Environmental Challenge: Level 2 - 4 Focus on the Environment Challenge I have read and written a short review on a book about nature and the environment I can identify four birds found at school and at home I can identify at least four birds found in the bush, at the seashore and found by a lake, stream, or river I have taken photographs and/or painted pictures of my favourite places in our local environment. I have made these into a display and written a short paragraph about each place. I have sat quietly for five minutes in the bush or my favourite quiet place, enjoyed and listed all the sounds I have heard. I have helped cleaning up the playground and around my home I have identified ways that rubbish can be used again. I have found a practical use for some discarded material I have helped my group/class help formulate a plan to cut down on waste at school and at home I have planted a tree and found out how to care for it as it grows EVALUATION AND GOAL SETTING: Be prepared to discuss these with your teacher. What other environmental topics would you like to read about? Why? What have you learned about your local environment that you didn't know before? How can we improve our local environment? List your ideas. With a friend or in a group, plan and run a promotional campaign to encourage children at school to enjoy and learn more about your local environment. With a friend or in a group, write your own contract that states how you will care for the school and local environment in an effort to improve it for people to enjoy, now and in the future. Do you have a lesson you would like to share with other teachers? Simply email us an attached Word, Works or PDF file and we will add it to our library. Don't forget to include your name and school so we can acknowledge your work. Click on the email icon below.