Make a Classroom Green Team
Check out some ideas for how your classroom and school can run while doing little damage to the environment.
Month: November 2009
Heavy Storms Flood India and the Philippines
Unusually severe storms in southern India and the Philippines, in September and October caused massive flooding that killed more than 1,200 people.
Your Turn: Should Columbus Day Still Be Celebrated?
Fifth-graders from the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Excellence in Springfield, Massachusetts offer their opinions.
Fifth Graders Send Message on Natural Gas Drilling
How a fifth grade class from Queens, NY, made a film to educate people about the damage to the environment caused by drilling for natural gas.
Letters to the Editor
These letters came from Ms. Kelly Norris’ 6th Grade Social Studies class at Manor Middle School in Manor, Texas.
Newsbriefs
The Republic of Maldives, a country of islands in the Indian Ocean, held an underwater meeting on October 17 to protest climate change.
World Looks to Climate Meeting to Slow Global Warming
“We are going to have more hurricanes, more forest fires, and if we don’t do anything, the sea levels will actually rise….We have to act now, and we have to act fast.”
– Lauren Thorpe, Greenpeace field organizer
Someday, You Could Be A: National Park Forestry Worker
Jesse works in Yosemite National Park. He started as a back-country ranger, helping lost or injured hikers.
New Limits on Military Recruiters in Schools
For the last six years, the Students Not Soldiers Coalition has lobbied New York City Schools to adopt formal rules for military recruitment in public schools. Now there is a new policy in New York City schools that says military recruiters are no longer allowed to use class time for recruitment.
Locked Up
1 in every 100 adults in the United States is in prison, a far greater number than any other country in the world.
