Earth Day, Week, and Month of April

Celebrating Earth Day on April 22 With Students

Alan Hoffmann and Katherine Leathem 1991 Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute

Earth Day affords science teachers with an outstanding opportunity to focus student's attention on the environment and to stimulate their creativity and imagination, so that they can act persuasively to help solve environmental problems. Our belief is that all schools should make this day a tradition which students and faculty eagerly anticipate. The organization of activities for such an event lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach which allows for school-wide participation in the learning process.
Our suggestion is that Earth Day evolve into a week of activities that tend to be student- action oriented. Ideally, these activities will provide them with a means to act on their convictions. Most importantly these activities can provide a progressive model which can make Earth Day activities part of the schedule all year long. It is our charge to keep fresh in the minds of our students the motto that "Earth Day is every day".
Go to http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1991/earthday.html to see a list of examples of activities at various levels of involvement to be used for Earth Week, Day-22, or Month.

See more Earth Day resources at http://geocities.com/mrsjacksonsclass/earthday.htm . I was looking for ideas for my blog and I found this article that listed many projects for Earth Day and Month. Please visit their site at http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1991/earthday.html to see the many activities and projects that you can use to make every day an Earth Day.