:TECHBRARIAN

Oceans, grasslands, and rain forests aren’t the only place with wildlife, New York City has it too!

1. Watch the slideshow below to see some of New York City’s wildlife:

2. Now, pick a habitat below and watch the slideshow.




3. Next, use Kidspiration to draw the habitat you chose for its animals. Click HERE to see how to use Kidspiration for this project.

4. Finally, put your Kidspiration on your blog and explain why you chose to create it the way you did. Click HERE to see how to put your Kidspiration on your blog.

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1. Get ready to see some incredible videos of nature.  Choose 3:

2. Now answer the following questions in your blog:

a) Describe the environments shown in the videos you chose. What plants or animals lived there?
b) How are the places you saw different from the nature we have in New York City?  How, if at all, are they similar?
c) Of the environments you saw, which were the most interesting?  If you could travel to one, which would it be and why?

–> Click HERE to see an example

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1.  Watch Part 2 of Garbage by clicking HERE.

2. Go to your bubbl.us and continue to brainstorm about what you’ve learned (especially how new landfills are made) and questions you still have.

** Bonus **

3.  In your blog, use your own words to answer the following questions:

a)  How is GPS used in landfills?

b) What is Leachate?

c) What is biodegredation and what valuable resource does it provide from landfills?

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In this unit we’ll be learning everything there is to know about garbage including: what it’s really like to be a sanitation worker, where garbage goes after it gets picked up, amazing ways it’s recycled, the mob’s connection to garbage, and people who live off eating garbage.  Stay tuned, it should be an interesting ride.

Just like our unit on blood diamonds, you will be creating a bubbl.us to organize your ideas, facts, and questions about garbage.  Please keep one bubbl.us for all the garbage assignments– do not create a new one for each assignment.

1. Begin by watching Garbage Part 1 by clicking HERE.

2. Now, go to bubbl.us and brainstorm your ideas, facts, and questions about garbage collection.

3. Finally, post your Garbage Bubbl.us onto your blog.  Click HERE if you forgot how.

** Extra Credit**

In your blog or bubbl.us list every way you can think of to disopose (get rid) of garbage– be inventive!

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Click below to watch a cartoon about where all the plastic bags YOU use go:

In your blog, answer the following questions:

1) Where do all the plastic bags you buy go?  Click HERE for more info.

2) Why is this bad?  Watch the movie below for clues (click the word download to watch it.)

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3) What can we do about it?

**  BONUS **

Make a ToonDoo, Photoshop poster, XtraNormal movie, or poem about NOT using plastic bags.

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