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Go Green: Preserve & Protect Teacher Resources
2009 / 2010 School Year Online Resources For Study And Action
Click on the links below for lesson plans and resources for your classroom. To order additional copies of the Go Green tabloid publication or copies of The Orlando Sentinel electronic or print editions, e-mail nie@orlandosentinel.com
►Click here to read Publix Sustainability information to learn how to green your routine.
Click on the links below to download interactive lesson plans to be used with electronic editions of The Orlando Sentinel, IWB'S and/or classroom computers.
►Lesson 1: Weather Tracking
►Lesson 2: Calculating Your Carbon Footprint
►Lesson 3: Bags: Paper or Plastic?"
►Click here to download dynamic interactive flip charts developed to run with Interactive White Boards.
Lessons were built on Promethean ACTIVboards 2.3MB (If you have difficulty running on SMARTBoard and Mimeo Boards please contact your local school district Digital Education Department for conversion directions)
►Click here to download "Climate Change": Connections and Solutions Interdisciplinary Curriculum Guide for Middle School
A complete two week curriculum from - Facing The Future
Grade Level: 6-8
Copyright (c) 2007 Facing the Future
Subject Areas
- Science
- Social Studies
- Mathematics
- Communications
- Technology
- Language Arts
- Health
- Business/Finance
Key Concepts:
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide trends
- Carbon footprint
- Climate change policy
- Ecosystems
- Emissions trading
- Energy use and conservation
- Environmental justice
- Environmental regulations
- Equity, poverty, and scarcity
- Global connections
- Greenhouse effect
- Greenhouse gases
- Personal and structural solutions
- Regional climate impacts
- Renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
- Temperature trendsudent Objectives
- Explain the science behind the greenhouse effect and rising global temperatures
- Investigate current and historic carbon dioxide trends
- Understand the impacts of climate change on living communities
- Assess personal carbon emissions
Announcement for teachers
Bealls Department Stores, Inc., has launched the Bealls and Whistles for Schools grant program, which will give $10,000 grants to ten Florida schools. Applications for Bealls and Whistles for Schools grants will be accepted December 1-31, 2010.
Help for teachers
The Orlando Sentinel recognizes the financial strain teachers face this year, and we are dedicated to helping you! Fundraising in the Classroom is a seamless program that gives you the opportunity to raise funds while also enhancing your curriculum with current events.
Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors, the Orlando Sentinel's Newspaper in Education program is helping kids become strong thinkers. This program provides newspapers at a discounted rate and free educational supplements to local schools. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all our sponsors, including these!
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