Hug the Earth!

Today we got to pass around the Earth! We started off the class by thinking about ways we can teach students to save the Earth and inform them about all of the problems today involving the Earth. We were instructed to throw around a little Earth and hug the Earth when it come to us. When it was our turn and we were holding the Earth, we had to elaborate on how we could teach about geography, weather/climate, and ways to help the Earth. I went first and said what first came to my mind, which was taking my students on a mini field trip the local beach, or local park and have them clean up the area and help them realize how important it is to recycle, and how trashing our environment is slowly destroying it. Making the experience as interactive and visual as possible is essential when teaching students about the Earth, and social studies in general. A great way to teach geography is having students choose a place they are interested in, and research about it and eventually present their findings. A great tool for this is thing link, especially the 3D resource where students could choose their own country and teach the class about it through a virtual field fieldtrip!