The game and one day lesson plan, called ?Environmental Jeopardy?, was sent to more than 6500 educators around the country who are members of Earth Day Network?s Educator?s Network. Teachers who join the Educator?s Network through the Teacher?s Corner of the Earth Day Network website will also receive a free copy of ?Environme?tal Jeopardy?.
?Earth Day Network?s engaging and innovative educational resources are designed to help educators improve the quality and quantity of environmental education their students receive,? said Eric Rubin, Director of Education Programs at Earth Day Network. ?These resources, including Environmental Jeopardy, meet educational guidelines and are fun for teachers to implement on Earth Day or any day.?
?Environmental Jeopardy? was designed by Earth Day Network to challenge the way students think about important issues such as recycling, energy, sustainability, transportation and pollution, which affect the lives of all Americans.
Earth Day Network works with educators around the country to provide innovative and thought-provoking environmental education tools and curricula. Earth Day Network believes that environmental education should be a year round priority and encourages its practice by providing an ongoing series of tools and curricula to educators who are a part of their Educators Network.Following this initial release of ?Environmental Jeopardy? Earth Day Network will promote a second version called ?What?s in Your Food, What?s in Your Body? which participating educators can download from the Earth Day Network website prior to Earth Day on April 22, 2005. Another version of the game will be available to educators by the end of May.
About Earth Day Network
Earth Day Network was founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970 and promotes environmental citizenship and year round progressive action worldwide. Our mission is to build broad-based citizen support for sound, workable and effective environmental and sustainable development policies. Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world, with a global network that reaches over 12,000 organizations in 174 countries. As a result, Earth Day is celebrated by more than half a billion people each year making it the largest secular holiday in the world.