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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the environmental factors that influence where fish live and determine the makeup of fish communities in the Hudson. They interpret guided observations and measurements to assess patterns, sequences and relationships. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students explore issues and opportunities related to hydroelectric development in their community by staging a town hall meeting. They explore occupations related to hydroelectric development using the profiles provided and incorporate the perspective of a selected occupation into their cases and determine a course of action for their community based on the cases presented. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students explore careers related to environmental education by developing a lesson plan for a science or environmental topic recently covered in their class. They develop and demonstrate understanding of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), the process by which they travel through the environment, and their effect on the environment and people of the Arctic and in general through lecture and class discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students locate an area of marsh and, by measuring the total number of individual plants in a sample area, determine whether purple loosestrife population density is correlated to the total plant diversity of the community. They calculate the diversity index for the sample plot of marshland. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students observe the development of the Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) through all of its life stages, from egg to adult. They compare it to the life cycle of beetles (Galerucella sp.), mealworms (Tenebrio sp.) and other common insects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate plants and the effects beetles have on the plants. In small groups, they collect plants and observe the beetles as they interact with the plants. They record the conditions including temperature, cloudiness, length of day and plant measurements and appearances. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students evaluate the impact beetles have on plants. In groups, they select plants to expose to leaf-feeding beetles and place those beetles on the caged plants. They observe the beetles and discuss the insect and plant interaction during their life cycles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that water has played an essential role in history. They explore how water affects the success and survival of a country. In addition, they create a mock newscast about an event affecting a country. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students investigate how natural hazards can present personal and societal challenges as well as the cost involved. They assess the risk analysis considerations with global warming and their impacts on an ecosystem. An estimate of the number of people who suffer consequences is also dealt with within this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the acquiring of skills necessary to make informed career choices. They examine the type of language that should be acquired for communication in the workplace. They also have class discussion about written journal entries. Full Review »
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