Earth Day 2009

Posted by Alex Sharp Mar 31, 2009

Earth Day is a big deal in my classroom - some years we've made stationary (with blenders and old paper), some years we've enjoyed nature as we read, and this year I have something exciting planned - I am waiting for our supplies to come in so I can take pictures and explain how to do what I hope turns out to be the start of best Earth Day classroom traditions I've had.

I have heard back from Erin at one of my favorite sites, School Family and of course they have great resources for us, so I will look at those and post some ideas. I already have some of the best Climate Change resources posted, and I am also finding great computer games and other activities.

Finally, in April I will have some other activities that gifted kids will love. Right now in my classroom we are working on democracy as a topic and I have a group of students that I am working on developing concentration with, so I will have some interesting ideas for you soon. We worked quite a bit on our student message board through Nice Net today - always a great way for kids to communicate as they work in the lab, and easy for me to track that they are on task.