Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Earth Day. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Earth Day. Mostrar todas las entradas

sábado, 25 de abril de 2026

Earth Hub #EarthDay

Earth Hub is a comprehensive digital platform designed to inspire people, especially young learners, to understand environmental issues and take action. It brings together a wide range of educational resources such as quizzes, toolkits, fact sheets, petitions, and news stories, all focused on key global challenges like climate change, plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and sustainable living.

At its core, Earth Hub is built on the idea that knowledge leads to action. The platform offers interactive quizzes that help users test their understanding of environmental topics, as well as practical toolkits that suggest concrete actions individuals and communities can take. It also includes fact sheets that explain complex issues in a simple and accessible way, making it easier for users to understand how environmental problems affect both the planet and human life.

From an educational perspective, Earth Hub is a highly useful tool for the classroom. It provides authentic, up-to-date content in English, which can support language learning while also raising awareness about environmental issues. Teachers can use the quizzes as engaging warm-up activities, the fact sheets for reading comprehension tasks, and the toolkits for project-based learning, encouraging students to move from theory to real-world action.

Moreover, the platform promotes critical thinking and global citizenship. By exploring real environmental problems and possible solutions, students are encouraged to reflect on their own habits and responsibilities. This makes Earth Hub particularly suitable for celebrating Earth Day in schools, as it helps transform the event from a symbolic date into a meaningful learning experience.

This type of resource is especially valuable in the context of Earth Day, a global initiative that encourages people around the world to reflect on environmental challenges and take steps to protect the planet, celebrated every year on April 22. 

Visit Earth Hub:

https://www.earthday.org/earth-hub/

viernes, 14 de abril de 2023

Restore our Earth climate education week toolkit

This toolkit provides a wealth of resources for you to incorporate and utilize whenever they best fit into your curriculum at any point in the year. The toolkit includes activities related to: 

  • Ecosystem Services
  • The Carbon Cycle
  • Food Sustainability
  • Ecosystem Restoration
  • Civic Engagement

A good resource for the approaching Earth Day.

Find it on:

https://www.earthday.org/restore-our-earth-climate-education-week-toolkit/ 

Celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day: Lesson Plans and Resources

The American Federation of Teachers’ Share My Lesson is a free, award-winning community-based site that brings together educators, parents and caregivers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, specialized instructional support personnel, union and nonunion members, educational partners, and higher education professionals who have the common goal of finding and sharing the best educational resources available.

Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Through the following link you can access a wide range of resources to bring this celebration to your English classroom.

https://sharemylesson.com/collections/earth

sábado, 23 de abril de 2022

World Earth Day 2022: Climate Action in Language Education

In this special event held on World Earth Day 2022, the British Council will launch a range of new free resources for English teachers looking for innovative ways to integrate climate change issues into the classroom. 

#EarthDay. Education resource library

Education resource library developed by Earthday.org, the world’s largest recruiter to the environmental movement, working with more than 150,000 partners in over 192 countries to drive positive action for our planet since 1970. 

These resources can be adapted to a variety of ages and settings and include toolkits, lessons plans, advocacy packets, quizzes, timelines...

https://www.earthday.org/education-resource-library/ 

viernes, 21 de abril de 2017

#EarthDay

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace was proposed. First held in 1970, Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22. It is considered the birth of the modern environmental movement. Since then many people participate worldwide on Earth Day in various events to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Some resources to celebrate Earth Day (activities, lesson plans, lessons, videos, printables...) with your students:

http://www.earthday.org/ (Earth Day Network)

lunes, 18 de abril de 2016

Earth Day. Educational resources

April 22 is Earth Day, an annual event, that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's natural environment. Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970. This celebration (in more than 190 countries each year) is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.

You can find information about the history of Earth Day on:

A collection of educational resources for teaching about Earth Day:

Natural Education Association:

Teachervision

Free Technology for Teachers

ScienceNetLlinks

lunes, 23 de abril de 2012

Earth Day

Yesterday it was Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to increase awareness and appreciation of the Earth's natural environment. It is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day.


Here you have a very useful resource to promote environmental education. At My Garbology, you'll find an interactive online game that teaches about Garbology and answers the question, "Where should my waste go?" You'll also find lessons and activities to extend your Garbology experience, from how to pack a waste-less lunch to getting the dirt on composting. Plus, read our Trash Talk blog for stories of Garbology in practice. In the classroom or at home, you can make Garbology a part of your everyday life. MyGarbology is a project by NatureBridge, in partnership with AT&T, Pasco, Westernized, Elastic Creative, Sirius Sound, and many more.
(Source: http://www.naturebridge.org/garbology.php)
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