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- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students read two short text items, which describe different approaches to agriculture. They describe the likely advantages and disadvantages of each approach for farmers, commercial peanut buyers, the government, nomadic herdsman and the European customer. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students investigate causes and effects of droughts by participating in a simulation 'town hall meeting.' Acting as community members, students make informed decisions to help a town and its surrounding areas suffering effects of a prolonged drought. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students create graphs to show rainfall amounts in a year. They list the effects of a drought on their city, county and state. They also diagram the water cycle and formulate a water conservation plan. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explain why specialization leads to interdependence. They determine the economic impact of drought on a local economy. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss their perceptions of Ethiopia, then research Ethiopia's geographical regions, climate, and agriculture. They write magazine articles explaining what Americans might not have realized about Ethiopia. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students examine an El Nino effects map to assess the outlook for drought conditions in the United States. They explain the connection between El Nino and drought. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students review the water cycle and its relationship to weather around the world. They focus their attention on extreme weather phenomena such as: floods, huricanes, tornadoes, and drought. Pupils draw a complete water cycle and place the weather phenomena in the correct area of the water cycle. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine the impact of floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and droughts. They conduct Internet research on various weather websites, complete a Weather Disaster Information sheet, save images of weather disasters on Google Images, and create a computer slideshow presentation. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students examine the Saguaro cactus holds water by completing a simulation which shows how the circumference of the cactus changes in times of drought and times of rainfall. They complete a K-W-L chart about cacti before they measure the circumference of Saguaro cactus fans which they made. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students discuss and define flooding. They identify areas in northeast Florida that may flood. Students examine droughts and explain the conditions that cause them. They examine the need for growth management in the state of Florida. Full Review »
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