The purpose of this Technology Article is to teach my students all about environmental conservation. Resources: Paper University http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/earth_answers/earthAnswers.htm - topic articles http://www.tappi.org/paperu/art_class/makingPaper.htm - arts and crafts http://www.tappi.org/paperu/links_resources/links.htm - links and resources http://www.tappi.org/paperu/fun_games/hiddenPics_classroom.htm - fun and games http://www.tappi.org/paperu/fun_science/testStrength.htm - ‘fun with science’ science projects This website is especially resourceful for learning about the conservation of trees and how to conserve them by making your own paper. The main reason I love this resource so much is because it allows children to go in to this webpage and read about something that we will learn about in class (trees and environmental conservation). The most outstanding piece of information that I learned from this website was that the first paper was made over 2,000 years ago by a Chinese man, named Ts’ai Lun, by grinding up mulberry bark, linen, and help and spreading it out on coarse cloth and letting it dry. The children can also learn how: to do different crafts, paper is made, trees are harvested for paper making, and many other topics that have to do with paper and how it’s made. The pros to this website are the many different resources and links there are to the world of paper. The cons are that the website pretty much stops at paper and trees, but I’m sure there are many other websites out there specifically about other environmental issues, we just have to find them! This website would definitely affect my curriculum by allowing me to teach the students hands on (which I love).