The tenth anniversary of the Great American Cleanup in March kicked off a series of environmental preservation and beautification efforts that will occur in April—Earth Day is April 22, Arbor Day is April 24, and all of April is National Garden Month.
Each of these campaigns helps to organize millions of volunteers who are dedicated to the war on litter, energy conservation, and community beautification through nature. Many of the volunteers have been and will be students. This is a great opportunity for teachers to provide students with both academic and practical lessons in environmental science.
Learning Activity
Assign student to select an environmental topic and write a report of at least 100 words that cites at least three resources. Students should address the following essential questions for critical thinking (you can add or substitute others):
Why did you select this environmental topic?
What are some of the problems that need to be solved in the selected environment?
What is being done presently that seems to be working to solve these problems?
What more could be done?
How can you contribute to this work?
Pathfinder
Select the Subject Heading option > type "Conservation of natural resources" then click the link "Conservation of natural resources" > Select a topic from the list on the right
