Environment Lesson Plans

From Marine Animals And Their Environments to Shrinking Spaces, find teacher approved environment lesson plans that inspire student learning.

64 Views: 4th - 5th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students review the three different marine environments: coral reefs, open ocean and bottom ocean. They create large dioramas of these environments using larger moving and appliance boxes.

Making My Environment Safe

24 Views: 3rd - 4th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students identify unsafe situations in their community and develop safer alternatives to improve those environments. They discuss factors that help promote violence, and in small groups create a poster and slogan that depicts a safe environment.

Square of Life - Local Environment

10 Views: 5th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students investigate their local environment and share that information with other students from around the country and the world. They identify living and non-living things in their schoolyard and prepare a presentation.

Caring for the Gifts of the Ocean Environment

48 Views: 4th - 5th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students identify environmental health issues. They describe how human actions affect the health of the environment. Students discuss some ways in which the ocean environment has been polluted by industry, business and vacationers.

Protecting the Environment Through Civic Activism

9 Views: 7th - 12th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students discuss how to protect the environment through civic activism. They watch a video about someone who stood up to the government to protect the environment. They also identify something in their community that could be improved.

Assessing Industrialization's Impact on the Environment

6 Views: 9th - 11th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students will explain how industrialization affected the environment and the emergence of a conservation movement. They research the conservation movement and pick one specific group, agency, or piece of legislation to research in detail.

Taking From the Giving Tree

5 Views: 6th - 12th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students explore the ways in which various American cities negotiate the protection of their "green infrastructure," gaining a broader understanding of proposed and enacted legislation as it relates to preserving and planting trees in urban environments.

[PDF] Oyster Morphs: Adaptations to the Environment

22 Views: 3rd - 12th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students demonstrate how organisms adapt to their environment. They examine prey and predators, natural selection, and adaptations by representing oyster morph.

Environment: Where Do I Fit In?

42 Views: 2nd - 5th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students examine their personal roles in maintaining and improving the environment at large. They explore the interdependence of all organisms in an ecosystem and evaluate technology in terms of the environment. Students conclude their discoveries with a presentation to the school, including slide shows, posters, and demonstrations, among others.

[PDF] Shrinking Spaces

17 Views: 9th - 12th Grade; 5.0/5.

Students describe the impact of population growth on the environment. They describe how cities affect their surrounding environment and explain how cities are handling growth and its resulting effect on the quality of life. They visit the CIA World Fact book Web site and read the information posted about Kenya.