Green Team Gazette Season 3, Issue 8 Apr. 2011

1. Hip Hip Hooray…It’s Earth Day
Everyone loves an acrostic
Acrostic, you say, what’s that?
Read the letters down.
The words say “Earth Day.”
Have your youngsters
Decide what they want to share that fit the letters,
And then have them write about Earth Day.
You’ll be impressed with what they create!
Earth Day Math Page,
and Answer Key
Get the critical thinking skills a-brewing with your
youngsters with page 2 of the Green Team Gazette.
Put them to work not only learning about Earth Day, but also
the ideas that back this environmental awareness day!
Answers:
1. 100 x 60 = ,6000 trees per hour;
24 x 6,000 + 144,000 trees per day
2. 7 x 300,000,000 = 2,100,000,000 trees per year
3.
Day
1
Day
2
Day
3
Day
4
Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
5 min.
showers
for
4 people
(5 x 5)
x 4 =
100
200 300 400 500 600 700
Daily
baths
for 4
people
50 x 4
=
200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400
4.
Material Millions
of Tons
Made
Millions of
Tons
Recycled
The Difference
between the two (in
Millions of Tons)
Paper 77.8 26.5 51.3
Aluminum 3.0 1.1 1.9
Glass 13.7 3.0 10.7
Plastic 19.3 0.7 18.6
Yard Waste 32.8 6.5 26.3
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Volume 3, Issue 8, page 1 April 2011
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Going Loftily With The Lorax
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees for the trees
have no tongues."
“Unless someone like you cares a whole
Awful lot, nothing is going to get better.
It’s not” ~Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax has become known as a classic tale
of environmentalism…with themes of deforestation,
over-consumption and over-production, conservation, and
air & water pollution. Pepper in a side of greed (a
different kind of “green”) and a look at responsibility
and a need to take a stand.
Sounds like Earth Day, April 22nd
, to me!
If you are looking for some ways to weave The Lorax
into your Earth Day activities, any of the 4 sites below
would be excellent for lesson plans, activities, and
inspiration. Check it out!
http://www.energystar.gov/kids
Click “Join the Lorax”
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lorax.php
http://www.seussville.com/Educators/lorax_clas
sroom/educatorlorax_discuss.php
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/dr-
seuss-birthday/printables/the-lorax.html
The Green Team Gazette is a publication
co-sponsored by the founders of CynerGreen
CGKidz, and Eagle Cove School (formerly
“Gibson Island Country School”), a Green
School in Pasadena, Maryland. Our mission is
to educate and share ways to “go green”—both big & small--
and be environ-mentally-proactive at home, in school, and
beyond. It is written by Vicki Dabrowka, 3rd grade teacher
& co-Green Team Leader at Eagle Cove School. To learn
more visit www.cynergreen.com, www.cgkidz.com, and
www.eaglecoveschool.org. You can also follow us at
http://greenteamgazette.blogspot.com/ or find us at “Green
Team Gazette” on Facebook and also on Twitter.
Please print on recycled paper. Copyright © 2011 Vicki Dabrowka
Each day in the chart represents the cumulative total
since the numbers per day are identical to Day 1.

2. Name __________________ Date _____________
Earth Day Math
April 22, 1970 is when it all began...Earth Day! That very first Earth Day had more than
20,000,000 people taking part in the celebration. Since then, environmental awareness
has continued to grow in the USA! Use some of your math skills, paper, pencil, and maybe
even a calculator to find the answer to these Earth Day Math Mind-bogglers!
1. Picture a rainforest. They cover only a small part of our planet, but they
are the home of half the world's plants and animals. Rainforests are being cut
down at the rate of about 100 trees per minute. At this rate, how many are
cut down every hour? ____ What about every day? _________
2. The average American uses 7 trees a year in paper, wood, and other
products. Yikes! But even more “yikes”...about how many trees would be
cut down if there are about 300 million Americans using all that paper?
3. When you shower, you use 5 gallons of water every minute. Most people take 5 minute showers.
A bath uses 50 gallons of water. How many gallons of water would a family of 4 use in a week
taking either showers or baths (assuming they each take one each day)? Fill in the chart
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
5 minute
showers for
4 people
Daily baths
for 4 people
4. Here are the materials made (in millions of tons) in one year in the U.S. as well as how much of
each is recycled. Complete the table by finding the difference between the amount of waste we
make & the amount of waste we recycled. (Use the extra space or back to write out the problems.)
Material Millions
of Tons
Made
Millions
of Tons
Recycled
The Difference
between the two
(in Millions of
Tons)
Paper 77.8 26.5
Aluminum 3.0 1.1
Glass 13.7 3.0
Plastic 19.3 0.7
Yard Waste 32.8 6.5
The Green Team Gazette
Volume 3, Issue 8 , page 2 April 2011
Copyright ©
2011 Vicki
Dabrowka