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=Resources:= Below I have listed various resources that are helpful for this task and topic. These resources share the important message of informing our students of ways in which they can improve their lifestyles that will be beneficial for the environment.

Interactive Whiteboards:
Interactive whiteboards are a fairly new and innovative resource for teachers, everything you can do on a computer can be done through this technology. Research has indicated that students learn more through engaging and interaction. through the used of Virtual fields trips, multimedia lessons and through the use of video and audio and through the integration of photos and websites into a class lesson plan. The interactive whiteboard is a great resource that can be used to display various resources i have listed below

Websites:
I have used various websites for this task, not only to research for myself but to provide vital information for students research.

[]: The website above is essential for this task, it provides a carbon footprint calculator where students can enter information about there lifestyles. eg: how much meat they eat, their means of transportation, how much they recycle. All of this information then leads to a final page where it then tells you how many planets are needed to maintain your lifestyle. This is a fun interactive way for students to see how the little things they do everyday and the way in which they do them can potentially have a dramatic outcome.

[] This webiste provides information on ways in which we can improve our carbon footprint, listing various aspects of the everyday house that can be adjusted to improve our impact. This is a good site for students research and for there presentations.

Movies or Podcasts:
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This youtube video outlines some simple ways we can live sustainably. This video explains the issues with our food the meat we eat and eating organically, also explains what simply changin your light bulbs and adjusting your heating can dramatically help the environment.

Social Network:
With out contionously changing society social netoworking is always advancing and improving. Through various sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Skype, people are able to communicate ffectively with people from anywhere in the world for free. This is a great tool to be used as from a click of the mouse you can share you opinion and view on various environmental issues creating awareness to a vast range of topics. there are many community pages set up on facebook where students or anyone for that matter can like the page and have information about different articles being submitted, poititions and provide facts and information on ways in which people can help.

[|https://www.facebook.com/#!/environment.change.org].> This is a link to just one of many facebook pages set up for the community to view providing informaation of environemntal issues around the world.

Documents:
A great resource for this topics is book titled " Reducing your carbon footprint at home" ( David, Sarah, B).