This site was wonderful! My daughter and I enjoyed creating a story about "the Garbage Capers". What an engaging and creative way to help young children understand environmental issues. Coincidentally, this evening we watched a show called, "The Backyard Scientists" (or something to this nature). It showed childen attempting a variety of experiments and questioning each step, "Hmm ... What if we did...?". I thought that this was a fantastic show. What a wonderful way to model the "nature of science" for children!
I was extremely excited to explore this website. As an environmental sciences major, it was fun to see the different teaching ideas and various topics there are to discuss with students.
I did the Eco-Climates of Canada quiz and was excited that my four-year degree came in handy. I actually got every question right! (Mind you, with a small amount of background knowledge, they are slightly straight-forward questions - but I was still proud of myself).
I wonder, if there were enough computers available within the classroom, you couldn't separate the class into groups, and have different stations, one of which could be exploring some of the activities on this (and other) website(s). I would have loved doing that as a student!
Isn't the ecokids website wonderful? I like the sound of that show Backyard Scientists too! I'll look into more details and post something on it for everyone.
Yvonne, I know what you mean about the logistics of using this site in the classroom it could be difficult. I have not tried it. I have used many of the wonderful teacher downloads though. We got a lesson plan on An Animal Council for the Arctic. In our grade 2 and grade 3 class we read a book called Arctic Summer by Downs Matthews. The children chose an animal and made an animal mask. We talked about the arctic ecosystem and the yearly cycle. They started playing "The Arctic" at recess. We talked about the human impact on the arctic and global warming and the ice melting. The children wanted to put on a play about the arctic to let people know what was happening there. So we wrote one together and they performed it for their parents on Earth Day. Carol
Great resource, I loved this site! Excellent array of activites and nicely organized into subtopics, making it very easy to find what you are looking for on any particular topic. I must admit my husband and I were up far to late playing Ladybug Breakdown :) My four year old son was able to play many of the games as well. Definitely bookmarking this one!
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This site was wonderful! My daughter and I enjoyed creating a story about "the Garbage Capers". What an engaging and creative way to help young children understand environmental issues. Coincidentally, this evening we watched a show called, "The Backyard Scientists" (or something to this nature). It showed childen attempting a variety of experiments and questioning each step, "Hmm ... What if we did...?". I thought that this was a fantastic show. What a wonderful way to model the "nature of science" for children!
I was extremely excited to explore this website. As an environmental sciences major, it was fun to see the different teaching ideas and various topics there are to discuss with students.
I did the Eco-Climates of Canada quiz and was excited that my four-year degree came in handy. I actually got every question right! (Mind you, with a small amount of background knowledge, they are slightly straight-forward questions - but I was still proud of myself).
I wonder, if there were enough computers available within the classroom, you couldn't separate the class into groups, and have different stations, one of which could be exploring some of the activities on this (and other) website(s). I would have loved doing that as a student!
-yvonne
Isn't the ecokids website wonderful? I like the sound of that show Backyard Scientists too! I'll look into more details and post something on it for everyone.
Yvonne, I know what you mean about the logistics of using this site in the classroom it could be difficult. I have not tried it. I have used many of the wonderful teacher downloads though. We got a lesson plan on An Animal Council for the Arctic. In our grade 2 and grade 3 class we read a book called Arctic Summer by Downs Matthews. The children chose an animal and made an animal mask. We talked about the arctic ecosystem and the yearly cycle. They started playing "The Arctic" at recess. We talked about the human impact on the arctic and global warming and the ice melting. The children wanted to put on a play about the arctic to let people know what was happening there. So we wrote one together and they performed it for their parents on Earth Day.
Carol
Great resource, I loved this site! Excellent array of activites and nicely organized into subtopics, making it very easy to find what you are looking for on any particular topic. I must admit my husband and I were up far to late playing Ladybug Breakdown :) My four year old son was able to play many of the games as well. Definitely bookmarking this one!
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