabulary.com/earthday.html http://everydayteaching.com/Printables/Wsearch/EcologyWordsearch.pdf http://everydayteaching.com/Holiday/Earthday/EarthDayWordsearch.pdf

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