Challenge 20/20

For me participating in the High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them Challenge , is very exciting.  Having young children be aware of certain topics is very important but having the opportunity to guide them through the process of finding solutions is amazing. This challenge gives us (teacher and students) the opportunity to get in touch with another classroom from a different part of the world and find ways to work on solving issues that are affecting the world.

For the children that I work with I think Global Warming is a great topic. It is very important for them to understand, in child friendly vocabulary, that we need to do something to save our planet. I think that  teaching them the importance of recycling can be a great start. They can come up with ways to recycle at school and at home and team up with the other students to create a campaign, but really, it is up to both groups to come up with ideas and propose activities that have meaning to them.  

I would really like to invite other teachers to try this challenge with their groups at school, it is a fun and interesting way to teach students the importance of involving themselves in altruist actions and also teach them a valuable lesson. It is not about helping others but caring enough to want to change the world for everyone.