Cheryl+Y.+Chen

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Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Wiki is a great tool to help students understant why climate change is important and how they can help to protect the environment. Global warming is one kind of climate change that can endanger the lives of people and wildlife, such as polar bears. Polar bears are mamals and rely on ice floats to catch fish for survival. Although they are good swimmers, they cannot swim for a long time. When the temperature on the earth goes higher, many ices will melt and also rise the sea level to flood the lands where people live.

I will use wiki as electronic blackboard, posting articles and information about global warming. Student can discuss the topic and give share their thinking and comment on each other's work on the discussion board. I can also give feedbacks to the students' work. Using wiki to publish the class' work gives the opportunity for the students to learn from both the teacher and one another.

Expose students to the environmental impact of human and the mission that everyone can help with climate change by recycling. The class will have a lesson involving art, math and ELA. Younger students will use recycled bottles and cans to make some items that can be used in the classroom, such as a pen holder. Upper graders can creat games using recycled items.

The class will participate in the plan of "Fighting Climate Change" by eating less meat, Turning the heat down, Swapping items that you no longer use for the ones you need, and etc.

Resources:

[] I really liked the Oyster Restoration project in Hudson River that you decided to create your page about. Pollution in the river has been a big problem in the city. How to maintain the ecological balance in the water habitat is the key to increase the population of oyster. This is also a good topic to make connection with the students’ life and have them really think about what they have contributed to this sadness and how they should pitch in and help.
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