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EARTH DAY - April 22nd

Resources -
Vocabulary - Cliparts and Photos -
Interactive activities - Activities to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Interactive games - Games to print -
Multimedia show / Animations / Videos - Cartoons - Posters - Songs

(Updated on 17/03/2013)

 


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ENVIRONMENT :
Themes - Water - Acid rains - Pollution - Greenhouse effect - Recycling - Global warming -
Stories - Mysteries - News - Poems - Activities - Games - Glossary - Cliparts - Brainpop Movies - etc.

Environment :
Flashcards and Cliparts - Vocabulary - Encyclopedia - Listening - Interactive activities - Activities to print -
Lesson plans - Webquests - Interactive games - Games to print - Posters - Cartoons - Stories - Movies -
Conversation questions - Songs - Animations / Videos

 

 

Resources :

  • Madonna heads UK Live Earth bill (BBC)
    "Madonna, Genesis, James Blunt and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be among the headliners at the London show
    of the global series of Live Earth concerts..."

 

  • Earth Day Resource Page :
    Lessons and Units - Worksheets - Online Activities - Clipart & Images... (Teacher Planet)

 

  • De multiples liens (planetpals)
  • Happy Earth Day! Une multitude de liens (edhelper)
    Reading Comprehension - Earth Day Logic Worksheets - Earth Day Math Worksheets - Earth Day Story Starters and Borders - Animals -
    Earth Day Coloring - Earth Day Word Builder Puzzles - Earth Day Printables - Lesson plans...

  • EPA = US Environmental Protection Agency) with facts, games, quizzes... (epa.gov) - UPDATED

 

  • USDA for Kids (US Department of Agriculture) with games, stories... (usda.gov)



  • Earth 911.org - The Latest in Waste-Less Living (earth911.org) - UPDATED

 

 

Vocabulary :

 

 

Cliparts and Photos :

INTERACTIVE activities :

  • 'Earth Hour' : switching our lights off tonight...
    A VIDEO + A TEN-QUESTION QUIZ
    (Monique Mirza - Ac. Grenoble)

    Earth Hour 
    "is a global event organized by WWF ... and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change." 
    (Wikipedia)



    See Videos

 

 

Activities TO PRINT :

 

Lesson plans :

  • The Green Squad - Kids taking action for greener, healthier schools
    "Investigate the School Environment :
    - Click on the instructions at the left for an interactive tour
    - Move from room to room in our school by clicking on the map at the top of each page
    - Roll over the Green Squad kid in each part of the school for clues about what they found
    - Mouse over an item and look at the Envir-O-Meter to alert you to a discovery
    - Click on an item to find quick facts and links to more info, action tips and project ideas
    - Go to the library to study fact sheets on energy, water, asthma, air pollution and other topics"

 

 

 

 

Webquests :

 

  • EARTH PROBLEMS - a webquest (créée par Michelle Henry)
    I. Air Pollution - II. Energy Depletion - III. Overflowing Landfills - IV. Rain Forest Destruction - V. Vanishing Species -
    VI. Water Pollution

 

  • Earth Day Webquest - What is the Most Serious Problem Facing Earth?
    "In this special Earth Day WebQuest, student teams vie for funding from the fictional Help Our World (HOW) Foundation.
    Each team builds a case for a critical environmental concern.
    Which threat is the most critical? Which team should be awarded the foundation's $1 million grant?
    Included: student work sheets, lots of Earth Day resources, more." (Education World)

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Earth Day Fun - 17 activities
    (sheppardsoftware.com)
  • EARTH DAY - Can you help clean up this mess ? (starfall.com)

 

  • USDA for Kids (US Department of Agriculture) with games, stories... (usda.gov)

 

  • EPA = US Environmental Protection Agency) with facts, games, quizzes... (epa.gov) - UPDATED

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

Multimedia show / Animations / Videos :

  • Global switch-off for Earth Hour
    Australia "was the first country to turn off in 2010.
    Lights were also turned off at famous landmarks in Hong Kong, India, Germany and France."
    + In pictures: Cities dim the lights
    (BBC)

    See Interactive activities

  • BRAINPOP - EARTH DAY
    "April 22nd is Earth Day, an international celebration of our one and only planet Earth! To mark the occasion, check out our special minisite related
    to environmental awareness, conservation, and humans' role in the health of our home planet. You can learn about natural resources; environmental effects such as the greenhouse effect and global warming; and how things like fossil fuels and pollution affect the Earth. For special tips from Tim and Moby on how you can do your part to help keep the planet livable for everyone, you can also watch movies such as Recycling and Humans and the Environment!"

 

 

Cartoons : (Si le lien est inaccessible, enregistrer l'image pour obtenir la taille initiale.)

Cartoon: Earth Day
+ Commentary + Links
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

EARTH DAY - Cartoons
(cagle.com)

 

Cartoon: Happy Earth Day
"The cartoon by Clay Bennett from
the Chattanooga Times Free Press 
shows a birthday cake
with the words "Happy Earth Day"
written in icing on top..."
BACKGROUND + THE CARTOON
+ COMMENT + LINKS
(englishblog.com)

 



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