This video is an end product of the solution to a group's project-based learning big idea of pollution. It incorporates the three R's of recycling: reuse, reduce, and recycle. The video shows a creative approach in involving a school to promote recycling to help endangered animals affected by pollution.
This webpage is from WWF, World Wildlife Fund, a global conservation organization that works to protect nature and all of its animals. This page provides brief yet valuable information about how we can reduce our impact to help animals affected by pollution.
The scholastic website provides a multitude of resources and activities for teacher and students to use. Some include technology tools, organizers, and templates. One template in particular, KWL chart, allows students to sort through information by aid of a graphic organizer. In the "K" column of the chart, students are able to indicate what they already know about the chosen topic. In the "W" column, students are welcome to write down what they want to learn about the key topic. Then once new information was learned and questions answered, students have the opportunity to write down what they learned in the "L" column.
Doodle Splash is an interactive tool from readthinkwrite. It allows for students to visualize what they are learning and/or reading by creating with doodles, drawings, and symbols to express themselves. After completing an image, students can print their creation and share with the class for feedback and assessment.
This site provides on online presentation of a children's book, Harriet's Home at the Sea written by Evelyn Wang. The book presents a child-friendly account of an oil spill and how the water habitat suffers from oil pollution.
This YouTube video was produced by a non-profit organization, RI/MA, which works to promote education and action for a cleaner environment. The video shows a group of volunteers take action to clean up a beach. It is one way to show how we can help animals affected by pollution.