b' guide for teachers and parentsTeachers: Activities to use in Your Classroom(See more activities at https://www.healthynewsworks.org/caring-for-our-earth-ourselves/)quizClimate change: Rachel VallettaActivity: Letter to the Editor: After reading the article titled Taking action to stop climate change, do a little extra research with the help of a grown-up. Identify a situation that contributes to climate change and come up with a plan to address it. Rachel Valletta says we should tell people about the problem. Share your plan by writing a letter to your principal or the local newspaper.Eco-anxiety: Amia HinesWrite a reflection: Amia Hines shares advice for dealing with anxiety. After reading about her, reflect on a time when you experienced anxiety. Describe how it felt and what you did about it. Illustrate your reflection.Biking: Waffiyyah MurrayCreate a PSA: Riding a bicycle is a healthy activity and helps the environment. Create a PSAa public service announcement posterto encourage kids to ride a bicycle. Make sure you include an illustration to support your message.Plastics: Anna Du Write a biography: As a child, Anna Du created a robot to help remove plastic from the ocean. With the help of a grown-up, do some research to find other kids who are working to help reverse climate change. Write a brief biography of one of them, describing who they are and what they are doing. Conservation: Michael Stern Consider conservation: Michael Stern encourages kids to be conservationists no matter what their future jobs will be. Brainstorm potential careers and list how each career could practice conservation. You could create a table or even a comic stripbe creative!Locally grown food: Megan Carrier Create a chart: Megan Carrier shared her thoughts on the importance of locally grown food. Create a T-chart about how locally grown food keeps us healthy (on one side of the T) and how it keeps the Earth healthy (the other side).Word Scramble answers from page 28:LIMIT SCREEN TIMEdehydration; disposable; reduce; reuse; pollution Using technology helps you plastic; microplastic; landfill; environment; water;learn, stay in touch with Guess the native plant answers from page 29: friends, and enjoy entertaining films and games. But too much C: hairy beardtongue ; D: New England aster; E: cattails screen time can be harmful A: butterfly milkweed;B: brown-eyed Susan;to your health, physically or psychologically. Enjoy activities, sports, and hobbies that dont involve phones or other devices.MAKING NEW FRIENDS BREATHE!To make new friends, connect with others in yourTake a moment to pause when you feel stressed. Breathe in neighborhood or school. Reach out to people indeeply and breathe out a few times. Do that whenever you activities that you like such as sports or music. could benefit from peaceful moment.30B Y K I D S , F O R K I D S | S p r i n g 2 0 2 3'