June 22, 2011: Earth in Sixth Major Extinction

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Use newspaper words and pictures to create a poster showing items and actions that will help the environment.

2. Create a timeline showing the changes in our planet. Use illustrations on your timeline.

3. Find two places of natural beauty in your community in your newspaper. Explain why they are important.

4. How were these important in the evolution of the planet: (a) Siberian Traps, (b) carbon dioxide, (c) an asteroid, and (d) Pangaea?

5. Use the Internet to research an endangered animal. Write about it: How many exist? Where are they located? What groups are trying to protect the animal?

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Earth and Space Science)
  
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)