fall+2015+curriculum+reviews

=CURRICULUM REVIEW 5: EARTHDAY= Focus here on past or proposed Earth Week events that have had a critical, motivating effect on target communities. See, for example, http://www.earthday.org/2015.

=CURRICULUM REVIEW 4: ELECTRONICS, FROM PRODUCTION TO USE AND WASTE= Focus here on curriculum that teaches kids about the many sustainability problems associated with electronics -- making sure not to forget the labor issues (the hazards to workers). It may be a bit challenging to find fully developed curriculum; you also can review media that would be good to build curriculum around -- like [|The Story of Electronics,] which extends from the (also excellent) [|Story of Stuff.]Also see 60 Minutes on e-waste (12 minutes) (__[|http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1085302130525)]__

=CURRICULUM REVIEW: GETTING KIDS OUTSIDE= Focus here on programs that get kids and families outside -- like the [|White House's Every Kid in a Park initiative.]Explore different ways to accomplish this (funded fieldtrips for families, for example). There are a number of options in this description of the Forest Service's Children's Forests and More Kids in the Woods programs.

=CURRICULUM REVIEW 3: KIDS DOING/THINKING ECOLOGY= Focus here on //curriculum// that gets kids thinking about and researching ecology. This can build off of and feed into the Children's Forest design challenge we are working on.

=CURRICULUM REVIEW 2: AIR POLUTION SOURCES FOR 5TH GRADERS= Choose three sources of air pollution for which you'll build research packets, finding sources that will allow the 5th graders to answer the questions on slide 3 of the attached ppt. List the pollution sources you are working on here (with your name), then create a page where you can link to the resources you come up with. Resources can be regular news articles or writing-for-kids.

=CURRICULUM REVIEW 1: AIR POLLUTION FOR 5TH GRADERS=