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Direct linkHristova, Eleonora – Primary Science, 2022
The author gives some simple but effective suggestions on 'going green' at home, including: (1) Get your children to love the outdoors; (2) Eat healthy and organic; (3) Reduce organic waste by composting; (4) Teach your children about the three Rs of recycling; and (5) Minimise your water consumption. Trusted adults modelling good eco-practices…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Quality of Life
Download full textHealthy Schools Network, Inc., 2016
Children are uniquely vulnerable to environmental contaminants. Their bodies are still developing, they eat, drink, and breathe more per pound of body weight than adults, they have lungs that are still developing, and they may be more exposed to hazards and unaware of how to protect themselves. Lead exposure can cause serious damage to children's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Water Pollution, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Influences
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2013
States compel children to attend school; in fact, 98% of all school-age children attend schools--irrespective of conditions. Yet the environmental conditions of decayed facilities or facilities close to hazards can damage children's health and ability to learn. At the same time, it is well documented that healthy school facilities can help…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Risk, Public Health, Diseases
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2008
More than 53 million children and 6 million adults in the United States spend their days in elementary and secondary schools. Reducing environmental risks inside these buildings is critical to maintaining the public health. Almost all of New England's children will spend a large portion of their childhood in school. To help children stay healthy,…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Public Health, Child Health, Educational Environment
Brazelton, T. Berry; Greenspan, Stanley I. – Early Childhood Today (J3), 2007
This article discusses the need for physical protection and care of infants and young children and families. One of the most important preventable challenges to children's physical safety and protection is toxic substances in their environment. Many toxic substances that affect the central nervous system are in drinking water, soil, air, and areas…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Water, Substance Abuse, Organic Chemistry
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment; Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 5, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
