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by Ana Alvarez
Feb 21, 2009
I need to put on a play for English Week. I would like to do a play on The Great Kapok Tree with my fourth grade students. Does anyone have a skit on this story? Need help.
Click below to view pages of the Kelly Bear Earth book. You may want to have you class make something similar.
by Tim Carter
Mar 6, 2009
I am looking for help collecting a massive amount of soda can tops. My goal consists of two things. 1. Awareness of the high volume of females with breast cancer. 2. Collecting pop tops for recycling to go towards donating to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance.
by steph milton
Mar 8, 2009
WE HAVE COLLECTED ALOT OF POP TABS .AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM.ANYONE WANT THEM OR WANT TO BUY THEM?EMAIL ME AT [email removed]
Click below for some great ideas for Earth Day
Hi All... our school is really big on Earth Day and we arts teachers have been asked to give a 40 min lesson that will incorporate some recycled-material art project. First of all, I RARELY do art projects that can be finished in 40 minutes, so my store of 40 min lesson plans is very small, none that fits this particular objective. Secondly, we wil...See MoreHi All... our school is really big on Earth Day and we arts teachers have been asked to give a 40 min lesson that will incorporate some recycled-material art project. First of all, I RARELY do art projects that can be finished in 40 minutes, so my store of 40 min lesson plans is very small, none that fits this particular objective. Secondly, we will have about 75 kids, 5 times, and it's going to be in the gym. So...something simple, short, not too many messy supplies. Thanks in advance!
My name is Trevor and I'm thinking of making a film about pop can tabs, what they are collected for and where to send them. I would like to here from you with any information that you have regarding the subject. Also I would like interview anyone who is involved with the collection of them. My e-mail address is [link removed].
by Kathleen - Teachers.Net
Mar 26, 2009
Lessons and activities for Earth Day (also Women's History Month, Easter and more).
All entries are teacher tested and teacher submitted, so hurry over to reap the rewards of hanging out where teachers share their best work!
Earth Day/Ecology Lesson/activity topics in the March issue of Teachers.Net Gazette:
Hometown Ecol...See MoreLessons and activities for Earth Day (also Women's History Month, Easter and more).
All entries are teacher tested and teacher submitted, so hurry over to reap the rewards of hanging out where teachers share their best work!
Earth Day/Ecology Lesson/activity topics in the March issue of Teachers.Net Gazette:
Hometown Ecology (Middle, Science) Ecology Minded Garbage Plants (Middle, Science) Ecology and the Endangered Species Act (other, Science) EDIBLE LANDFILL (Elementary, Science) Endangered Species (Elementary, Science) Inquiry in Science and Social Studies (Senior, Science) Acid Rain - Go Away (Elementary, Science) Cooperative Earths, Art, Earth Day activity (all, Science) Earth Day Activities: “Earth Protectors” (all, other) Earth Day (Elementary, Reading/Writing) EARTH DAY IDEAS –HUGE collection - Compiled (all, Science) Measuring the earth (Eratosthenes’ method) (Senior, Mathematics) Science Literacy Month (Elementary, Science) Clozing the Deal on Arbor Day (Elementary, Reading/Writing) Green Tree , collect “green” ideas activity (all, Social Studies) Rain forest (all, Science) Wildlife Conservation (Senior, Science) Air Pollution (Elementary, Science) Lesson Plans: Wildlife and Pollution (Elementary, Science) Recycle Relay (Pre-School, Science) Purification of Recycled Plastics (Senior, Science) Let’s Recycle Paper (Elementary, Science) Making Paper (Pre-School, Science)
by Cy Tymony
Mar 27, 2009
Santa Monica, CA Eco Event
Book Signing and Demonstration
Wednesday April 1st
Cy Tymony – Author of “Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things,” signs and demonstrates projects from his new book. 3:45 p.m. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Free. 310-458-8621. sneakyuses.com
Co-sponsored by the O...See MoreSanta Monica, CA Eco Event
Book Signing and Demonstration
Wednesday April 1st
Cy Tymony – Author of “Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things,” signs and demonstrates projects from his new book. 3:45 p.m. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Free. 310-458-8621. sneakyuses.com
Co-sponsored by the Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Burbank, CA Eco Event
THURSDAY April 2nd
Book Signing and Demonstration
Cy Tymony – Author of “Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things,” signs and demonstrates projects from his new book. 7:00 p.m. Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 N. Buena Vista St., Burbank. Free 818-238-5620. sneakyuses.com
This event is part of the Burbank READS campaign.
