5 Ideas for Your Pollution and Conservation Unit
We recently finished one of my favorite units: pollution and conservation. Over the years I've gathered ideas and resources that I thought you may be able to use to freshen up your own science unit! 1. READ Integrate your new topics into your literacy block. There are SO MANY wonderful options out there - both fiction and nonfiction - that you can use to teach reading skills while also building background knowledge for your students. I used some Scholastic Reading Club points and my public library to stock up on texts related to our unit. Favorite fiction: The Wump World Favorite nonfiction(ish): The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle Based on a true story: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind You can find all of the above and the rest of my favorites linked on my Amazon list under "Conservation Books." 2. EXPERIMENT A coworker suggested this idea and I am going to use it EVERY YEAR from now on. For one day only, I hid the trash cans in my room. Eac...