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- 2nd
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Students explore how to recycle items by asking to create an object from something found in their trash. They develop their their own writing assignment, which is put into a class book to share with their families. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students count amphipods under kelp wracks of varying ages to explain how long it takes for them to find their food source. They collect and represent the data. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift and how the continents were connected in one large land mass called Pangaea. They examine plate tectonics and the theory that the earth's surface is composed of large moving plates. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students examine the components of ecosystems. They compare and contrast an ecosystem to an aquatic ecosystem. They examine a local ecosystem and discuss its components. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students compare and contrast abiotic and biotic factors. They discuss how these factors effect ecosystems. They answer questions to complete the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students conduct research on the concept of ecology and how resources need conservation. They think critically about being a global citizen with the interest of helping the environment by being aware of the issue. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students become aware of the interrelationships and intricate balance among the components of the landscape-soil, vegetation, animals, landfors-by observing a selected site over a period of time. They observe an area of land in order to find how the abiotic and biotic factors interact with one another. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the concept of ownership of the community and being part of it. They conduct research about global ecology in order to make a presentation. The communication must be clear and brief to give information. The lesson has a correlation to social character studies also. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students collect data as they identify and classify native prairie plants and insects. They create their own population study using a variety of sampling techniques to determine the population density of various species. Students identify various layers of soil through a soil profile. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students compare the obeservations of traditional people with the oberservations of Western science. They validate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) through comparison and the identification of agreement with Western science. Full Review »

