Earth Day and Mr. Potato Head

Kids love Earth Day.

This year we had some fun planting hair for Mr. Potato Head.

I've enjoyed this gang on my windowsill.

Today the Potato Heads come home with students.

These fellas are due for a hair cut!

Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day

Team 1 is gearing up for the Earth Day 2015 celebration on April 22.

Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Earth Day and kids are a natural combination - - with their sense of wonder about the environment, as well as their creativity, Earth Day is the perfect writing topic.   

Following the example of the Lorax, students were asked to "speak up" with their ideas about the environment. After brainstorming ideas about recycling, pollution, and how to preserve our planet, students expressed their ideas in poetic form. The inner-poet in each student shared a melodic verse on ways to treat the planet better. 

Students created a craftivity for a hallway display to raise awareness of Earth Day.

Unless Someone Like You . . . 

Earth Day is right around the corner, and students are heeding the words of Dr. Seuss' favorite eco-activist -  the Lorax.  

This Seuss character has found new friends in Room 100. 

Earth Day

by Ethan Rusk

Don't create pollution

Instead- -devise a solution.

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!

We all have a life cycle.

We need to save the trees.

So come and help us, please!

We need to take a stand.

Choose to lend a helping hand.

Save trees; don't displease.

Let's work together - you and me.

Thank you, twinkl, for sharing the faces template.

Happy Earth Day!

 

To share the message of Earth Day students created a giant poster. 
Each student was given one piece of the poster. This project was so much fun because students had to work together as a group to solve the problem of "How to color and assemble a grid poster?" 

And since we were pledging to make a difference, students made simple bird feeders to take care of the birds right in the school's own yard.  

A giant thanks to Art with Jenny for her giant poster pattern!

Happy Earth Day!  

Earth Day

Room 102 celebrated Earth Day with a recycling craft. Students made organic planting pots. It was an opportunity to recycle old newspapers into biodegradable pots for starting seeds.

The directions read:

“In just a few minutes you can convert a single sheet of newspaper into a plantable container.  .  .”

We discovered it took more than a “few minutes,” but we sure had fun with the folding process of origami.

Mystery seeds were planted.

After the danger of frost has passed, students may plant their seedling pots outdoors.  Simply place the pot in properly prepared soil. The newspaper pot will decompose, allowing the plant’s roots to explore the surrounding soil. Using biodegradable pots reduces transplant shock and the hassle of managing plastic pots. 

Planting flowers on Earth Day is a simple way to celebrate the environment. Several students went home and made even more seedling pots.  Others have asked for the pattern. Click the sprout and it will take you to the pattern for making organic planting pots. 

Happy Planting!

Earth Day and Kids

Team 2 is gearing up for the Earth Day 2013 celebration on April 22.

Earth Day is the largest, most celebrated environmental event worldwide. Following the example of the Lorax, students in Room 102 were asked to speak up with their ideas to protect the environment.  A bulletin board was created in our hallway that raises awareness for Earth Day.

Earth Day and kids are a natural combination - - with their sense of wonder about the environment, as well as their creativity, Earth Day is the perfect writing topic. I am so proud of these papers. Students continue to meet and exceed my expectations. I am anxious to share, but until the papers are sent home parents are always welcome to stop by and read our wall. 

Just like the Lorax I speak for the trees.

I speak for the whales, the snails, and puppy dog tails.

I speak for the fleas, the bees, and all things that sneeze.

And, yes, like the Lorax, I speak for the trees.

For the maple, oak, and little apple tree,

Preserve all these things, it will help you and me!

                                ~Courtney

Earth is like a fragile vase.
We have to live with care.
Because if we don't, we will face
The consequential nightmare. 

Earth Day is officially on April twenty-two
But we should recycle resources
The whole year through. 

Why litter, burn, or destroy?
Our Earth is not a playful toy.
Cars and buildings emit clouds of smoke.
An unhealty environment makes us choke.
That affects public health, no joke. 

The chant is loud and clear.
Save our good green Earth, so dear.
From east to west
Our Earth must be kept the very best.

                                 ~Caitlin

I am a big ball.
I am not very small.
I speak for the trees and the tiny fleas.
I speak for all things.
I am like the Lorax.
But I am not orange.
I am blue and green.
I'm a floating machine.
You may know me.
You may not.
But there is much more than thought.
So come and clean me once in awhile.
Trust me when I say, "It'll bring a smile."

                              ~Jordyn

Earth Day is right around the corner, and students are heeding the words of Dr. Seuss' favorite eco-activist -  the Lorax.  This little orange creature has found new friends in Room 102.  They have much in common.

A great big thanks to Chanty at The Teaching Bug for sharing her Lorax craftivity.

Every Day is Earth Day

Did your student come home with tie-dyed hands?  With Earth Day just around the corner, students completed an art project with coffee filters and markers. Room 102 now has suncatchers hanging in the window to promote environment awareness.

A shout out to Ayn Colsh for sharing her Earth Day coffee filter craft over at Little Illuminations.