Lesson Plans for Teaching Sustainability Once I found this site I immediately thought that it could help me with creating my lessons for my health unit. It would also be an amazing resource for other teachers that want to incorporate climate change lessons into their classroom. It has great information about why sustainability is important … Continue reading Teach For America: Sustainability – Internet Resource for Teachers
PBS Parents This site is extremely helpful for parents to be able to learn how to discuss this topic with their child. It also allows them to be able to use this site alongside their kids. It gives great activities such as, The Water Cycle, Garden Math, and Simple Geography Game. These activities and other … Continue reading PBS Parents – Internet Resource for Parents
Nonfiction – “Animal Ark” By Kwame Alexander, Photographs by Joel Sartore Publication date: May 5, 2009 Description – “Animal Ark” is a collaboration between National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and author Kwame Alexander. I chose this book because I loved how it incorporated poetry into a book about animals and their different characteristics. I thought … Continue reading “Animal Ark” – Nonfiction Literature Resource
Fiction Title: Sorry I forgot to Ask! Author: Julia Book Illustrator: Kelsey De Weerd Grade Level: K-6 Published Date: January 15, 2012 Description of the book:This book is about a little boy named JR who is playing with his friend and doesn’t ask for permission from his parents to go on the computer among another … Continue reading Primary & Intermediate Literature on Internet Addiction
“Put down your phone and get back to life” App Name: Moment Rights Holder: Kevin Holesh Year: 2017 Version Number: 3.2 Price: Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUq3Kd4xlTU This applet allows for students to track how much time they have spent on the internet, on apps, on their devices by breaking it up by days and weeks. It also … Continue reading Useful Applet for Managing Internet Addiction
Documentary Title: Web Junkie Year: 2013 Directors: Hilla Medalia, Shosh Shlam Length: 1 hour 14 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2yqOhiEj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqctG3NnDa0 Description: The Chinese government is the first to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder. This documentary identifies internet addiction and focuses on the treatment used to help de-program teenagers in China. The movie stars teenagers with … Continue reading Media Portrayal of Internet Addiction
Fiction – “The Adventures of an Aluminum Can” By Alison Inches, Illustrated by Mark Chambers Publication date: February 14, 2017 Description – This book is a story of recycling. It is part of the Little Green Books series and I thought that it would be fun to have multiple books all about environmentalism that I … Continue reading “The Adventures of an Aluminum Can” – Fiction Literature Resource
Nasa Climate Kids I thought that this site did a good job of providing accessible information about climate change and environmental health. The information was easy to understand and provides multiple resources if a student has more questions. On the homepage, it allows students to take a guided tour of “The Big Questions” such as, … Continue reading Nasa Climate Kids – Internet Resource for Students
“Reading Rainbow: How Trash is Recycled with Levar Burton” – Documentary Produced by: Reading Rainbow Year Published: April 21, 2014 Length: 6 minutes 23 seconds This documentary is a short video that is easily accessible on YouTube. It is from the show “Reading Rainbow” hosted by LeVar Burton. I chose this documentary because it provides … Continue reading “Reading Rainbow” – Documentary Media Resource
Finding an interactive app was a bit difficult for my topic of environmental health. I downloaded and tested about 7 games before I found “Habitat the Game”. This app is the only one that I felt gave the support and information students needed to fully understand the important environmental health topics that we will be … Continue reading Habitat the Game – App Resource