Kids Can Care: Creative Lessons for Teaching Kids About the Environment

Vestuto, Rhoda Orszag,Larsen, Doris

ISBN 10: 1573103853 / ISBN 13: 9781573103855

Published by Teaching & Learning Company, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kids Can Care: Creative Lessons for Teaching Kids About the Environment
• Publisher: Teaching & Learning Company
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573103853
• ISBN 13: 9781573103855
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Since every child is fascinated by dinosaurs, what better way is there to teach them about the environment and ecology, helping them connect the past to the present? Through simple science experiments, puppets, art projects, games, creative writing and role play, students learn about prehistoric times, including volcanoes, dinosaurs and fossils.

Wouldn't your students enjoy making an ice cream volcano with strawberry lava or a crunch and munch prehistoric forest? Wouldn't they love to discuss the characteristics of the various dinosaurs and learn to call them by their impressive names—apatosaurus, triceratops, etc.? And who wouldn't enjoy playing a fast game of dinosaur tag?

Included are patterns for dinosaur puppets, directions for making a dinosaur hat, snacks such as Pterodactyl Eggs in a Nest, and instructions for a Prehistoric Park Diorama.

This hands-on romp through prehistory will seem more like just plain fun than education to your students, but they'll come away from the study with a clear picture of prehistoric times and a new appreciation for the environment.

About the Author

Rhoda has over 35 years of experience in the field of education. She has worked primarily in the Conejo Valley Unified School District in Thousand Oaks, California, in positions ranging from a Teacher of the Communicatively Handicapped, a master teacher and administrator of the Speech Department. She has also been a part-time university instructor; led many teacher workshops and parenting classes in and out of the district; and was selected as the CVUSD Teacher of the Year.

Doris Larsen is an experienced instructional assistant in special education. She has worked in the Conejo Valley Unified School District for over 25 years with children of elementary age with various disabilities. In that capacity she helped to design materials and to create illustrations for a variety of programs. She has developed materials for use in the Pioneer Girls Club program for girls with special needs in her local church. She has been honored as CVUSD Employee of the Month and has been awarded and Honorary Life Membership in the PTA. Doris and her husband, Hale, live in California.