Making+Responsible+choices+With+Our+Environment

Making Responsible Choices About the Environment 

"We have met the enemy and he is us." -Pogo

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Making Responsible Choices: Unit Goals

Responsible Choices... Mind Maps Persuasive Writing and The Environment  __Trouble With Dragons__  __Just a Dream__
 * Click here to read a great metaphor for how we are treating the environment.
 * Click here to explore cause and effect, persuasive writing and the environment.

__Window __
 * Click here to explore levels of meaning, persuasive writing and the environment.

__A River Ran Wild __
 * Click here to explore persuasive writing and the environment

Environmental Resources  __Scholastic News- Kids Report on the Environment__  __Ecokids__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Click [|here]to take a survey and learn more about you and the environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click [|here]to find out about how our choices effect our environment.

__IEarn- Carbon Footprint__
 * Click [|here]to find out your 'carbon footprint'

<span style="background-color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Environmental Issues <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">

Landfills/Waste

Air Pollution

Water Pollution

Global Warming

Habitat Destruction- Urban Sprawl and Deforestation



Overuse of Natural Resources

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Click here to find out more about climate change

Click [|here] to see a visual organizer on pollution.

<span style="background-color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">What Will You Do? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">

Make a Song <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click here to see examples and find out how to persuade with a song.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Make a Cartoon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click here to see examples and find out how to persuade with an editorial cartoon.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Make a Movie
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click here to see examples and find out how to persuade with a movie.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Do something!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click [|here] to find out how you can help the environment.
 * Click [|here]to find about what the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeepers are doing!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Write a letter
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Click [|here]to write a letter to express your concerns about the environment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Earth Day 2009: The Green Generation