Save The Planet--MAT Performance Task
- 1. SAVE THE PLANET! By: Kara Alberse Intended for: 4th Grade Subject: Science
- 2. Technology Integration • “Going green” is a very new concept that has swept our nation in recent years. What better way to teach students about this phenomenon than through technological resources which help save the Earth’s materials, such as paper! Especially in this day and age, elementary students are being exposed to technology much more than in the past. By supplying these “Digital Natives” (Prensky, 2001) with new information through vehicles in which they are both familiar with and find exciting, learning will also become exciting! • Click here to watch video!
- 3. Internet Content The internet offers an infinite supply of reliable resources about ways we can reduce, reuse, and recycle materials and will allow students to: • watch videos, view blogs, listen to podcasts, visit agencies and organizations related to saving the planet, create organizational tools, learn how to recycle specific materials, and play interactive games related to the topic • The following slides aid in exposing such content that is available to all with internet access!
- 4. Videos from Internet Click on the pictures below to view videos that explain what happens to the material we don’t recycle, and to the material we do recycle!
- 5. Internet Blog • http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2012/12/help-put-the- “e’s”-in-e-cycling/ • This blog, “Help put the e’s in e-cycling” developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses the importance of recycling electronics. Because the increased use of electronics is fairly recent, recycling such products and considering their potential damage to our environment is something that many of us have not done in the past. • Visit the blog above to learn more about e-cycling!
- 6. Internet Podcasts • http://www.smallstepspodcast.com/ • This podcast, “On our way to zero” talks about multiple ways in which humans can reduce their waste either by reusing materials instead of throwing them in the garbage, or by remembering to recycle the items that are typically used each day.
- 7. Internet Resource 1 • Earth Day Network (click link to access website) The EDN is credited with launching the modern environmental movement known as Earth Day. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, EDN has worked with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest public operation in the world!
- 8. Internet Resource 2 • National Recycling Coalition (click link to access website) The NRC represents and advocates for every division of the recycling industry in the United States. All members of the NRC help spread the word about reducing, reusing, and recycling waste products.
- 9. Internet Resource 3 • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (click link to access website) The EPA’s overall mission is to protect human health and the environment. This agency believes that they contribute to making America’s communities and ecosystems diverse, sustainable, and economically productive by enforcing federal laws that protect the environment.
- 10. Kidspiration Diagram Boxes This graphic Cartons organizer shows which items and objects can be Cardboard recycled, as well Newspaper Magazines Cans Paper Metal Pans as specific Books Paper Bags Pie Plates examples within each category. Cups Items that can be Bottles Bottles The graphic 6-Pack Rings Plastic Recycled Glass Jars Jugs organizer was Aluminum created using the software program Kidspiration. Cans Foil
- 11. Teaching Materials 1 • Waste No Words Crossword Puzzle (click link to access activity) • Students can use this crossword puzzle to practice spelling, as well as increase their vocabulary and learn definitions related to sustainability!
- 12. Teaching Materials 2 • How Many Cans and Junk Mail Letters? (click link to access activity) • Students must figure out the number of cans and junk mail letters each child recycled based on the given information and process of elimination • This activity shows how mathematics is a subject that can be used across the curriculum!
- 13. Teaching Materials 3 • Save The Planet Word Search (click link to access activity) • Students are able to use this word search to learn about the words associated with saving the planet, as well as practice each word’s spelling
- 14. Teaching Materials 4 • Human Footprint (click link to access activity) • This interactive website allows students to take a look at the effect of human consumption on the planet.
- 15. Subject-Specific Resource • Power Up! (click link to access) • This game challenges students to think about the positive and negative effects that various types of power plants have on the environment
- 16. Uses of the Internet 1 • Earth 911 (click link to access) • Online data source and online reference This website allows students to search for a recycling center near their home, and teaches them how to recycle specific materials, such as batteries, light bulbs, and tires. This website also includes over 1 million fun ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
- 17. Uses of the Internet 2 • Hidden Words Game (click link to access) • Interactive website and online project Above is an interactive hidden words game which includes words that are related to saving the environment, such as compost, atmosphere, and ocean. This game comes from the Kid’s Page of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The NIEHS is part of the National Institutes of Health and studies the effects of the environment on human health.
- 18. Web 2.0 • Save The Planet (click link to access) • This particular Facebook page’s main mission is to sustain the Earth. This site offers ways to preserve biodiversity, from the local, neighborhood level to the to the entire planet. Viewers can not only read up on what others are posting about preservation, but also share their own information about ways to save the planet. Such resources enhance interactive collaboration!
- 19. Web 2.0 Continued • BoxCycle (click link to access) • This website allows people to find and sell used boxes within their area by simply entering their zip code. • Students can bring in old boxes that are lying around their house to sell to others who need them. They will be helping the environment, supporting local organizations, and feel great about doing their part! Such resources enhance student participation!
Editor's Notes
- #2: The background picture was retrieved from http://www.etsy.com/listing/110265008/children-holding-hands-around-the-world
- #3: Prensky, M. (October 2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. NCB University Press, 9(5), 1-6
- #4: media
- #5: By using the internet to gather videos of the damage that our waste can do to the Earth, students will be able to understand the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling materials more clearly. These videos featuring “The Recycle Guy,” Scott Green, provide real-life images, facts, statistics, and what happens to both recycled and non-recycled material.Left Picture: http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/27/one-mans-trash-dumps-and-landfills/Left Video: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=183339Right Picture: http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/cashforrecyclingcans-2/Right Video: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=183327&title=Recycle_with_Scott_Green___quot_The_Recycle_Guy_quot_
- #8: http://www.earthday.org/
- #9: http://nrcrecycles.org/
- #10: http://www.epa.gov/
- #11: Information in chart retrieved from http://www.lessismore.org/material_categories/1-recycleThis graphic organizer encourages visual learning, builds reading skills, and connects thought with written expression.
- #12: http://www.epa.gov/wastes/education/kids/games/crossword/Retrieved through the teacher internet resource, Community Learning Network: http://www.cln.org/subjects.html
- #13: http://www.edhelper.com/logic/Logic56.htmRetrieved through the teacher internet resource, EdHelper.com: http://www.edhelper.com/
- #14: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/code/BuildWordSearch.aspRetrieved through the teacher internet resource, Puzzlemaker: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
- #15: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/human-footprint/consumption-interactive.htmlRetrieved through the teacher internet resource, Teachers First: http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm
- #16: This subject-specific resource was retrieved through Science Net Links under the resources tab on Blackboard. The game and image were retrieved from http://sciencenetlinks.com/tools/power-up/
- #17: http://earth911.com/ would be considered an online data source and an online reference material
- #18: The hyperlink resource was retrieved from http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/games/puzzles/hidden_words.htm and would be considered an interactive website and online project for students.
- #19: Save The Planet:https://www.facebook.com/SaveThePlanetSustainable/info
- #20: BoxCycle: http://www.boxcycle.com/ (retrieved from GO2WEB20 applications index under module 6)