Saving Our Planet | Earth Day 2010

The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is April 2010. Earth Day is dedicated to preserving and advancing our environmental and ecological systems, including plants, animals, the oceans, the land, and the atmosphere. Many of these separate issues are involved and affected by global warming and climate change.

Earth Day Network is the action group that implements the vision of Earth Day. It operates on the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Its mission is to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide, and to mobilize it as the most effective vehicle for promoting a sustainable environment.

They pursue the mission through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer activism campaigns. The campaign and programs are grounded in the belief that an educated, energized population will take action to secure a healthy future for itself and its children. Earth Day Network has a global reach with a network of more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. More than 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities, making it the largest secular civic event in the world.

Our ProQuest editors have created a BookCart learning activity that helps students learn more about the environment and global warming. BookCart learning activities include everything that students need to succeed in inquiry-based learning in one place. Contrast this to traditional research assignments where students have to corral and organize separate instructions and resources.

You can copy, edit, and adapt these models to differentiate instruction for your students. Learn how here, or see a short video.

• Logon to the eLibrary Elementary TEACHER EDITION.
• Click the BOOKCART ADMIN tab of the Teacher Edition.
• Click the PROQUEST CARTS tab.
• Type "Global Warming and Climate Change" in the SEARCH box
• Click the COPY icon (middle one) in the ACTIONS column to the right of this title (Elementary version—2010).
• Click RETURN TO MY LOCAL CARTS.

Librarians or teachers can edit this BookCart to customize it for their students. To edit this BookCart:

• Click the new BookCart TITLE with the prefix COPY OF.
• Delete "Copy of" and then type your name in the AUTHOR boxes and your initials in the EMAIL box (required info).
• Option: Edit any ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS for your students in the DESCRIPTION box.
• Option: Edit the existing STUDENT DIRECTIONS in the Description box.
• Scroll down and click SAVE.
• Click RETURN TO MY LOCAL CARTS.

Students should select one specific aspect of preserving the environment from the pathfinder listed below. Assign students to write a report of at least 100 words that cites at least three resources and addresses the essential questions for critical thinking listed below:

• What are the causes of this environmental problem?
• How does this environmental problem affect quality of life on our planet?
• What strategies are being used to help solve the problem?

Topics Tab > Science > Environment

Select one of the following topics for the report—Acid Rain; Air; Oil spills; Pesticides & Toxic Substances; Phytoremediation; Waste Management; or Water.

Use our custom ProQuest models for written and PowerPoint-style reports.