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- 10th
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Students experience a hands-on field sampling experience in environmental science. They get involved with making presentations at public meetings, the annual River Congress, and any other forum for discussion of a river and its health. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students research the environmental assessment process via the internet and specific websites. They explore the theory behind the assessments and conduct an assessment for Point Pelee National Park. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify environmental hazards on a simulated field trip. They analyze the exposure and suggest methods to eliminate or reduce exposure to toxic sources. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students participate in a varity of activities surrounding "gold." They explore the science, myths, and legends about gold and conduct a debate over the environmental problems created by gold mining in a small small mining town. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine how the use of chemicals may affect the environment and how their are many different political issues surrounding chemical usage and the environment. They research different newspapers and magazines about the issues. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students complete an environmental simulation. A mysterious illness infects more than a dozen people during a summer in Kildare, USA, and the possibility of an epidemic is sending fear throughout the town. Students play the parts of environmental health investigators to find what is causing the illness, how it is being spread, and what should be done in order to resolve the problem. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students answer discussion questions and analyze technological innovations, scientific discoveries, and environmental crises from a human rights perspective. They research and report back to the class about a related topic. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students learn the criteria for and create the framework of an impromptu speech about an environmental health issue that is especially important to them. Students write a speech about an environmental health problem based on the material learned in this quarter's science and social studies classes and the research conducted in the last language arts class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how environmental problems are not simply a matter of too much pollution or too much habitat destruction, rather, environmental problems take on their own political and economic aspects when viewed through the Tragedy of the Commons. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students watch an excerpt from the movie "A Civil Action" and examine the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and possible methods of cleanup or remediation. After watching the film excerpt, students create a plan to help a lawyer try a case involving water and hazardous waste contamination. Full Review »
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