Grades 3-4
Activity 1: Race to Space -
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This activity will get students out of their chairs in the classroom or in the school yard to simulate carbon dioxide capture in the atmosphere. Incorporates math, social
studies and science standards.
Activity 2: Does it Really Add Up? -
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This activity focuses on savings. Students will calculate (with the aid of calculators)
how the change to CFLs will impact their energy use, their wallets and the planet
through carbon dioxide emissions reductions. Incorporates science, social studies
and math standards.
Activity 3: Real Kids, Real Power -
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Students are asked to simulate a newscast in this activity using real life examples
of changes other kids have made to reduce the impacts of global warming. Incorporates
science and social studies standards.
Activity 4: The Greenhouse Effect -
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Teachers will use science experiments to demonstrate the greenhouse effect in the
classroom and/or the parking lot! Incorporates science, math and social studies
standards.
Activity 5: Cookies! -
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This activity asks students to do a little bit of homework on their electricity
use and helps them graph how resources are consumed with restrictions and without
them. Cookies are a stand in for electricity making the exercise a bit of a treat.
Incorporates social studies, math and science standards.
Activity 6: Lighting the Way to Your Inner Poet - click to download now
This activity blends science with creativity. Students express emotions, experiences, and facts about CFLs through the creation of seven different kinds of poetry. Incorporates a variety of language arts standards.
Activity 7: The Power of Persuasion - click to download now
In this activity, students put their persuasive writing skills to work in support the school's Junior Energy program. They'll get a fact sheet that gives them the information they need, a worksheet to help plan their writing, and depending on the level of your group, the students can write a range of different kinds of persuasive products. Focuses on language arts skills.