Sustainable Planet | TECHBRARIAN

Assignment 6 (7th and 8th Grade), Assignment 8 (6th Grade): Planet Earth Exposed!, Part 1

Posted by louielahana on September 29th 2009 to 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Assignments Tagged animal rights, ELA, empathy, environmental issues, ethics, island school, lahana, middle school, middle school blog, middle school blogs, P.S./M.S. 188, social action, social issues, social justice, student blogging, student blogs, sustainable planet, Talent Development, talent through technology, techbrarian, the environment, the island school, writing

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

: Birds

: Fox and Ducks

: Grass

: Rainforest

: Shallow Seas

: Sharks

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

Assignment 24: The Meatrix-The Dark Side of Farming

Posted by louielahana on January 03rd 2008 to 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Assignments Tagged middle school, social activism, sustainable planet

Click Play to watch the movie The Meatrix The Meatrix and answer the following questions in your blog:

1. How do factory farms treat animals differently than family farms?

2. Why are animals fed antibiotics in factory farms and why is this dangerous?

3. What happens to animal excrement (poop) in factory farms?