Bitstrips for Schools

April 22nd is Earth Day and we’re featuring a number of activities for you and your students to mark the day. These activities encourage students to think about the environment and what they can do to live cleaner and greener!

Earth Day Every Day
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/WD6/
Students create a comic strip to show easy ways to take care of the Earth on a daily basis.

Be a Habitat Superhero!
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/RTP/
Students become the hero when they show the reader how they can stop doing harmful things to our habitats in this comic.

How Can You Save Water
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/JLT/
Students describe an everyday situation in which they could save water.

How Environmentally Friendly Is It?
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/FLT/
Students analyze the ecological footprint of a product and to what extent it can be reused or recycled.

Celebrate Earth Day
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/21W1/
Students create a comic encouraging family or friends to participate in Earth Day.

Stop Littering Campaign
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/L1W1/
Students create an attention-grabbing ad encouraging people not to litter.

Local Environmental Issue
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/WPT/
Students illustrate the different points of view of key stakeholders on a local environmental issue.

To celebrate Black History Month we’re asking teachers and students to share their favourite Black History Month activity comics. Below we have included a number of featured activities that encourage students to reflect on the contributions made by significant historical figures and the importance of studying black history.

Submit the link to your public class gallery to us via Facebook or twitter! Or if you have  great idea for a Black History Month activity, you can share it with us from the My Activities page in your account and we’ll add it to the Activity Library!

Black History Month: Courageous Women
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/P8F/
Students display the struggles and courage of Harriet Tubman, Viola Desmond, or Rosa Parks.

Martin Luther King
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/8PT/
Students learn about respect and freedom using famous quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr., and reflect on these ideas in their comic strips.

Why Black History Month?
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/L6D1/
Students create a comic explaining the importance of studying black history.

Moments in Black History
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/T3D1/
Students create a comic that depicts a significant event in black history.

The Underground Railroad
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/M6D1/
Students create a comic showing how the Underground Railroad worked and what its historical consequences were.

There are a number of other Black History activities in the activity library which you can find here:
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/?search=black%20history

We’re celebrating 2013 with a series of featured activities promoting a healthy and happy New Year! These activities are a fun way to encourage your students to make positive changes and healthy choices. Ideal for all grade levels, help your students reach their goals for 2013 with the following activities:

New Years Resolutions
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/B589/
Students create a comic describing one of their New Year’s resolutions and how they plan to keep it.

My SMART Goal
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/GJS/
Student create a comic that reflects on what it means to set a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Relevant, and Timed).

Healthy Choices
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/PLL/
Students show their understanding of the effects of diet and exercise on physical health.

Winter Sports
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/J99/
Students create an advertisement to illustrate the benefits of being active during winter.

Positive Statements
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/activities/MPT/
Students create different scenes where they might interact with each other and show their avatar making positive or encouraging statements to other students.

Have a great idea for a goal-oriented activity? Share it with us from the My Activities page in your account and we’ll add it to the Activity Library!

This week we’re featuring activities that allow your students to creatively respond to the books they’ve been reading — from making book recommendations to recreating their favourite scene in comic form.  Ideal for all grade levels, you can view these activities here.

Book Report
Students retell a key scene from a favorite book, incorporating characters, narration and dialogue.

Book Cover
Students create a new cover for their favorite book in a one panel scene that illustrates what the book is about.

Book Recommendations
Students entice their classmates to read a book by illustrating highlights from the story.

Have a great idea for a book-related activity? Share it with us from the My Activities page in your account, and we’ll add it to the Activity Library!