Activity description, instructions for teachers Ask students if they have ever seen or if they have a birdfeeder in their yard. Ask if they know what type of foods that birds can safely eat. Explain that they will each be
Extreme meteorological phenomena/Bubbles on Bottles
Activity description, instructions for teachers Students observe that a change in the temperature of air can impact the size of a bubble placed on a bottle that is cooled and/or heated. Activity explanation and paper sheet: https://scied.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files/activity_files/BubblesOnBottles_1.pdf
Extreme meteorological phenomena/Cloud Viewer
Activity description, instructions for teachers Use the Cloud Viewer to explore the clouds and sky outside. What type of clouds do you see? What color is the sky? Students learn to classify clouds based on appearance. Students can also match
Extreme meteorological phenomena/Create a Portable Cloudity
Activity description, instructions for teachers In this hands-on activity, students experiment to discover how moisture, pressure, temperature, and condensation nuclei play a role in cloud formation. Activity sheet: https://scied.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files/activity_files/activity_cloudbottle2_0_0.pdf
Food and drinking shortage/Fish or Famine?
Activity description, instructions for teachers Ask students to think about a meal they have had at home. Ask them to think of a time when they did not have enough, if this has ever been a problem. Ask them to
Food and drinking shortage/Food Chain Tag
Activity description, instructions for teachers Students will learn a brief background about energy transfer between the sun, producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers. ½ of the students are primary consumers (plants) and ¼ of the students are primary consumers (rabbits)
Food and drinking shortage/Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Activity description, instructions for teachers Opening to Lesson Post the pre-made chart papers around the room. Direct students to the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle charts placed around the classroom and ask them if they know what each word means. Lead students
Food and drinking shortage/We Must Recycle
Activity description, instructions for teachers Ask students if they have ever recycled anything. For some this will be a daily or weekly thing, but for others this may be a foreign concept. Explain that recycling has two meanings, for most
Food and drinking shortage/Footprint
Activity description, instructions for teachers Following the link click on “Nutrition”; You will find materials to be downloaded: ecofoot_Nutrition_Presentation.pptx: Presentation to be used in the classroom to lead through the learning unit. ecofoot_Nutrition_Leaflet.pdf Summary of the contents to be printed
Food and drinking shortage/ Plant Seeds & Watch Them Grow
Activity description, instructions for teachers Instructions: Fill the container with soil. Plant the seeds inside the soil. Place the container somewhere warm, sunlight is good but try to avoid too much direct sunlight, a window sill is a good spot.