Earth
Day at Kid's Domain
Global
Warming Kids Site
World in the Balance (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance
(make sure to go to Earth in Peril.
How do consumption and rapid population growth affect our planet's natural
resources? Explore the many ways in this collection of maps. ) |
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Environmental Education for Kids
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http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_new.main
For Kindergarten and First Grade
When is the best day to go outside and play?
Buster
Butterfly shows you when the air is clean and it's good to play outside
and when you should stay inside to play. |
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Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures
was created to teach children about environmental issues. Every eight weeks,
Maggie and her dog, Dude, are sent on missions to investigate problems
all over the world. Each module is also packed with experiments, recipes,
games, and very comprehensive teachers' resources. |
Earthtroop
http://www.earthtroop.com/index.asp
Through cartoons, music,
videos, games and activities they try to show how ordinary people, both
children and adults, can safeguard the Earth and make it a better place. |
Earthdog is an environment-friendly
character on the Web who educates kids about environmental issues. |
| Earth
Day games |
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Ecology
Games
Ecology
Songs
Recycling
In My Home
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
Recycling in my home goes round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
Recycling in my home goes round and
round,
All through the day.
Tie up the papers and take them back,
Take them back, take them back.
Tie up the papers and take them back,
All through the day.
Crush the cans and take them back.....
Rinse the milk bottles and take them
back....
Save the glass and take it back......
This Old Earth
(tune: This Old Man)
This old earth
Needs our help
To stay fresh and clean and green
With a pick it up; pitch it in; and throw
it in the can-
This old earth needs a helping hand!
Every Day is Earth Day
Everyday is Earth Day,
If it's cold or wet or hot
Pitch in to save the planet
It's the only one we've got.
Arbor Day
Dick Hayman
The seeds we plant today
With sun and rain and rest
Will grow to be the shade
That all the land wears best.
Save the Earth
Betty Miles
People everywhere
breathe the same air,
share the same seas,
live together on the land.
People everywhere
who learn, plan,
work, care,
can
save the earth.
In Tune With Mother Nature
If you listen for the songbirds
As they greet the summer sun,
And love the way the wind can make
The trees sings just for fun;
If you like to hear the ocean
As it drums upon the shore,
And imagine all the whales out there,
And hope they'll sing some more;
If you think of all the animals
As players in a band,
Each with a lovely tune to play,
All needed on the land;
And know that as a boy or girl
A woman or a man
You have a vital role to play
In Mother Nature's plan;
If you honor every living thing
As a part of nature's treasure
You're in tune with Mother Nature
So let's all sing her song together.
Earth Day
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.
And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.
That's why we
Celebrate this day.
That's why across
The world we say:
As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Trash
sung to "London Bridge"
Trash is blowing all around,
All around, all around,
Trash is blowing all around
All around the town.
Let's get busy and pick it up,
Pick it up, pick it up.
Let's get busy and pick it up,
All around the town.
Get a trash bag and put it in,
Put it in, put it in.
Get a trash bag and put it in,
All around the town.
Pollution
Song
(tune -My Bonnie)
The litter blows
over the highway
The litter blows
over the park: Unless we do something to stop it
The world will
be LITERALLY dark
pick up, Pick up,
oh pick up the litter you see, you see.
Pick up, pick up,
oh pick, the litter you see.
The cars that drive
over the highway
Are spewing exhaust
in the air
We're leading our
world to extinction.
And just don't
seem to care
Bring back, bring
back, bring back a clean word to me to me
Bring back, bring
back please bring back a clean world to me.
God gave us clean
air for our breathing
But we just don't
keep it that way:
Instead we pollute
it from smoke stacks
and breath in the
garbage each day
Bring back, bring
back, bring back a clean world to me to me.
Bring back, bring
back, please bring back a clean world to me.
Save Our Earth, Recycle!
tune: The More We Get Together
Save our earth recycle, recycle, recycle.
Save our earth recycle-it's easy to do.
'Cause your trash and my trash make up far
too much trash.
Save our earth recycle, it's easy to do!
Author Unknown
7 Big Continents
7 big continents, 7 big continents!
Big, big, land! Big, big land!
