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- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of establishing the I & M Canal water route. They watch a video about the canal's history. They collect and write a personal migration story by interviewing a family member. They analyze trends and patterns of migration. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students investigate environmental sites online to participate in various activities, and to play online games, all while learning about the earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students examine the characteristics of their own environment and compare them to another region. They prepare a box filled with items and stories about their own region, exchange the box with another class in another region, and compare/contrast the contents. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how environmental health relates to the built environment. They read an article, identify environmental health/built environment issues in their own community, complete a worksheet, and develop solutions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students examine "multiple chemical sensitivity" and how it relates to genetic variation and environmental factors. They read an article, conduct research, and identify risk factors related to chemical sensitivity, asthma, breast cancer, and obesity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Umbrella installation of California and Japan artists Christo and Jean-Claude and determine the reasons for the artists choosing the two locations as their site. They analyze the meaning of environmental art. Students, assuming the role of an environmental artist, plan and design a preliminary project idea of a visual presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine how the study of geography can be applied to planning for the future. They research an environmental issue that affects their town or region, draw pictures assuming two possible outcomes for the problem in fifty years (one negative and one positive), and create a plan to educate the community about this issue. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students identify environmental problems and their causes. They explore some of the ways environmental problems are currently being addressed. In groups students explore causes, possible prevention methods, and laws and regulations surrounding a specific environmental problem. Students write letters to an environmental organization stating their views on the way that a particular environmental problem is being addressed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the culture of Puerto Rico. They create maps of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. They work in small groups to research a decade in history and add drawings and pictures to a timeline of their decade. They practice Spanish words and read folktales of Puerto Rico. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students research the local history and lore surrounding towns near Oneida Lake. They then interview a guest speaker, research railroad history and the environmental impact of the Iron Horse in order to write a persuasive letter discouraging railroad development in the area. Full Review »
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