Earth Day (April 22nd)

This Sunday is Earth Day. A day set aside to remind people to care for our planet. Not that we should need reminding, but that's just human natural, in a ironically twisted arse-about-face way. The predominant tag-line for Earth Day is, "Earth Day, Every Day."

Well we've taken on the almighty task of teaching our students about this concept. Including the 3R's which go hand-in-hand with the whole thing. That of reduce, reuse, recycle. What a task! Not only are we trying to teach them English, but get across a concept that most English speaking people wouldn't understand if you explained it to them in elementary level language.

It's been good fun though trying. We've done anything from colouring with kindergarten through to comprehension tests with the middle school students, and everything inbetween. The printer and photocopier have been on over-drive, as we've made-up, knocked-out and copied worksheets, word seaches, mazes, and various ways of testing and getting across the information.

We've had some stuff fall flat, but mostly it's been a success. The test will be when we get back the essays from the older students, which is based on the subject. Then we'll really see if all our hard work has paid off.

Check out these Earth Day websites, for information on what it's all about.

The Earthday Network: http://www.earthday.org/

Wikipedia (always the best resource): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day