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Free Teacher's
Guide
BOOMer Rules
2007
Rate Your Family Conservation Study
Students assess how environmentally aware their family is by a point
system. Goal is to heighten awareness of environmental their family
impact.
Procedure:
Students collect data on a point system. (Points below are from a
suggested example; an additional part of this could be for students to
come up with an appropriate rating system.)
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If you recycle paper, adds 10 pts.
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If you picked up litter in the past week, add 5 pts.
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If you littered in any way. Subtract 20 pts.
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If you planted one or more trees in the past year, add 10 pts.
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If you drove your car (or had someone drive you) to destination
fewer that two blocks away in the last week, subtract 20 pts.
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If you have taken your children to a natural setting, such as the
woods, a stream or a mountain trail in the last month, add 15 pts.
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If you recycle glass, cans, plastic, aluminum foil, add 10 pts.
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If you compost, mulch, or leave your leaves or grass alone to
decompose, add 5 pts.
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If you have a compost pile, add 10 pts.
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If you have a family vegetable garden, add 10 pts.
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If you have forgotten to turn off a light, television, or radio in
an empty room today, subtract 10 pts.
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If you have use rechargeable batteries, add 5 points
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If you use both sides of a piece of paper before throwing it away,
add 5 pts.
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If you have florescent lights at home add 5 points for each one.
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If you have a hybrid car or low mileage car add 20 points.
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If you have an SUV or Hummer subtract 15 points.
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If you have volunteered your time for an environmental cause in the
past year (such as paper drive, trash pick-up, clean up, help
animals , improve habitat , fund raising for nature, etc.), add 10
pts.
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If you have a push lawnmower, add 10 points.
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If you do not use pesticides on your lawn, add 10 points.
How did your family score????
90 points or above: Indeed you are a friendly family of the Earth!
80 to 89 points: You are a concerned family and doing OK.
70 to 79 points: Your family needs to make a plan and try harder.
Below 70: Your family is contributing to the problem.
*Adapted from Dorota. "Weird Frog Facts." Frogland. (1999) http://allaboutfrogs.org/
(Accessed 12 Nov. 1999).
See
www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids
or
www.cnaturenet.org for more details on simple things we can do to
help the earth.
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