Website Wednesday Earth Day  

Buddy Project: Go Green Learning Resources : http://www.buddyproject.org/resources/lrnResources/green/default.asp 
Activities, links and contests.

Planet Green Game : http://www.planetgreengame.com/play_again.html 
How much do you know about energy and conservation? Use this free game to learn basic information.

Breathing Earth : http://www.breathingearth.net/  See the relative contributions to
carbon dioxide emissions country by country and real time birth and death rates.

Human Footprint :
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/consumption-interactive.html 
This interactive site takes a look at the effect of typical human consumption on the planet.

The Writing Site :  http://www.thewritingsite.org/wc/default.asp 
Newsletters with ideas about incorporating writing and Earth Day studies.

Earthday.gov : http://www.earthday.gov/  Ideas for the classroom, home, and work.

Green Home Guide : http://www.greenhomeguide.com/
Connects you to advice, information, and green professionals.

Altered Oceans : http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-oceans-series,0,7842752.special 
An online presentation on distressed oceans. Videos, photos, and graphics lead students through
changing habitats, toxic bacteria, red tides, debris, and acidic seawater.

Reading List : http://www2.teachersandfamilies.com/open/tr/tr-libs4.cfm?theme=32 
"Garbage Goes Green" reading list for all ages.

Kids For Saving Earth : http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/index_high.html 
Child created site that is dedicated to peaceful Earth-saving action.

The Miniature Earth : http://www.miniature-earth.com/ 
What would it look like to reduce the world's population to 100 people?

Pollution Solutions : http://www.epa.gov/superfund/students/clas_act/spring/polsol.htm 
Lesson plan that asks students to simulate different pollution situations, learning how these
pollutants taint water supplies. Also explore additional resources in the list on the left.

EcoKids : http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm  Lots of resources and links for the elementary classroom.

Life Cycle of a Cell Phone : http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/life-cell.pdf 
Find out how to responsibly recycle cell phones and deal with the separate components,
particularly batteries, with these classroom posters for Earth Day.

Vocabulary.com: Earth Day : http://www.vocabulary.com//index.php?dir=theme&file=theme_list&theme_id=61 
Puzzles, word searches, and more.

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