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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss environmental preservation and sustainability and their role in consumption and preservation. After a brief demonstration of how limited our resources are, students determine which natural resources they use most frequently and how they can help sustain those resources. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the concepts of atmosphere and the weather conditions. They engage in research that uses a variety of resources in order to obtain information. This is used in order to help students reflect upon the responsibility of evaluating a personal role in air quality. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students explore the current issue of landfills and the biodegradability of various plastics. Using bioreactors they test how biodegradable various plastics are. They also measure whether the plastics leave harmful byproducts in the soil. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the concepts of sustainability and green design when discussing architecture. Individually or in groups, they are to design a structure in which incorporates the these concepts. They are also graded on the practicality and overall look of the structure. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students, after brainstorming on all the different types of simple machines, create an invention utilizing items collected from the trash or recycling bin which will operate as a simple machine. They present and demonstrate how their simple machines operate to their classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students research and present the issue involved in a recycling or waste management debate. They discuss the variety of debates that revolve around the topic of recycling and waste management. Students use the library and internet resources to find a debatable topic in the area of recycling or wastemanagement. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss junk mail and costs associated with receiving mail that is usually thrown away, collect junk mail over course of one week and bring it to school, make predictions about its total weight, and analyze mail to identify natural resources that were wasted in its production and disposal. Students then work in groups to make kites from junk mail, and write letters of complaint to politicians and businesses. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students, in groups, research and map the effects of a proposed airport three miles outside of town. They prepare a presentation based on a set of maps they make and explains its different points of view from the viewpoints of the town government, homeowners associations, business interests, developers and state or county government. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students experiment with the concept of earthquakes while completing a lab with marshmallows, toothpicks, modeling clay and firm Jell-O and rectangular pan. They explore what kind of soil earthquakes do the most damage in and how different types of structures are affected by earthquakes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and interpret the basics of responsibility through a scenario. Then they identify and describe congressional responsibilities and extend what they have learned by role-playing. Students also apply the research of congressional positions and responsibilities. Finally, they compose a 1-2 page response paper to the basic responsibilities of a congress member. Full Review »
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