SAN DIEGO, CA—Dedicated educators wishing to make Earth Day 2009 the most meaningful ever for their students will find what they need in the latest issue of the Teachers.Net Gazette where dozens of lesson plans, units and theme activities - and free printable Earth Day songs, are gathered in one place for quick and easy access by busy educators. There is even an attractive, free printable Earth Day Every Day award “for taking good care of our Earth” certificate, which teachers can print, copy and distribute to students.
Students will be captivated, inspired and informed when their teachers tap into the Teachers.Net earth Day collection ranging from a bibliography of earth/ecology themed books to recycling lesson plans and activities; from a study of the rainforest to measuring the earth, and dozens of other earth awareness lesson plans, themes, units that have been gathered in one place to save busy teachers valuable time.
On the Gazette’s monthly “Lessons and Resources” page, under “Earth Day and Ecology Theme Resources,” teachers can click over to themed lessons extracted from the vast collection of more than 4300 entries in the Teachers.Net Lessons Bank, including:
• Earth Day/Earth Protectors theme unit
• Earth Day in Kindergarten
• Earth Day [huge] compilation of lessons, activities, books
• Measuring the Earth
• Earth's Atmosphere
• How Much Garbage Do We Produce?
• Rainforest theme
• Air Pollution
• Making paper
• Arbor Day cloze
In the “Additional Earth Day & ecology resources” links section are these exciting, teacher-tested lessons and activities:
• Earth Day activities
• Earth Day & Recycling activities
• Alternatives to Field Trips
• Teaching Map Skills
• Earth/
• Going Buggy! Insect theme
• April Themes
• Teachers.Net Earth Day/Eco Chatboard
• Teachers.Net Earth Day Mailring
• April showers rainbow recipe for the classroom
• April crafts
• Printable Earth Day songs
If that huge collection isn’t enough, and because all Teachers.Net Gazette back issues remain online, teachers can access in the March 2009 issue, dozens of additional lessons on topics such as ecology minded garbage plants, creating an edible landfill, Earth art, even a recycle relay game. http://teachers.net/
In addition to the many Earth Day and ecology project resources gathered in the Teachers.Net Gazette, Teachers.Net offers two forums where teachers can tap into the vast network that’s made Teachers.Net the first place tens of thousands of educators visit when they need ideas, lesson plans, peer support or an encouraging word:
Teachers.Net Earth Day/Eco Chatboard http://teachers.net/
Teachers.Net Earth Day Mailring http://teachers.net/
The Teachers.Net Gazette debuted in March 2000. The current issue and all Gazette back issues are available at http://teachers.net/
