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\nDarwin Inspired Learning: Ages 11-14\n

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\nInspire young scientists to investigate the natural world, promote an understanding and excitement about how the environment works and how we affect it with four unit modules. Scholars investigate Darwin’s research into bees, consider...\n
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\n\"Glacier\n\n
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\nGlacier National Park Curriculum\n

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\nWaterton-Glacier International Peace Park (W-GIPP), chartered in 1932, is the first international Peace Park globally and spans the Canadian United States border. Five units introduce learners to political and environmental factors that...\n
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\nLearning Ocean Science through Ocean Exploration\n

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\nThe 10 inquiry-based lessons in this collection, developed for NOAA Voyages of Discovery and the Ocean Explorer WebSite, give young oceanographers experience using scientific data and modeling scientific work and thinking. Beginning with...\n
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\nTales from California’s Channel Islands: Restoration\n

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\nThe tale of the restoration of California's Channel Islands begins with a video that details the devastation of Santa Cruz Island by introducing species that are not native to the region. Additionally, the video discusses the controversy...\n
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\nClimate Change in My Backyard: Grades 5-6, Unit 3\n

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\nThe third unit in a series of four looks at Earth's system responses to natural and human-induced changes. Fifth and sixth graders learn about how living things and ecosystems are impacted by changing climates. They collect data on plant...\n
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\nCrash Course: Ecology\n

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\nViewers take a Crash Course in Ecology with a 12-video collection that takes a look at where organisms come from, how they interact, and how they influence their environments. The videos, appropriate for in class or remote learning, use...\n
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\nBirth of the Environmental Protection Agency\n

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\nSeeing is believing when it comes to climate change. An informative activity explores the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its efforts to document environmental issues with photographs. Academics match images...\n
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\nAdaptations – Designs for Survival\n

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\nWhat's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.\n
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\nEnvironmental Changes\n

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\nHigh school scientists research and illustrate changes in the local environment and consider relationships among agriculture, industry, economy, natural events, and social interactions. They construct a timeline to discover if there are...\n
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\nFitting In-Animals' Adaptations to Their Environment\n

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\nIn this animals' adaptation to their environment activity, students read for comprehension and ability to apply knowledge. In this T-Chart and creative activities activity, students answer three questions.\n
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\nMeet a Naturalist: Researching, Writing, Interviewing\n

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\nYoung scholars reach out into the community and learn about different environmental science careers in this inquiry-based instructional activity. Beginning with a short research assignment, children gain background knowledge about...\n
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\nLetter Writing to Politicians on Environmental Issues\n

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\nLet your voices be heard! Pupils research local and national environmental concerns using the Internet. Class members determine an issue they deem important and draft a letter to a local politician expressing their...\n
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\nWhy Do Some Species Thrive in Cities?\n

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\nHow do wild animals adapt to our urban expansion? An interesting video lesson describes different adaptation strategies of common species. The narrator includes a discussion of the changes in DNA.\n
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\nAdaptation Worksheet\n

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\nAdaptation or acclimation? Young ecologists determine which is being exemplified in twenty questions. When teaching about adaptations, make sure to talk about acclimation, a short-term learned response to a change in the surroundings....\n
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\nDining Out With Fishes and Birds of the Hudson\n

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\nThe class will make observations to determine how environment has shaped the way particular birds and fish eat. They will view a series of photographs, read two short articles, and then consider how food availability has determined how...\n
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\nMigration, Adaptation, and Changing Climates\n

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\nIt is easy for humans to adapt to changing environments, but how do animals and plants do it? Classes discuss how plants and animals deal with environmental changes in the second of seven lessons. Through questions and discussions,...\n
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\nAnimals in the Winter: Second Grade\n

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\nEver wonder what animals do in winter? If your 2nd graders do then they will enjoy this PowerPoint. Each slide begins with a questions and then provides the answer, it is a short presentation but the resource links at the bottom make it...\n
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\nAdaptation and Evolution\n

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\nUm may be the atomic symbol for confusion, but it won't be needed in this lesson. Scholars rotate through seven stations completing experiments, hands-on activities, writing exercises, and analysis. Stations include material on...\n
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\nHappy Earth Day Coloring Book\n

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\nFrom turning off lights when leaving a room, to biking or walking to school, there are many simple habits children can develop to help preserve the earth. Help raise environmental awareness in your class with this activity packet that...\n
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\nAdaptations\n

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\nSixth graders identify plant adaptations. In this adaptations instructional activity, 6th graders use digital cameras to photograph plants found on their campus. Students describe the adaptations for each plant.\n
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\nWeek 7: Animal Adaptations - Bird Beaks\n

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\nLearners use tools to represent bird beaks and pick up different types of food with them in order to discover which beak would help the bird survive depending on their food type.\n
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\nOcean Creature Feature\n

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\nFrom coloring to hard protective shells, ocean creatures have adaptation features that help them survive. An eight-question online quiz highlights different ocean animals and their unique characteristics. The resource then offers pop-up...\n
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\nLife in the Cold: Climate Challenges\n

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\nWhat does it take to make it in the Arctic? Learners examine the cold weather adaptations of a polar bear that help it survive. With everyday objects, they model these characteristics as they become make-shift polar bears. Modeling helps...\n
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\nWhat's This? Life at the Limits\n

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\nThere are some amazing ways species evolve to survive. From large ears to sneezing salt, learners read about these interesting adaptations in an interactive lesson. Great to supplement an in-class lesson, it also works well as a remote...\n
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