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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
Books to Display
Earthwise at School: A Guide to the Care and Feeding of Your Planet by Linda Lowery.
Eco-Careers: A Guide to Jobs in the Environmental Field by John Hamilton.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.
Books to Booktalk
How to Save the Planet by Barbara Taylor.
Flush by Carl Hiaasen.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Refreshments
Serve water, water crackers, peanuts and Chex mix, and salt-water taffy.
Incentives
Give away biospheres or terrariums as prizes. These can be found at The Discovery Store,
http://shopping.discovery.com. Snow globe rings can be found at the Oriental Trading
Com pany web site, www.orientaltrading.com.
Games and Activities
Water Experiments
Use the water experiment books you have in your collection, such as Science Project
Ideas about Rain by Robert Gardner or Water: Projects with Experiments with Water and
Power by Steve Parker. The Environmental Protection Agency has ideas and links to
excellent experiments at www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/activity_grades_9-
12_buildyourownwatershed.html.
A Simple Experiment: Filter Muddy Water
Rainwater is cleaned as it seeps through the ground into the water table. To demonstrate
how this happens, place a coffee filter into a funnel. Place crushed charcoal or gravel in
the funnel and top it with a layer of sand. Pour muddy water through the filter and watch
what happens.
But What Can I Do?
Divide the teens into teams of two or more. Provide five web sites and five books about
water conservation. Ask each team to list twenty ways they can help conserve water in
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