All Videos Tagged environmental (Classroom 2.0) - Classroom 2.0 2024-05-03T08:52:17Z https://www.classroom20.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=environmental&rss=yes&xn_auth=no wk_bookintro1280 tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-30:649749:Video:386660 2009-09-30T13:23:47.036Z Lauren Branchini https://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurenBranchini <a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/wkbookintro1280-1"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="135" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940677760?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>For a limited time HarperAcademic is sponsoring a free e-book giveaway for educators.<br></br> <br></br> The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy growing up in a small village in Malawi, Africa. During a terrible famine seven years ago, then 14-year old William learned from a library book how to build a windmill and harness enough wind energy to power… <a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/wkbookintro1280-1"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940677760?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />For a limited time HarperAcademic is sponsoring a free e-book giveaway for educators.<br /> <br /> The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy growing up in a small village in Malawi, Africa. During a terrible famine seven years ago, then 14-year old William learned from a library book how to build a windmill and harness enough wind energy to power his family's compound. Soon the news of his invention spread and William became known all over the world: he was a TED fellow in 2007 and, the following year, delivered an address at the Economic World Forum.<br /> <br /> For more information, including how to obtain a free copy of the e-book, please visit our website: <a href="http://harperacademic.blogspot.com/2009/09/boy-who-harnessed-wind-inspiring-true.html">http://harperacademic.blogspot.com/2009/09/boy-who-harnessed-wind-inspiring-true.html</a> PSA: Environmental Education Week 2009 - Be Water Wise tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-02-28:649749:Video:300524 2009-02-28T01:22:37.368Z Jack Olmsted https://www.classroom20.com/profile/JackOlmsted <a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/psa-environmental-education"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="90" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940670082?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120"></img><br /> </a> <br></br><a href="http://www.eeweek.org">Environmental Education Week is April 12-18</a>. PSA #1<br></br> <br></br> EE Week is the largest organized environmental education event in the United States that increases the educational impact of Earth Day by creating a full week of educational preparation, learning, and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums.… <a href="https://www.classroom20.com/video/psa-environmental-education"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940670082?profile=original&amp;width=120&amp;height=90" width="120" height="90" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br /><a href="http://www.eeweek.org">Environmental Education Week is April 12-18</a>. PSA #1<br /> <br /> EE Week is the largest organized environmental education event in the United States that increases the educational impact of Earth Day by creating a full week of educational preparation, learning, and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums.<br /> <br /> NOTE: If you are interested in creating your own eeweek PSA, check out the resources on this <a href="http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/videobloggingpodcast-project">Classroom 2.0 blog post</a>.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.eeweek.org/resources/water_curricula">Water Curricula</a></b><br /> For resources on teaching about water, helpful websites, and web activities for students, visit the eeweek <a href="http://www.eeweek.org/resources/water_resources">Water Resources</a> page.