National Science Standard 6 ... Personal and Social

NS.5 - 8.6
Personal Health
Populations, Resources, and Environments
Natural Hazards
Risks and Benefits
Science and Technology in Society

NS.9 - 12.6
Personal and Community Health
Population Growth
Natural Resources
Environmental Quality
Natural and Human-induced Hazards

Speaker....Ms. Tracy Fisher
Youth Campaign Director, I Buy Different
Center for a New American Dream
World Wildlife Fund

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Essential Questions

1. How much time do you take to think about what you are buying and how it is produced, packaged, and shipped to the store?
2. How can your community or peer group take action to change the consumer's attitude toward buying with a purpose to help protect our environment?
3. How can we teach people to make wise consumer choices?



Lesson Plans

Pre-Presentation:

  • TV Inventory...reflections on why advertising works for teens

  • Ads Sell Image...Do we buy products or images?

  • Journey of the....
    Objective: Most kids these days have grown up in a world where items are so far removed from their origins, that they do not see or understand the way they connect to the Earth. This activity will allow students to stop and think about what a certain item is made from and what raw materials and natural resources were used to make it.
    Materials: Crayons, large white construction paper or plain newsprint
    Activity: Ask students to pick an item that's important to them. Where does the item comes from? Ask that they draw a flow chart which will follow an item back through to the natural resources it came from. The chart should begin with a picture of the item and end with a picture of the Earth. When everyone is finished, they can share their charts. It will be plain to see that anything and everything was at one time part of the Earth.
    Follow-up: Its not hard to get natural resources out of the Earth but once they have been manufactured into something else, it's not always easy to go back. Make the point that we seriously need to recycle and reuse.

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Tunes:
The Last Resort, Eagles
Corporate America, Boston

Journal Topic

I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better than its ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more

John Denver had the ability to express what he believed in through his song lyrics, as many song writers do. In this song, he refers to a "World Game." People like Tracy Fisher of The Center for a New American Dream do the work they do because they believe they can make a difference in our world. In both cases, these people are teaching what they believe to be positive change. How will you create positive change around you and inspire others to do the same for the health and sustainability of our planet?

Student Self-Evaluation

1. This speaker emphasized…
2. One fact that surprised me was…
3. I will always remember…
4. The important message I would like to pass on is…

Teacher Evaluation

1. The student used the journal question as a reflection after the program.
2. The student was able to answer the self-evaluation questions.
3. Through discussion and follow-up activities, the student made a connection between his or her own area and the natural hazards that may come from abuse of the environment.
4. Through activities such as Aisle Hopping, the student showed an understanding of the risks and benefits of making     choices as a consumer.
5. The student is able to relate the use of technology as a factor in global change.

World Game

I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better than its ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more

Everywhere I’m going I see trouble
Everywhere I’m looking I see all kinds of pain
Maybe we can get back on the double
Maybe we can turn around and make it all change
They say its you against your neighbor
If it gets right down to it, you against your friend
I swear that this is not the answer
As far as I can see it is the way it all ends

I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better than its ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less and doing so much more

Hey man, you know me I don’t worry
Hey man, you know me I am never afraid
Only one thing can make me sorry
Something to say and then it never gets said
What kind of man turns on his brother
What kind of man would turn his back on a friend
Who has the right to say its over
Who has the right to see how far it can bend

I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better than its ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
Yaweh Yaweh Yaweh Jah
You and me you and me
You and me you and me
I and I - I and I
I and I - I and I

I want to play in the World Game
I want to make it better than its ever been before
I want to play in the World Game
I want to make sure everybody knows the score
About using less, doing so much more

......Lyrics by John Denver

Bill
Nye

Standard 1
Amory Lovins

Standard 2
Jeanne McCarty

Standard 3
Al
Worden

Standard 4
Thomas Zung

Standard 5
Tracy Fisher

Standard 6

John
Passacantando

Standard 6
Richard Murphy

Standard 7

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