Environmental research

As a culminating project for fifth grade (after learning about keyword search strategies and website evaluation), students researched an environmental nonprofit and created a persuasive presentation to convince classmates to "vote" for their charity. Students took notes while listening to the presentations and then used pretend $100 bills to "donate" to the organization of their choice. Students did a great job and there were some hard decisions! The top two nonprofits from each class received a $100 donation from Ms. Dunnewind: World Wildlife Fund, Oceana, Environmental Defense Action Fund, Marine Mammal Center, Rainforest Alliance, and American Rivers. Please see some of the presentations below (shared with student permission) for more information about the great work these nonprofits are doing!