Expected Time to Complete: 3 hours
Time In:________
Name______________________ Time Out:_______
http://www.ArtsEdNet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Ecology/index.html
Scroll down to "Links" and click on it.
2. Locate the name of an artist on the Web who uses our Environment and its safety as a theme for their artwork.
Artist's Name: ________________________________________ (full name)
Web Address:_____________________________________________
Title & Image of one artwork by Artist:
Title:____________________________________________________
Web Address:______________________________________________
Write a 200 word summary (in your own words) about
the artist's life and work. You can attach this.
3. You will write a 200 word summary on the History of Earth Day.
You can attach it.
Find it here:
http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/edn/GNelson.html
Put this in your own words. Don't quote!
4. Do a Net Search (try Excite) for "earth day". Find
a site which describes a community's specific activities or plans.
Put it here:
Site Address:_______________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________
Plan summary (in your own words):
5. Find an Earth Day appropriate art project and
attach it this page. It cannot be one of the two art projects we did
in class, but it can be from a source other than the Internet.
Where did you find it? Or
Site Address:_______________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________
6. Design a Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for
4th Graders.
Go to: The Earth Day Network
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/EarthDAy/ednethome.html
You will use this site as a jumping off point (if you
so choose, you can choose another related site).
The Scavenger Hunt must have the following components:
a. Go to the following address on the Internet/WWW
Site Address:_______________________________________________
Title:_____________________________________________________
b. Write five (5) questions that the students must find
answers to at the site.
c. Write four (4) statements that students must agree
or disagree with (Earth Day Content). They must provide a WWW Address that
explains their answer.
d. Have the students answer a question, write a paragraph,
etc. This question/activity may or may not send them out onto the WWW to
surf for information.
7. Describe a complete Earth Day Fair for your
Elementary School Classroom. What will they do? Put together the components
which you have found for this assignment in a creative way and be specific.
Your students must do at least one art project and then they must also
do at least one Earth Day social service or community project. Who will
you get to help you? Will you coordinate this project with others? Tell
me your ideas. Try and be realistic (but you can be ambitious if you want).
I want this answer to be more than three or four phrases but it can be
in outline format. Attach it to this handout.
Please turn in two copies of this project
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