Earth Day
Earth Day is held on the same day each year, April 22nd. This year’s theme is Planets vs. Plastics, which is chosen annually by EarthDay.org. With Earth Day being this upcoming Monday, it creates an ideal opportunity to introduce the Earth Day theme and continue students’ understanding of this theme throughout the week!
Everybody Needs Clothing
Learning Object — Video
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Video: Everybody Needs Clothing
Discover that clothes are needed to retain body heat and to protect against the sun. Learn about the materials that make clothing, how cloth was made in the past with a spinning wheel and loom, and how it is made today in automated cloth mills. See how clothing has changed throughout the ages and how people wear different clothes as needed—bathing suits for swimming, special clothing for fire fighting, etc.
Student Application
NO matter where we are or what we do, we all need clothes. Take a look at the different kinds of clothes we wear for safety, jobs, sports and daily living.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand that because people do not have fur, feathers, shells, or scales, they must wear clothes to protect their bodies and help them survive.
- Students will realize that clothes are made out of many natural resources, which include animal hair, animal skins, other animal products, plants, and petroleum oil.
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Supporting Activities
- Before viewing the video
- The Shoe Graph: Have students sit close together in a circle. Each student removes one shoe and places it in front. Look at the shoes. Put all tennis shoes in one pile, all sandals in another, all oxfords in another, etc. Make a graph of the different kinds of shoes ...
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- The Shoe Graph: Have students sit close together in a circle. Each student removes one shoe and places it in front. Look at the shoes. Put all tennis shoes in one pile, all sandals in another, all oxfords in another, etc. Make a graph of the different kinds of shoes ...
