Every year we celebrate World Environment Day in June. On World Environment Day we do what we can to protect our planet. This year the focus is on reducing the use of plastic bags and water bottles. Watch this Environment Day video to learn more about it!
What could you and your family do to protect the planet?
On your blog tell us three things that you could do to help save the planet.
1. To stop cutting trees (having a pledge written)
2. To stop the use of plastic (straws, plastic cups etc.
3. Have beach clean ups or working bees.
Activity 2: Adoption Day
Not only can you help the planet by reducing, reusing and recycling, you can also help to save animals and plants by ‘adopting’ them. To ‘adopt’ an animal through the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), you need to visit their adopt a species page, read through the list of animals and choose one.
With the WWF, you don’t actually adopt the animal and bring it home! It’s a symbolic adoption. In this case you pay a fee ($55.00) and the money is used to provide food and care for your chosen animal. Visit the WWF site and take a look at the animals who are available for adoption. Choose your ‘top three’ animals from the website.
On your blog, list the three animals that you have chosen and then compare and contrast them. How are they similar? How are they different? At the bottom of you post, tell us which of the three animals you would most like to adopt..
My top 3
Loggerhead turtle
Snowy owl
Arctic fox
Similarities
Snowy Owl and Arctic Fox - They both live in cold conditions and they are both white for camouflage
Loggerhead Turtle and Snowy Owl - they both have to flap their fins or wings. The turtle when in the water, to move and the snowy owl when it flies.
Arctic fox and Loggerhead Turtle - I'm not sure?
Differences
Arctic fox, Snowy owl and Loggerhead Turtle - The Arctic fox and the Snowy owl is white while the Loggerhead turtle is Green.
That's, about it.
Activity 3: Concluding the Journey
Sadly, the Summer Learning Journey has now come to an end. It is time to reflect on everything that you have learned about the environment and, particularly, about how you can protect and preserve it.
On your blog please tell us:
What is one thing that you learned from participating in the Summer Learning Journey programme this year? I learnt more about our environment and what we can do to help. Also learning about the different things people do and finding more out about participants.
What is one thing that surprised you? I was surprised about the amount of people participating in the SLJ. There was hardly any. I had a list of all the people that were participating and hardly any were doing it.
What is one thing that concerned or upset you? Again, the amount of people participating.
What is one thing that you (or your family) can do, moving forward, to help protect our natural environment? We have brought a lot of reusable bags so we can use those as a replacement for plastic bags.
This year has been an awesome year and once again to all the people who make SLJ happen... THANK YOU!!!
Kia ora Taleisha,
ReplyDeleteFirstly, thank you for coming back for another year of the programme, I really hope you have enjoyed completing activities and learnt some new things about the environment! Secondly, well done on the last day of activities for the Summer Learning Journey! It was very interesting reading your responses to the questions about the SLJ, I too am disappointed by the number of participants from Paihia this year. If you know of anyone that has registered and hasn't been actively participating, it would be wonderful if you could encourage them to complete some activities!
Also, there has been a number of activities throughout the programme that you see to have missed. Would you like me to tell you which ones so you can go back and complete them? :-)
I think your three ideas on how to help protect/save the planet are great. I think it's so important that we are making an effort to reduce/eliminate our plastic use and look for other options to help protect the future of our natural environment.
Talk soon,
Georgia.
Kia Ora Georgia,
ReplyDeleteThank you too. The SLJ has been an amazing experience for me and I will do it this year too. But one question, I am moving from Paihia to live with my mum and brothers this year since this year I am completing my schooling years. If I come in the top 3 how will it be delivered to me in Auckland?
I will just have a look through my posts and the ones that I have missed out I will do. Thank you for reminding me about that.
Thank you for the comment Georgia.
Taleisha
Hello Taleisha,
ReplyDeleteGreat job with completing the Summer Learning Journey. I like the similarities you came up with for the three animals.
Keep up the good work,
Alexandria.
Hi AJ,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment!
Taleisha