More Info:
When times get tough, the tough get smarter, creative and imaginative!
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Well if times are hard economically, it’s time to get creative and make the most out of what we have.
People often take for granted the common items and devices they use in everyday life. Looks can be deceiving. It's not what things appear to be, it's what they can become. At no time in history has improving science resourcefulness been more important than it is today. But learning science should be an adventure, not to memorize and pass a test.
Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things has a science resourcefulness theme illustrating how we can do more than we think with what we already have. Educators have developed resourcefulness courses based on the books. The first three Sneaky Use books have sold over 200,000 copies.
Cy Tymony has performed events at bookstores, science museums, libraries and schools across the U.S. and Canada. At the events he reveals amazing stories about resourcefulness including: people who make boats made out of milk cartons, the window washer who used a squeegee to save an elevator car full of people on September 11, 2001, as well as the story of the Colditz glider, an 18-foot airplane built by prisoners in a German war camp out of materials scavenged from their beds and sleeping bags.
He also demonstrates how ordinary objects can be used in extraordinary ways including: Turning milk into a plastic ring that can detect counterfeit currency and turn on devices; alternative energy projects; boomerangs made from bookmarks, converting cups into calculators, turning holiday discards into robots and how to make a 007 'Gadget Jacket.'
Gayle Anderson of KTLA Channel 5 News reported that parents saw an improvement in their children's grades after reading the books. The books have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Breeze, U.S. News & World Report, on NPR's Science Friday, WBBM-TV's Tech Tuesday, WMAQ5, ABC-7 and on CNN Headline News.
For more information visit [link removed]
What People Are Saying
“For folks who wonder why they keep tossing odds and ends in that junk drawer in the kitchen, Sneaky Uses for Everyday things… offers evidence that technology doesn’t always have to come from best Buy, Amazon.com or Microsoft,” - U.S. News and World Report
“Thank you Cy...for opening up the world of tinkering and creativity to a whole new generation looking to get their hands dirty with new and exciting projects.” - NPR’s Ira Flatow, host of Science Friday
"Offering readers a chance to become real-life MacGyvers, Tymony's Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things shares a mixed bag of useful and useless tricks. - Publishers Weekly
"The author of Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things interests students in the wonders of science by showing them how to do their own amazing MacGyver feats. This approach not only gets students interested in science, but also encourages good critical thinking by students as they solve practical problems." - The National Science Teacher Association
Cy appears on the PBS series Make: Television airing nationwide. Episodes can be seen at: Makezine.TV
Contact: Cy Tymony 310-502-0598 Email: [email removed]
The Books:
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things 2003 ISBN-13: 9780740738593 Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things 2005 ISBN-13: 9780740754968 Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things 2007 ISBN-13: 9780740768743 The Sneaky Book for Boys 2008 ISBN-13: 9780740773136 The Sneaky Book for Girls 2008 ISBN-13: 9780740777141
Sneaky GREEN Uses for Everyday Things March 2009 ISBN- 13: 9780740779336
Amazon.com page link for the Sneaky Uses books: [link removed]
by Cybrary Man
Apr 2, 2009
font color="green"> A nice activity is to take your students outside and have them close their eyes and listen to the sounds and experience the smells of the school neighborhood. Even in the inner city where I taught this was possible. The children enjoyed trying to identify the sounds that I recorded of different birds and other animals, rushin...See Morefont color="green"> A nice activity is to take your students outside and have them close their eyes and listen to the sounds and experience the smells of the school neighborhood. Even in the inner city where I taught this was possible. The children enjoyed trying to identify the sounds that I recorded of different birds and other animals, rushing water, even toilet flushing, etc. Also have them smell different flowers, etc.
I feel that it is important to have your students understand the need to be more aware of their environment and ways that they can help make our world better. Make them realize the importance of becoming more energy efficient (adjusting thermostats, using less energy by turning off devices when they are not needed, using more energy efficient appliances, etc.). Have them make their own bags that they can reuse when their families go shopping.
Tap your local utilities for materials on ways to save energy. I have written materials for the utility industry on energy, conservation, ecology, water and the environment. The utility company distributes these materials free to schools. In many cases they will include lesson plans and activities to use with your students.
On the Environment page on my website I have a lot of wonderful sites you can get lesson plans and activities from along with ways to celebrate Earth Day.
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