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- 9th - 12th
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Students build a bubble powered rocket and launch it. They examine the stress to their immediate environment, identify alternative choices, and assess the cost of repairing the damage. They relate their findings to other environmental stresses. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine the impact of harmful behaviors of people to the natural environment. In small groups, they cut out magazine pictures, analyze the photos, discuss the photos, and complete a handout. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explain the concepts of carrying capacity and sustainability; discuss the importance of understanding systems in planning resource management strategies; and develop an understanding of the notion that quantities change. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students discuss a class collection of bumper stickers dealing with an environmental issue. They discuss whether or not the bumper sticker have a positive effect or could change a person's viewpoiint. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students study natural habitats, aquatic life, renewable and non-renewable resources. They discuss conservation efforts for sea otters and desert toad in this units. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how scientists study the genetic and environmental factors that interact to produce variation in behavior across a population. Students study how behavior is defined by scientists and an overview of the genetic and environmental forces that interact to shape behavior. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students incorporate higher order thinking skills with this in depth research project. This project bridges the Sciences to other disciplines. Students research the diversity and interdependence of Life. They explain the structure and function of ecosystems today and how they have changed over time. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the world of macroinvertebrates and identify the environmental stressors that threaten their existence. Outdoors, they role-play as stressors and invertebrates, with the intolerant species doing pushups, spins, and hops without being tagged by the stressor-students. Finally, they record and examine the results of the activity. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students study how standards are established in Science. They also look at the value of different perspectives with questions about ecological standards. The class creates its own standards for ecology with the help of a survey to obtain a class opinion. Full Review »
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