Consult these guidelines for global climate change education from
the National Wildlife Federation . . .
the National Wildlife Federation . . .
Art teachers! The Alliance to Save Energy offers a fun, down-
loadable Flip Off the Hog switch-plate cover, but why not have
your students create their own out of index cards, plus illustrated
sticky notes with reminders to themselves and their families to
take easy steps to conserve energy?
loadable Flip Off the Hog switch-plate cover, but why not have
your students create their own out of index cards, plus illustrated
sticky notes with reminders to themselves and their families to
take easy steps to conserve energy?
Down-load the Energy Hog Challenge Teacher Guide for
grades 3-6, from the Alliance to Save Energy. It provides
information and activities to support science, technology,
math, language arts and social studies learning through
exploration of different sources of energy, how energy is
used -- and how students can save energy by becoming
Energy Hog Busters. Student guide available, too.
grades 3-6, from the Alliance to Save Energy. It provides
information and activities to support science, technology,
math, language arts and social studies learning through
exploration of different sources of energy, how energy is
used -- and how students can save energy by becoming
Energy Hog Busters. Student guide available, too.
Schools spend more on energy than they do on computers and text
books combined! Green schools lower their energy budgets,
reduce their contributions to local air pollution and global climate
change and have more comfortable classrooms and facilities.
books combined! Green schools lower their energy budgets,
reduce their contributions to local air pollution and global climate
change and have more comfortable classrooms and facilities.
. . . and this great source of guidance and K-12
lesson plans: Teaching About Climate Change: Cool
Schools Tackle Global Warming, edited by Tim
Grant and Gail Littlejohn, New Society Publishers,
2001, ISBN 0-86571-437-1, $15.95.
lesson plans: Teaching About Climate Change: Cool
Schools Tackle Global Warming, edited by Tim
Grant and Gail Littlejohn, New Society Publishers,
2001, ISBN 0-86571-437-1, $15.95.
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Want to teach your students about climate change, but
not sure which concepts are age-appropriate, much
less how to teach them?
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Geography and social studies teachers! Here's a source of some
excellent cartograms from Mark Newman, University of Michigan.
They come in map-only format and as a hand-out with explanatory
text. We recommend these three maps for starters:
excellent cartograms from Mark Newman, University of Michigan.
They come in map-only format and as a hand-out with explanatory
text. We recommend these three maps for starters:
World Map, of
land mass
proportionality
land mass
proportionality
