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Great story about how each committed person can make a difference. Wish the song were available on the site so we could hear it.

A Mozambican musician who campaigns for clean water and sanitation has been awarded a top environmental prize, described as the Nobel Prize of grassroots environmentalism. Modestly, Santos said the $150,000 (£75,000) prize money would not change his life but it would help focus attention on what was happening on the ground in Mozambique and Africa. "It shows that even if you live in poor places, such as Niassa, you can have an influence on the world. "Let's not talk about the money, let's do things that can change the world. Don't think about awards, think about quality of life. (song is not on the page)

This figure-8 path that the sun makes in the sky is called the analemma. On some days you might notice that the sun is not in the sky where, according to the time on your watch, you would expect it to be.

What these kids made, the photos on this site..truely one of the best pieces of work I've seen...if you go into the material you get to "PORTRAITS'they painted in anticipation and prep for the project. It blows me away. I want to teach here.

Now we know why Al Gore was too busy to come on Earthcast08. :-) He was on the Oprah show! This site actually has some great resources for "going green" including suggestions for taking action and working to change laws.

Video clip of Al Gore talking about global warming and going green on the Oprah show-April 22, 2008. Lots of great resources including a Green Checklist, organizations working to help the environment and a message board to share your story. Also has tips for getting laws changed.

Do you know NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a huge hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan? Curious to read more about mysterious feature?

Do you know NASA's Cassini spacecraft is monitoring the evolution of a mysterious feature in a huge hydrocarbon sea on Saturn's moon Titan? Curious to read more about mysterious feature?

I liked this one to initiate lessons in writing and making

We all are aware of the fact that billions of years ago, there was very little oxygen on Earth to breathe. Scientist of University of California at Riverside (UCR) have researched when in Earth's history oxygen may have abundant. Curious to know how origins of Earth survived?

We all are aware of the fact that billions of years ago, there was very little oxygen on Earth to breathe. Scientist of University of California at Riverside (UCR) have researched when in Earth's history oxygen may have abundant. Curious to know how origins of Earth survived?

Do you know new study could provide visions about the abundance of water in fragments from a famous asteroid? This research mainly focused on a mineral called apatite. Want to know more about this asteroid?

Do you know new study could provide visions about the abundance of water in fragments from a famous asteroid? This research mainly focused on a mineral called apatite. Want to know more about this asteroid?

Earth Day story on Star Fall (K-2)

Earth Day story by Starfall for K-2

You have only to look up into the sky to try your luck at weather forecasting. Clouds give us a clue about what is going on in our atmosphere and how the weather might change in the hours or even days to come. Each type of cloud forms in a different way,

This experiment can only be done at solar noon twice a year; at the spring and autumnal equinox. These are the two times the sun is directly over the equator. You can do this experiment one or two days before or after the equinox to work around cloudy day

Invitation to join and explaination of one project I'm involved with, inquiry, science

On going inquiry project you can join

my classroom video, picked up by a big local blog on earthday

Earth Day 2008 by Melissa on April 21, 2008 ("Just a Geeky Girl") With Earth Day fast approaching what ways are you helping to "save the planet?" This year I was part of Earth Hour by shutting off the lights and electronics in my home for more than an hour that evening. Along with that, I'm doing my part by conserving energy and water, recycling, and using more "earth friendly" products...

Shared by Chris Pirillo--personal statement by Melissa about what she is doing to make the world/earth a better place to live.

Eagle cam on Chanel Islands, check this out, cool!

greenpeace on the warpath - got this from a school blog in Romania - that was sending in pics for earthdaybags.org - different attitude over there in europe

A list I made last year of things to work on earth awarenesses

We're so proud and really get a kick out of saying that we, The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company, is focused today on the production, innovation and marketing of all sorts of fun products journals made from elephant poopoo!