Good morning! HAPPY EARTH DAY!!
The work to turn in for today's learning is listed below:
- Math: Topic A Exit Ticket (in Showbie)
- Reading: History of Earth Day Problem Solution Chart (in Showbie)
- Grammar: Wednesday's Lesson (in Showbie)
- Science: Continue working on your simple machines presentation (in google slides) OR Earth Day Activities
- Informational Writing: Continue working on explaining/expanding on the Subtopics (in GoogleDocs)
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Earth Day scavenger hunt answer key:
- The Earth Day Network hopes to plant 7.8 billion in the next five years.
- In 1962, Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was published.
- Naturalist John Muir said, “The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.”
- The U.S. government created the Environmental Protection Agency and then passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.
- In addition to being made of hemp and wood, paper can be made from panda poop!
- Effects of climate change and global warming include higher temperatures and more heat waves, warmer oceans, rising sea levels, changes in plant life cycles, thawing permafrost, less snow and ice, changes in animal migration and life cycles, damaged corals, and changing rain and snow patterns.
- It can take up to 700 years for plastic to decompose (break down) in a landfill.
- Throwaway toxic electronics like cell phones are called e-trash.
- A single tree can absorb one ton of CO2 over its lifetime.
- Kids can recycle aluminum cans, plastic and glass bottles, and paper and cardboard. Kids can unplug electronic gadgets, turn down the thermostat, use air-conditioning less, and ride their bikes or walk instead of getting car rides. Kids can conserve water by turning off the faucet when they’re brushing their teeth and by taking shorter showers.
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