Let's take a bit of a departure from our monthly theme of 'poetry' and focus on Earth Day (which is April 22, 2016). If you're looking for ways to leverage Earth Day activities in your courses or just want to get inspired by photos of our beautiful, green earth, then this post is for you!
Pollution Awareness
If you're looking for an activity on the effects of pollution, look no further. Tyson McClain from State of Mississippi RCU created a quiz (26 questions) called "The Ecosystem/Pollution" emphasizing nature's harmful surroundings. Designed for 6th graders, but can easily be modified for younger and older grades, as well.
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Solar Energy
Want an entire course that examines the basic principles that are employed when designing a building to make maximum use of solar energy for heating and cooling without adding any mechanical, ducting or other energy demanding features to the building? We thought you might 
@caldwell from NC School of Science and Math shared his course "Passive Solar Design".
Earth and its Beauty
Our very own @scottdennis , Director of Community at Instructure, uploaded amazing stock photos of the beautiful scenery in Utah. If you're ever looking to add flavor to your 'green' assignments, you may want to leverage one of his photos!
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