What we can all do to make a difference...
Plastics:
Write a letter to a politician. Properly dispose of batteries. Use paper/cloth bags. Remind people to stop littering. Re-use plastic items. Stop buying plastic. Tell companies to use biodegradable plastic. |
Endangered Animals:
Use 4R's: rot, re-use, reduce, recycle. Save water. Use less energy. Cut up plastic 6-pack can holders. Eat less meat. Pick up trash. Help create habitat. Help out in a shore or ocean clean-up Organize a creek clean-up. Create habitat around where you live. |
Websites we found useful...
The Plastic
Patrol
http://theplasticpatrol.squarespace.com/how-you-can-help/
Make sure to check out all the different pages at the site
kidOcean
http://www.thuchuyen.com/oceanpollution_kids.html
5 Gyres: for a planet free of plastic pollution
http://www.5gyres.org
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Endangered Animal Fact Sheets - endangered animal facts from around the world
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
Comics about endangered species
http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/comics/index.html
Check out some of the other pages at that site, too, including 'What We All Can Do'
Habitat conservation
http://www.defenders.org/habitat-conservation/defending-habitat
Deforestation
http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/deforestation-information-for-kids.html
Teaching resources for 4th graders on animal ecology and conservation at Arkive
http://www.arkive.org/education/teaching-resources-7-11
http://theplasticpatrol.squarespace.com/how-you-can-help/
Make sure to check out all the different pages at the site
kidOcean
http://www.thuchuyen.com/oceanpollution_kids.html
5 Gyres: for a planet free of plastic pollution
http://www.5gyres.org
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Endangered Animal Fact Sheets - endangered animal facts from around the world
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
Comics about endangered species
http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endangered_animals/comics/index.html
Check out some of the other pages at that site, too, including 'What We All Can Do'
Habitat conservation
http://www.defenders.org/habitat-conservation/defending-habitat
Deforestation
http://www.childrenoftheearth.org/deforestation-information-for-kids.html
Teaching resources for 4th graders on animal ecology and conservation at Arkive
http://www.arkive.org/education/teaching-resources-7-11