Earth Day Resources for the Classroom

All About Earth Day

Did you know?Earth Day is celebrated in more than 175 countries 30% of the amount of food is lost or wasted before reaching consumers 1 action is all it takes to make a difference.

2018 Earth Day Freebies and Deals Roundup

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Enjoys these great resources that you can use in your classroom!!

Explore - Explain - Apply

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fGWBCqpIS46sYHcDbT7y9JiOEBV5yCS9P2CNO3TKePw/edit

12 Meaningful Earth Day Activities for Every Grade

https://www.weareteachers.com/meaningful-earth-day-activities/

Earth Day Interactive

Eco Kids

Recycle City

National Geographic: Earth Day

Children of the Earth

PlanetPals

Earth Day Flipcharts

Earth Day Flipcharts

Earth Day Videos

Earth Day Videos

More Earth Day Videos

Earth Day Activities & Printables

Go Green

Enchanted Learning: Earth Day

Earth Day Classroom Freebies

Earth Day Fun

Earth Day Coloring Sheets

More Earth Day Coloring Sheets

Earth Day Games (Online)

Earth Day More Games

Fun Interactive Earth Day Games

Earth Day Music & Videos

Earth Day TV 

Earth Day Songs for Children

PBS Share the Earth Day

Earth Day: Animated Tribute

Earth Day Video for Kids

Quiznetic...Make your lessons like no other

About 4 months ago I happened upon a site called Quiznetic. I created an account, tested out the software and found that I love it. Creating a game is very easy to do and you have the ability to have full control over the layout of the game and where players move as they progress through the questions. Quiznetic allows for multiple choice and numeric question types. I really like that you can add your own backgrounds or choose from a gallery of already created backgrounds.

Quiznetic takes gamification and classroom learning to a whole new level. With the style of a traditional board game, this is the ultimate gamified learning experience.
You can create a set of questions and build your own themed revision game for students to race each other around a track or path. Students join the game on their own devices and then have to answer questions to move their player on the game screen. You can display the game on an interactive white board at the front of the class so everyone can see where their player is in real-time. Students can answer the questions using laptops, tablets or phones!

Check out the features - https://quiznetic.com/#features

I encourage you to take a look at this site as I think you will find this to be a great addition to your technology toolbox.

December Activities and Resources - FUN!!!

ActivInspire Flipcharts
Christmas Squares ActivInspire Game Template (Hollywood Squares)
Christmas ActivInspire Flipcharts on TpT
Winter ActivInspire Flipcharts on TpT
Christmas Activities - ActivInspire
Hanukkah Activities - ActivInspire
Kwanzaa Activities - ActivInspire
Winter Activities - ActivInspire


Smart Notebook
Christmas
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Winter
December
Snow


Videos
Night Before Christmas
Christmas
Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Winter
December
Snow


PowerPoints and More
Christmas Around the World
Christmas PPT's
Christmas Quiz
Christmas Around the World PPT's


Activities for the Classroom
Christmas Freebies at TpT
Winter Freebies at TpT
Hannukah Freebies at TpT
Kwanzaa Freebies at TpT
Christmas Around the World Freebies at TpT
Enchanted Learning: Christmas
Enchanted Learning: Winter
Enchanted Learning: December
Enchanted Learning: Hanukkah
Enchanted Learning: Kwanzaa
Polar Express
Christmas Push Pin Board
Kwanzaa Push Pin Board
Hanukkah Push Pin Board


Songs
Holiday Sing-a-longs
Christmas Karoake
Christmas Carols


Clipart
Christmas Clipart
Holiday Animations
Winter Holidays Animations
Christmas & Winter Clipart
Open Christmas Clipart
More Christmas Clipart


Games
Christmas Games for Kids
Christmas Party Games
Christmas Bingo
30 Awesome Games for Kids
Christmas Games

How To Be As Interesting As A Video Game: Engaging Today’s Students

1. Realize self-directed learning not by merely suggesting it, but making it necessary to get anything done.

2. Design learning experiences so that students see visible progress on a daily basis.

3. Make objectives clear, and offer students multiple ways to accomplish them.

4. Give students the tools to design and build what you hadn’t thought of.

5. Design with iteration in mind: one skill builds on the next, and students need it all to succeed.

6. Use project-based learning where students design the entire process from brainstorming to publishing.

7. Give students malleable learning tools and resources that they can customize, or “upgrade” to fit their approach to learning.

8. Make learning both collaborative and competitive.

9. Consider challenge-based learning and place-based education, where students solve problems important to them, in communities that are watching.

10. Gamify your classroom in a way that focuses not on standards, data, or “proficiency,” but personal progress meaningful to the student.

Ideas from Terry Heick

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