4th-8th grade

Climate Change

Grades 4th-8th

What is climate change?

Students will learn what climate change is and the effects it is having on our planet. Students will learn through doing hands-on crafts and activities, games, movies, books, and informational videos. Students can explore the activities in the categories listed below and enjoy learning about the topic of the week!

Introduction Question:

What is climate change?

The Short Answer:

“Climate change describes a change in the average conditions — such as temperature and rainfall — in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth’s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years.”

(see video link below)

Global Warming vs. Climate Change

Activity options:

1. Climate change in canning jars link:

Science Wiz: Climate Change in Canning Jars | SUMMER OF FUNNER

2.Melting Polar Ice cap link:

Melting Polar Ice Caps – Science Experiments for Kids

3. Climate Change - A wisconsin Activity Guide Grades 7-12 - Science Inspires Art Inspires Society

Outdoor/Indoor games:

1.Water game ideas:

25 water games your kids can play this summer

2. Minute to Win it game ideas:

34 Fun And Easy Minute To Win It Games For Kids Everyone Will Enjoy

Movies:

Movies That Teach Kids About Climate Change

Books:

Hartford Public Library link: https://sites.google.com/d/1QKpx0lMuSJYcszceFLZoGYJ0Si_ZCkF2/p/1MFwfiwDrmWANzHmMjZ3uIYEgYcV1VdBf/edit

It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired, & Get Going, by Chelsea Clinton
It’s Getting Hot in Here: The Past, Present, and Future of Climate Change, by Bridget Heos
How We Know What We Know about Our Changing Climate, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch
Exodus, by Julie Bertagna
Love in the Time of Global Warming, by Francesca Lia Block
The Last Wild, by Piers Torday

Endangered species

Grades 4th-8th

Endangered species

Students will learn about various endangered species and reasons why they are endangered. Students will also learn about animals here in Connecticut that are on the list of endangered species as well as ways to help protect them. Students will learn through doing hands-on crafts and activities, games, movies, books, and informational videos. Students can explore the activities in the categories listed below and enjoy learning about the topic of the week!

Activities:

Craft Stick Bald Eagle

Tissue Paper Bald Eagle Craft

Polar Bear Craft Made from Cardboard

Sea Turtle Craft (you can improvise with materials! Be creative!)

Trick in 15 sec - How to make a Penguins with Plastic Bottles

Outdoor/Indoor games:

http://www.gamesforchange.org/studentchallenge/la/endangered-species/#1542741618378-be6bee97-117d

https://cptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/plum14.sci.life.lpendanger/exploring-endangered-species/

Top ten water games for hot days

Movies:

13 Movies to Get Kids to Fall in Love with Animals & Nature

Book suggestions:

Hartford Public Library link: https://www.hplct.org/

Endangered Animals Books

Extinct & Endangered Animals - Kids, Animals - Kids

What can you do?

Grades 4th-8th

What can you do?

Students will learn various ways that they can be proactive in helping the environment. Students will learn through doing up-cycle crafts and activities, movies, books, and informational videos. Students can explore the activities in the categories listed below and enjoy learning about the topic of the week!