Skyglow

 

Light pollution

in the night

creates an orange

skyglow sight.

 

Nocturnal creatures

want to find

a place unlit by

humankind.

 

Please make our

streetlights only flow

with downward-pointing

lights aglow.

 

Or better still

have times of black

so night-time creatures

could come back.

inspired by:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24132194-100-light-pollution-has-reached-fragile-habitats-and-may-threaten-wildlife/

LIGHT pollution is now so bad that a dull orange “skyglow” obscures the stars in more than two-thirds of the world’s crucial habitats. And we have almost no idea how this affects wildlife.

Teacher Notes by Jeanie Axton

Have a browse of the excellent resources this site offers in ideas for Earth hour

https://www.coolaustralia.org/unit/earth-hour-primary/

Poem idea: Turn the lights of and darken the room. Brainstorm Earth related words and then get students to write a poem about looking after the planet. They could display their poem in a Earth picture.