Activities

This page is full of videos to learn about what people are doing to help our environment, activities to learn more about it, and some suggestions about how YOU can help too!

Reducing Indoor Air Pollution | PBS LearningMediaIn this STEM activity from Cyberchase, students learn that plants can be used to help reduce indoor air pollution and make the air healthier to breathe. In the accompanying classroom activity, they use ratios and estimation to determine the number of plants needed to decrease the indoor air pollution in a room. Extend the learning with the related Cyberchase at-home activity Design Your Own Plant Superhero.

Measuring and Saving Water | Cyberchase | PBS LearningMediaStudents learn ways to conserve water, an important natural resource, in this STEM activity from Cyberchase. In the accompanying classroom activity, they calculate how much water is wasted from a leaky faucet over time and brainstorm different ways to save water. Extend the learning with the related Cyberchase at-home activity Create a Family Water Conservation Plan.

Warming Up With Temperature | PBS LearningMediaIn this STEM activity from Cyberchase, students learn how a green roof can help to make a building cooler. In the accompanying classroom activity, they use a paper thermometer to calculate changes in temperature and demonstrate their understanding of how a green roof can be helpful. Extend the learning with the related Cyberchase at-home activity Temperature Scavenger Hunt.

Cyberchase | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | PBS LearningMediaBy practicing the reducing, reusing and recycling, we can cut our trash by significant amounts and lower our impact on landfills and the planet.

Cyberchase | Trash Dash Game | PBS LearningMediaTeams compete to score as many points as possible by sorting objects into bins for reuse, recycling, compost, or landfill and completing obstacles along the way.

Invasive Species and Non-Standard Measurement | PBS LearningMediaStudents learn about invasive species and the basic needs of plants in this STEM activity from Cyberchase. In the accompanying activity, they use non-standard measures and demonstrate their understanding of plants' needs and invasive species.

Cyberchase | Help! Too Much Kelp! | PBS LearningMediaIn this Cyberchase lesson, students learn about keystone species are those that, although small in numbers, play a large role in maintaining the balance between predator and prey in an ecosystem.

Cyberchase | Cooking with the Sun Activity | PBS LearningMediaAfter watching a Cyberchase video, answering discussion questions and completing an activity, students will learn how to collect energy from the sun, convert it to electricity, and store it for use at night or on cloudy days.

Ways YOU can get involved:

*Clean up your yard by picking up any trash, fallen branches, and leaves.

*Create a Recycle Center in your home. Make bins (could be boxes, empty tubs, buckets) for each type of material you can recycle at your house.

*Write a letter to a local or federal representative about why we should not use straws or single-use plastics.

Federal officials:

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

local officials: http://www.wakegov.com/elections/voters/Pages/electedofficials.asp

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