Happy Earth Day!

Bonus Post! Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Happy Earth Day! While citizens of the world have done some things to care for our environment since its launch, there is still a lot of work to do. Plastic is literally choking our sea life! My seventh graders are currently reading the e-book, Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman as part of a narrative nonfiction unit. You can read my review here.

Image: Lerner Publishing

Yesterday, I attended an online webinar that I discovered serendipitously through a Tweet, hosted by the University of Toronto Trash team, featuring author, Patricia Newman and Chelsea Rochman, one of the scientists featured in the book. The U of T University of Toronto trash team has a challenge for all of us. Check out the website for more details. There are still three more sessions on the next three Tuesdays and they are FREE! Register here.

What are you doing for planet Earth every day?