The First Day



Today we met our students that we will be teaching over the next few weeks.  Our job with these students is to inform them more about the risks of pollution and poor care to the environment.





The theme for our group is "Everyday is Earth Day", and each week one of us will teach this group of children of different aspects of pollution, and how America has come to fight it.  For example, the first group is doing water pollution, and how it impacts the environment, and how it is being fought all over the world. I believe the goal for us as the teachers is to, not only practice teaching in front of students, but to inform these children about what goes on in the world, and prepare them to take hold of its future.



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