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Earth Day - Celebrate Renewable Energy
Earth Day materials are all around... if you know where to look... thanks to companies like DLTK's Crafts for Kids, you can find a variety of printable Earth Day coloring pages (as well as children's crafts, coloring pages, and other educational themes). Here's some examples of line drawings that are available from DLTK in color as well... Also, put "free coloring pages" in your favorite browser search engine. Click on the link below for the source of these great materials, DLTK Crafts. We are not connected to DLTK, but they gave us permission to put in these sample graphics...
Thanks to DLTK-kids.com for above
graphic. For these and other great
DLTK coloring pages just input the
following into your browser:
www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth.html
Some Earth Day Facts:
Story of Earth Day: April 22, or so the tale goes, is the anniversary of the first Earth Day, when millions of people participate in events ranging from neighborhood cleanups to visiting a local event.
Back in 1970, a formidable march on Washington was organized on (or around) this day. Many notable "nvironmentalits" of the day were concerned that the earth needed some TLC... And, as a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created. (It is still in existence, but a lot of us wonder today why the current administration seemed to ignore the giant pollution problem in the room...). This "Earth Day" celebration led to monumental legislation called the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts (still in force today). The U.S. Post Office even got involved: creating this beautiful stamp (at left)...
To learn what Earth Day activities are planned for your area, use your world wide web search engine to see what your community has planned. Remember the spirit of Earth Day: you have the power to go plant a tree (with your parent's/teacher's permission of course), start a neighborhood recycle project, write a letter to a corporation to tell them to pack boxes with natural, recyclable materials (as opposed to plastic and foam-type peanuts that take forever to break down), and the list goes on and on. If you have an idea for your community just email your local city or state government (or send to us and we'll forward it for you, postage free).
Time to: Celebrate Earth Day via these links: for a little history go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day.
To find out where you can participate in an earth day activity in your community, just click a link below:
Earth Day Events and Locations (Courtesy of
www.Earthday.net)
Earth Day Resource Materials
To learn what Earth Day activities are planned for your area, use your favorite world wide web search engine to see what your community has planned. Remember the spirit of Earth Day: go plant a tree (with your parent's/teacher's permission of course), recycle all the reusable items in your neighborhood, write a letter to a corporation to politely ask them to pack boxes with natural, recyclable materials (instead of plastic - foam-type styrofoam that take forever to break down), and the list goes on and on. If you have an idea for your community just write to us.
More history of Earth Day, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day
To find out where you can participate in an earth day activity in your community,
click here:
Earth Day Events and Locations
(Courtesy of
www.Earthday.net
Celebrate Earth Day via these links: for a little history go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_day
To find out where you can participate in an earth day activity in your community, just
click here:
Earth Day Events and Locations
More Earth Day Resources: click here:
Earth Day Resource Materials
Above, courtesy of
www.Earthday.net
Earth Day is all year!
Free Coloring and Activities Book
One of EPA's most popular publications for
students of all ages, this is an 11-page
coloring-activity book is full of tips for
making the Earth a much better place.
You can download this free coloring book art on your own; and other publications...
just go to: http://www.epa.gov/region5/publications/happy/happy.htm.
Graphic courtesy Environmental Protection Agency
Student projects for saving energy
- Here are some activities and projects we've collected for students (and teachers!) to use at school or home... (after all solar and renewable energy are good career options).
Energy auditing: Choose a student to be class energy technician who will make sure energy is being properly used. You can pick a new technician each week! The energy "field rep" will turn off lights when no one is in the room, such as during recess and after class. Make "Turn It Off" signs for the light switches at school and at home.
Be a detective! Work with your parents to find leaks and drafts in windows and doors by making a map of your house. Label all the doors, windows and vents. Then take a thin ribbon, or dollar bill, and hold it next to the edges of closed doors and windows. If your dollar bill or ribbon moves, you've found a leak! Then it's time to weatherize your house against the elements to save more energy. (The perfect family green activity: seal air leaks in your house to save energy and save money!) Look on your favorite search engine for information on weatherization and help out your neighbors... For more info, you can always e-mail us. (from www.californiasciencecenter.com)
Environmental Audits for students - getting permission ahead of time, survey your school's (or home for home schooling) recycling and resources and "audit" (evaluate) their school: go to http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/default.asp?pubid=1140 for a free guide. (Find more at www.ciwmb.ca.gov.)
How can you make your home (or school) more energy efficient? Check out ways to conserve energy: click here
Vocational Education - Do-It-Yourself Projects
Two excellent sources of technical information about the practical/technical aspects of renewable energy are our favorites,
"Home Power" and "Solar Today"
magazines. Say hello to them from Segue to Solar...
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Songs for the Environment
(Primary or Secondary Level)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
(Sung to "Eensy, Weensy Spider")
D A7 D
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - words that we all know
D A7 D
We have to save our planet so we can live and grow
D A7 D
We might be only children but we will try, you'll see
D A7 D
And we can save this planet - it starts with you and me
Recycle
(Sung to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")
C F C
We recycle what we use
G7 C G7 C
Separate things and you should too
C F C G7
Glass and paper, plastic and tin
C G7 C G7
Go in your recycling bin
C F C
We must start now, we can't wait
G7 C G7 C
Quick, or it will be too late!
Courtesy of: Mary Flynn at www.songs4teachers.com
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