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=Welcome to a Greener World= =This is our world and welcome to it. As an educator, students often ask me the question, "Who Me?" In regards to bringing a greener world into their future, the answer is, "Yes, you!"=

This unit is developed in an effort to inform students about the problems facing our world and their generation.

Inquiry Question: How can you as a student help create a more “green” world?

Science Standards: 2.1.7--2.1.7 Recognize and describe ways that some materials — such as recycled paper, cans, and plastic jugs — can be used over again. 6.3.8 Explain that fresh water, limited in supply and uneven in distribution, is essential for life and also for most industrial processes. Understand that this resource can be depleted or polluted, making it unavailable or unsuitable for life.

21st Century Standards: 2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world; 2.4.1 Determine how to act on information; 3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussion.

Audience members included 2nd graders and 6th graders.

