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Earth Day Guide to Being Green HandoutEarth Day Guide to Being Green Handout
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Disney
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1st - 6th
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Earth Day Guide to Being Green

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Have fun completing Earth Day related activities while learning about simple ways to preserve the Earth. Implement some of the ideas for going green as a class, like cleaning up a local park or planting a tree at school.

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Concepts

recycling, environmental stewardship, the environment, conservation, earth day

Additional Tags

earth day, conservation, environmentalism, recycling, science

Instructional Ideas

  • Raise awareness about conservation by sending this home and encouraging children and parents to read and discuss the guide together

Classroom Considerations

  • Start by saving paper and printing these pages two-sided, rather than gluing them together as the instructions suggest

Pros

  • Provides a coloring page, word search, and maze that reinforce ideas for going green
  • Offers 16 different ideas for helping to save the environment
  • Includes instructions for assembling the Guide to Being Green

Cons

  • Teacher must develop instruction to address key concepts and vocabulary included in the guide
  • Not adaptable to Common Core or Next Generation Science Standards

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