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Planetpals Activities For School, Homeschool, Home

For Teachers and Parents!

As an educator, you will be able to use this site to assist in teaching your children about the universe, it's natural resources, and its social issues.

On Planetpals.com there are book lists, lesson plans, parent/ teachers forum, hundreds of pages of fun, fact, activities, crafts, and downloads. help kids be planetpals

We can't think of a better way to inform your children about the world we live in than with the help of PLANETPAL

Planetpals encourages strong pro social and pro active values. Delivers positive messages of teamwork, friendship, responsibility, appreciation. Encourages: creativity, learning, problem solving, environmental awareness.PLANETPALS has been helping teachers for over a decade and educated an entire generation already!

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Everything to teach kids about their world!

Ideas on how to use this site as a teaching tool: The Pals:

Have children get acquainted with the Planetpals by reading each Planetpal's Rhyme ...(also on audio)
Talk about each Planetpal and their role in our universe, after reading their rhymes and perhaps write one of their own. Projects for preschool to high school, and then some.
Have them participate in our online creative Contests and submit their best work

The Planet:

Have them learn about the Earth at Planet and Planet Fast Facts
Have them learn about ecology at Earth Matters
Have them see the difference in the Earth Size compared to other planets.
Have them learn about the Solar System
Have them use the PLANETPAL Food Chain as a learning tool like Releasing Third Grade Science class has!
Have children read about the Wonders of the World...great information and photos to start dialog

Recycling and Eco Friendly Ideas, tips, fun facts:

Use the Quick Lesson in Recycling! It's graphic and fun
Have them visit the Recycle Center . It's a great visual tool to learn about recycling and what we can and can't recycle.
In addition to recycling, have them learn about PREcycling. Complete with a downloadable shopping list activity.
Shape Book: Conduct a Recycle Lesson or Eco Lesson using Planetpals Exclusive Shape Books
Have them send their ideas to us for Planetpals Worldly Wise page.
Have them learn ways to conserve at home
Have them print out the Recycle Kits, and use it at home or in the schoolroom!
Have them look at our Recycle Picture Map
Have them participate in Planetpals WORLD RECYCLES PROJECT It's a great class project where the whole world can learn.
Have them get involved in dialog about ecology.
Have them think up their own recycle kit ideas and send them to us!
Have them make lists about things they can do to help conserve.
Have them read the special features like Weather and research more information on that subject.
Have them check out other children and school Eco projects at our Thinking Green page!
Have the entire class work on a project, make a web site about their project and we will help you promote it on our Thinking green
Have them write a project on any Eco topic, and use our Ecology Dictionary .page.
Have them play with the Planetpals Puzzles. They will learn a valuable message and some simple ecology terms.
Have them make a food chain of their own.

For Fun:

Have them design a poster, using their concept.
Start a PLANET PEN PAL exchange with a classroom in another country, use our Planet Pen Pal forum to find one.
Join your class or individual children in our PLANETPAL Kids Club at the Clubhouse and start a local club of their own!
Have them think up clever campaigns of their own!