EarthDay is typically celebrated April 22nd. In this activity you will get to be like the
Lorax and speak for an environmental issue of your choice. Once you have chosen
your environmental issue and had it approved by Dr. Parrott, you will be given a file
folder with an attached string (while supplies last). You will represent your issue on this
folder and wear it on EarthDay to educate the public about your chosen environmental
concern.
You will be graded on the following:
/5pts Getting and approved topic by _____
/5pts The front of your folder has your environmental issue in bold face and is
decorated appropriately
On the upper inside flap of your folder you have :
/5pts Explained why the resource being depleted is a valuable resource (in a small
paragraph ~5 sentences)
/5pts Offered five reasons why the resource being destroyed is necessary to life on Earth
/5 pts Offered five ways human actions are depleting this resource
On the lower inside flap of your folder you have :
/10 pts Listed and numbered ten simple things that students can do to conserve this
resource
/15pts On the lower inside flap you have secured thirty signatures, (20 student, 10 adult)
of persons you have spoken to about your environmental issue, and have decided to
commit to performing at least one of the options for conserving the resource for a week
(as outlined in the upper portion of your folder). Make sure they write the number of
the simple thing that they are going to do.
Some resources for your ideas include:
Your Textbook
Earth Works Group. 1990. 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth. Kansas
City, MO: Andrews and McMeel.
49 Simple Things You Can Do To Save the Earth
http://home.earthlink.net/~mattneuman/49simple.htm