Environment

Introduce California State Library Resources:

ProQuest e-Library 

• Common Assignments:  environmental Issues

• SIRS Issues Researcher

Pearson My Perspectives Unit 4 People and the Planet

Connections:

Silent Spring

DDT

Al Gore

Global Warming

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Lesson by Mrs. GRU

Plastic Bottles Pro/Con

Sea Turtles

Eagles:  Documentary Photography Photo Analysis

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Research Environmental Issues

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Global Warming

Water Pollution

Air Pollution

Pesticides

Fossil Fuels

Littering

Endangered Species

Animal Endangerment

Performance Task:

Write an argument in which you state and defend a claim in response to the following question:

• Are the needs of people ever more important than the needs of animals and the planet?

https://www.laprogressive.com/economy-more-important-than-environment/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-carey/the-great-economy-versus-_b_1398439.html

Extensions:

Read Aloud of The Wump World by Bill Peet (14 minutes)

Talk about how we use children's book to teach morals to our children. What is the lesson to be learned? (Author's Purpose)

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Cause Effect Lesson

Resources:

50 Ways to Help the Planet

Middle School Environmental Research Project Teachers Pay Teachers FREEBIE

WWF Ideas for Environmental Research

Top Children's Books on the Environment from A Mighty Girl

Reader's Digest 41 ways Kids can save the planet in 5 minutes or less

26 Ways Kids Can Protect the Environment!

55 Ways to Save the Environment and Make a Difference

101 Ways To Heal The Earth

Earth Day on the EPA Website

Start a Recycling program at your school

Recycle Crayons