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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the impact of human behavior on key components of the environment, examine how theirn own personal decisions have added to the problem, and explore possible solutions to the current ecological crisis. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students are introduced to the technique of printmaking and the African art form of Adinkra cloth that incorporates symbolic motifs representing proverbs. Students visit a rainforest to learn about the special quality of life there and how it is being threatened by deforestation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students work in groups to research the rain forest. They develop a multimedia presentation on a specific topic choosing from ecosystems and biomes, classifications, plants, animals, deforestation or human relationships. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss the forest products industry and its affects upon their communities. They inventory the wood and paper products they consume and determine how it translates into the number of trees cut. Using a spreadsheet, they record, analyz, and predict their consumption of wood products. By creating a Web page, blog, or brochure, they inform their communities about their findings. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate the concept of forestry and how trees are used for different purposes. The problem of deforestation is presented in this historical lesson. The comparison of our society to others that depend on forests are presented and students are asked to compare and contrast them. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students research species of endangered animals around the world and complete a fact sheet. They write a script/storyboard using fact sheet information. They create a multimedia presentation to save an endangered species. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students brainstorm the relationship between trees and humans. They listen to and discuss opposing viewpoints of the relationship and attitudes between humans and the forest brought up in the story, "The Lorax." Students create a story that shows what they think would happen if all the trees were cut down in their neighborhood. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students, as a group, read "The Lorax" and answer questions related to forests and people. They list the major ideas and when answering the questions decide if the agree or disagree with the answers. As an extension, students can write a sequel to "The Lorax." Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students study the impact that climate has on the land. They discuss how deforestation leads to erosion and soil damage and how trees and vegetation help to stabilize the land. They draw a large map of the Caribbean and show Haiti and the Island of Hispaniola. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students use a variety of equipment and software packages to enter, process, display, and communicate information in different forms using text, tables, pictures, and sound. They also identify and define the causes of deforestation and research resources found in the rainforest. Students then identify the valuable medicinal resources found in the rainforest and apply measurement skills in order to bake and prepare foods for a fundraiser. Full Review »
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