This year for Earth Day, we will partner with schools around the world to conduct a BioBlitz and compare our communities. Join us as we capture nature, become citizen scientists, debate, challenge others, and create art!
1. SAY HI: Introduce your team. Share where you are from and why Earth Day is important to your group. What are your team goals?
2. EXPERIMENT: Conduct a bioblitz (a quick survey of living things) in your neighborhood or community. Create a quick video slideshow of your images of living things using an app such as Clips or iMovie and share your environment by uploading it on FlipGrid. You can also upload your images to our iNaturalist project and become citizen scientists!
You can read more about the BioBlitz from Apple Education. There are several really awesome lessons here to celebrate Earth Day.
3. DEBATE: As a group, decide if you think we should be concerned with climate change. Share your opinion here and make sure to defend your thoughts and opinions with reputable science.
4. CHALLENGE: Come up with a challenge to pose to our audience to encourage them to make a difference and protect our planet. What can you say in under a minute that would convince someone to make every day Earth Day? Give them a specific challenge, such as meatless Monday. Start your challenge with "I will..." as your commitment and encourage them to do the same.
5. CREATE: Using only recycled material you find on campus or at home, create an original art piece. Share your art and explain the materials you used and why it is helpful to keep them out of the landfill.
6. REFLECT: What did you learn? What surprised you the most? What questions do you still have? This room will open at the conclusion of the project.
So far schools in Ohio, Texas, New York, Virginia, and Bangladesh have joined this project. If you want to join us, SIGN UP HERE!
Download the FlipGrid App and use the code earthday or use https://flipgrid.com/earthday on your computer.
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