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This we know... the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to earth. All things are connected, like the blood which connects one family. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life- he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. - Chief Seattle, 1854 |
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Save the Earth by Linda Longo Hirsch Our World in Danger by Gillian Dorfman Kids Care about the Sea Animals by Tim Johnson Crysta Saves the Magic by Scholastic Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg The Wump World by Bill Peet Amazing Earth Adventures by The KSE Group Rain Forest Secrets by Arthur Dorros The Family of Earth by Schim Schimmel Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker Where Once There was a Wood by Denise Fleming Prince William by Gloria Rand And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan Grizzwold by Sid Hoff A River Ran Wild by Lynn Cherry The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Chief Seattle Rain Forest by Helen Cowcher Our World in Danger by Gillian Dorfman A Tale of Antarctica by Ulco Glimmerman 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth by John Javna The True Book of Conservation by Richard Gates Every Day is Earth Day by Illa Podendorf The Planet of Trash by George Poppel Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers Amazing Earth Adventures by Chapman Mott & Tessa Hill
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We made recycle jugs from plastic milk cartons. The children picked up the playground and we separated the garbage into reduce, reuse, and recycle.
We made a flip chart about earth . This activity is from Aims. Each section of colored paper represents a section of earth. Each section flips down for the children to read. dark blue---My Earth has oceans. gray---My Earth has plains. cream--- My Earth has deserts. green---- My Earth has valleys. brown---My Earth has mountains, rivers and lakes. light blue---sky
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Fred the Fish This is a story about pollution. Place a sponge shaped fish into a jar of water. Have children add cups with the following items: 1. soil for eroded soil 2. baking soda for fertilizer 3. maple syrup for oil 4. salt for road salt 5. paper dots for liter 6. detergent for factory stuff 7. red food coloring for sewage 8. green food coloring for hazardous waste. This gives the children a visual about water pollution.
This is Fred in his polluted environment.
We used coffee filters and food coloring to design the Earth.
The children all wrote about how they could help earth.
To finish our unit the class all ate garbage. The garbage consisted of pretzel sticks for bones, m & m's for monster eyes, raisins for worm pieces, cheerios for toad eyes, and peanuts for rocks. I put all these ingredients in paper sacks and labeled them. the children poured it into a large pan. They ate this in ice cream cones. It was a big success.
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