How many of you have read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss? I have read the book and I recently saw the movie and it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Just look at those little bears!
Not only is the book adorable, but it has a great theme: we must care for our environment. Since we are talking about the environment this week, I thought it would be a great idea to incorporate it into our day! After reading The Lorax to the children, we had a little discussion on pollution and how we can care for our environment. We then went off to our centers and learned more about each of the types of pollution.
Center 1 - Air Pollution
"The smogulous smoke being put in the air by the Thneed factory made the Lorax cough, whiff, sneeze, snuffle, snarggle, sniffle, and croak. The Swomee-Swans were no longer able to sing! The Lorax had to send the birds away to find some cleaner air to live in.”
In the Air Pollution Center, we looked at different sites and found out which one had the most pollution and looked at why.
Center 2- Water Pollution
"All the Gluppity-Glupp and all the Schloppity-Schlopp made by the machinery is being dumped into the pond"
In the Water Pollution Center, the students observed clear water and made predictions on what happens to water when it is polluted. The students polluted their water with a drop of color then recorded their observations. They then wrote a little on how they think polluted water will effect water growth.
Center 3 - Smart Board Activity
The students LOVE working with the smart board, so any chance I get, I let them. For this center, I had them do two activities. For both activities the students worked as a group. For the first activity, there was a bunch of pictures; things good for the environment, and things that are bad for the environment The students had to drag the items over to their correct spot indicating whether or not it was good for the environment. I figured that would not take much time so I created an interactive flower activity. In this activity, they were able to see the effects of clean and dirty water on a flower.
Center 4 - Pollution Image
Students were provided with magazines, scissors, glue, and a poster board. They searched through the magazines to look for pictures of what pollution looks like and cover their entire poster board with it.
Center 5 - Land Pollution
Students read a graphic organizer that shows what recycled materials can be made into. The students then looked at pictures of things that were recyclable. They drew a picture of the item then of what they think it would look like after it went through the recycling process.
After centers we had a discussion about the environment and came up with ideas to keep our earth clean. T the students were then able to get a little creative and color an earth and write about how they can help the environment!
Today was a busy day! I left off class by reminding them that:
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