Africa and Asia! Antarctica and Europe!
Big, big land! Big, big, land!
7 big continents, 7 big continents!
North and South America!
And then there is Australia!
Big, big land! Big, big land!
(author unknown)
Let's Recycle!
Sung to "London Bridge"
Separate the trash you have.
Trash you have, trash you have.
Separate the trash you have,
Let's recycle!
Plastic, cardboard and glass jars,
And glass jars, and glass jars.
Plastic, cardboard and glass jars,
Let's recycle!
Cans and boxes, newspapers,
Newspapers, newspapers.
Cans and boxes, newspapers,
Let's recycle!
Share this with your mom and dad,
Tell your friends, everyone.
Share this with your mom and dad.
Let's recycle!
KIm Chaney
If a Tree Could Talk
Rozanne Williams
If a tree could talk, what would it say?
"Don't chop me down, just walk away."
If a river could talk, what would it say?"
"Don't dump in trash, throw it away."
If the air could talk, what would it say?
"The factories must learn to keep smoke away."
If the animals could talk, what would they
say?
"Help us to live, we wish to stay."
If the Earth could talk, what would it say?
"Protect me by making everyday Earth day."
We've Got The Whole
World In Our Hands
(sing to: "He's Got the Whole World In His
Hands"
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the whole, wide world in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got the whole world in our hands.
We've got to reduce all our trash.
We've got to reduce all our trash.
We've got to reduce all our trash.
We've got to take care of our world.
We've got to reuse all we can.
We've got to reuse all we can.
We've got to reuse all we can.
We've got to take care of our world.
We've got to recycle all we can.
We've got to recycle all we can.
We've got to recycle all we can.
We've got to take care of our world.
(adapted from Kid's Earth Book)
"The Down-to-the-Earth-Rock"
Dig down to the crust--you must!
To the mantle's solid rock--it's hot!
Bore to the outer core--melted iron and nickel.
On to the inner core--it won't tickle.
You'll be boiling as you're toiling.
Shovel through the inner core.
Pass the outer just once more.
On to the mantle--now don't you bust!
You're goin' up,up,up,up,up,--into the crust!
Mary Beth Klee
Credit for
this scorecard goes to;
idea to Earth Child: Games, Stories, Activities,
Experiments & Ideas About Living Lightly and Planet Earth. Kathryn
Sheehan and Mary Waidner,Ph.D. Council Oak Books, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120,
1991. This is a wonderful reference for ideas on protecting our planet
and everything that is living.
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If you recycle newspaper, used computer paper,
and some junk mail, add 10 pts.
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If you picked up litter in the past week, add
5 pts. If you littered in any way. Subtract 20 pts.
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If you planted one or more trees in the past
year, add 10 pts.
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If you drove your car (or had someone drive
you) to destination fewer that two blocks away in the last week, subtract
20 pts.
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If you have taken your children to a natural
setting, such as the woods, a stream or a mountain trail in the last month,
add 10 pts.
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If you recycle aluminum cans and aluminum foil,
add 10 pts.
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If you burn or bag your leaves or grass clippings,
subtract 10 pts. If you compost, mulch, or leave you leaves or grass alone
to decompose, add 5 pts.
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If you have a compost pile, add 10 pts.
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If you have a family vegetable garden, add 5
pts.
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If you have forgotten to turn off a light, television,
or radio in an empty room today, subtract 10 pts.
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If you have purchased a product packaged in
a foam container in the past week (that includes food from some fast food
restaurants), subtract 5 pts.
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If you use both sides of a piece of paper before
throwing it away, add 5 pts.
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If you recycle glass and plastic, add 10 pts.
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If you have volunteered your time for an environmental
cause in the past year (such as paper drive, trash pick-up, etc.), add
10 pts.
How did your family score????
90 points or above: Indeed you are a friendly
family of the Earth!
80 to 89 points: You are a concerned family
and doing OK.
70 to 79 points: Your family needs to make
a plan and try harder.
Below 69: Your family is contributing to
the problem. |
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are tons of things for students to do to help save the environment.
Students can also look in their local library for books and pamphlets about
saving the environment, or they can write to the organizations listed below
or visit their Web sites. |
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