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Sample Lessons
To support the fundraising for the Adopt an Acre project, Earth Foundation offers a free multi-grade, multi-disciplinary curriculum packet containing over 50 lesssons! Check out the two sample lessons below:
Lesson #1: Fun with Film - An Environmental Scavenger Hunt
Divide your class into groups. Give each group a camera or a video camera. Allow a week to find & document on film as many of the items or accomplish as many activities on the Scavenger Hunt list as possible. Students may also create their own environmental activities or items.
One point is awarded for each item found or activity accomplished. Extra points can be awarded for creativity.
Suggestions: Make sure a student is in every shot. Watch the videos or present the pictures in class.
SCAVENGER HUNT LIST
ACTIVITIES:
- pick up a bag of litter (one point per bag)
- recycle
- reuse (ie. plastic bottle, lunch bag)
- reduce (ie. use product w little packing)
- interview an environmentalist
- spell out recycle with your bodies
- use an environmentally friendly product
- use public transportation
- write a letter supporting an environmental issue
- write amp; sing a rainforest rap/conservation song
- wear an Earth Foundation T-shirt while standing on your head
ITEMS: |
- a map of Costa Rica(home of AAA 2000-01 site)
- a tree
- pollution
- a bird (preferably a Neotropical migrant)
- an ant
- a butterfly
- a frog
- a turtle
- a snake
- an insect
- a rainforest animal (stuffed or in zoo)
- issue
- a forest
- rubber
- gum
- aloe
- nuts (cashew, Brazil, peanut,)
- licorice
- eucalyptus
- pineapple
- avocado
- spice (nutmeg, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg, pepper, vanilla)
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- citrus
- banana
- cacao
- Coconut
- coffee
- cola
- eggplant
- ginger
- corn
- mango
- papaya
- potato
- tomato
- yam
- rice
- bamboo
- bromeliad
- orchid
- epiphyte
- magnolia
- erosion
- a magazine/newspaper article discussing an environmental issue
- a product that sustainably supports the rainforest economy
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Lesson #2: 
Materials:
- yesterday's newspaper (comic strips add color)
- a blender
- a measuring cup
- a 3 in. deep pan
- scrap plastic or old plastic bag
- heavy books
- a 3 in. deep pan
- window screen (enough to fit in the bottom of the pan)
Procedure:
Shred two or three pages of newspaper into small pieces. Place the bits of paper in the blender and add five cups of water. "Blend" the paper and water until it turns into pulp (and looks like very wet mashed potatoes). While blending the paper, fill the pan with about an inch of water.
Cut and fit the window screen to line the bottom of the pan.
When the pulp is blended, pour about a cupful into the pan of water and mix it. Lift the screen from the pan (the pulp will be resting on top) and let the water drain. Carefully place the screen and pulp on a piece of scrap plastic or an old plastic bag on top of the newspaper and stack four or five heavy books on top.
Check your recycled paper in a day or two, making sure it is completely dry before removing it from the screen. The paper will be perfect for writing a persuasive letter advocating rainforests
from This Planet Is Mine, Mary Metzger & Cinthya Whittaker, 1991
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