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\nEcosystem Lesson Plan: Food Chain/Food Web\n

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\nStudents discuss ecosystems, eliciting their current knowledge of an ecosystem. Students receive an Ecosystems document and look at the picture. Students brainstorm connection between the cover picture and ecosystems. The indicated...\n
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\n\"Maple\n\n
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\nMaple Syrup Production\n

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\nLearners make their own maple sugar and learn about how it is made on a grander scale. In this maple sugar lesson, students make their own maple sugar and learn about evaporation and what labor is put into making it.\n
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\n\"Leaf\n\n
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\nLeaf ID and Leaf Bingo\n

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\nThird graders explore the parts of a leaf and use a dichotomy key to identify leaves. In this biology instructional activity, learners study characteristics of various leaves and play a game of bingo to identify leaves by their traits....\n
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\nNature's Treasure Chest\n

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\nRenewable, recyclable, and biodegradable. As part of their study of the forest ecosystem, class members read \"Nature's Treasure Chest\" about the many products made from trees and then craft their own recycled paper.\n
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\n\"Recycling:\n\n
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\nRecycling: Creative Uses for Items\n

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\nThird graders list creative uses for old objects. In this recycling instructional activity, 3rd graders work in groups to brainstorm creative, new uses for old, everyday items. This is the first instructional activity in a unit on...\n
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\nMaple Syrup Production\n

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\nStudents examine the steps of maple sugar production and the labor and effort involved from the tree to the final product. They participate in a taste test game, and if they have access to maple trees, make their own syrup and sugar.\n
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\nWhat Can a Leaf Be?\n

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\nStudents identify leaves for an art project and create a collage. In this leaf lesson, students review leaf characteristics. Students use leaves to create a collage of an animal or creature. Students write recipes of leaves for their...\n
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\nWood\n

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\nStudents practice reading comprehension strategies. In this literacy and science lesson, students read a non-fiction article about wood and locate main ideas and details. Students construct a card game using information taken from the text.\n
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\nFire in Our Communities - What Can We Do?\n

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\nLearn about defensible space and renewable resources with a lesson about forest fires. After exploring the ways that humans have impacted the environment, kids conduct mock interviews about differing points of view in the conservation...\n
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\nAgriculture and the Environment\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate the interdependence of agriculture and the environment. They research areas of interdependence and provide examples of situations where farmers are practicing conservation in the local area. Their findings are...\n
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\nThe old aphorism, \"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions,\" might well serve as the title for a resource that asks viewers to consider the plight of the people of the Gamo Highlands, an area in southwestern Ethiopia. These...\n
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\nWhat a Waste of Food!\n

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\nFollow the life of an apple from harvest to the consumer. A three-part lesson describes the different steps to get an apple from the farmer to your kitchen and the approximate waste that happens at each step. They discuss the process and...\n
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\nApplications of GIS\n

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\nDon't be concerned that the title slide of this presentation mentions Virginia's Geospatial Extension Program; this slide show is very informative for any technology-focused curriculum when considering global information systems. It...\n
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\nTree Seedling Planting- My Relationship and Responsibility to our Forests\n

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\nIn this trees lesson, 4th graders read the book, A Tree is Growing and complete a KWL chart on how trees grow and how they are used. Students research the symbiotic relationship of humans and trees, create tree collages, plant a...\n
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\nNo Magic Borders: Haleakala Style\n

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\nStudents discuss borders and boundaries. They discuss pollution and the fact that boundaries cannot stop pollution and that pollution affects even protected wildlife and plants. They participate in an activity in which they must place...\n
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\nOutdoor Education\n

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\nStudents increase their awareness of their natural environment. They engage in activities which emphasize the importance of conservation and create an interest in nature and conserving the natural environment.\n
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\nWangari Maathai\n

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\nIn this famous person instructional activity, students read a passage about Wangari Maathai and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling,...\n
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\nMichigan's Lumbering history: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow\n

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\nFourth graders explore lumbering in Michigan.  For this lumbering lesson, 4th graders examine the life of a modern day lumberjack and how technology can interfere with natural ecology.  Students create a list of products from...\n
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\nArkansas- Economic System\n

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\nStudents investigate how the six natural regions of Arkansas work together to form the economic system of the state. They read a paragraph and articles about the state and complete an activity that demonstrates interdependence. They...\n
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\nWatershed Delineation\n

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\nPupils use topographic maps to delineate a watershed.In this ecology activity, students draw the boundaries of a watershed onto a map using contour lines as a guide. Their resulting maps are used to evaluate their understanding.\n
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\nEnvironmental Issues in South Carolina\n

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\nStudents research governmental agencies that deal with the environment and chart aspects about each agency. They role-play a city council meeting to address the topic of building a waste to energy facility.\n
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\nNevada Department of Conservation & Natural Resources\n

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\nThis site contains information on many of the issues the State of Nevada is dealing with today: Environmental Protection, Forestry, Natural Heritage, State Lands, State Parks, Water Resources, Wildlife, Wild Horses, and more.\n
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\nCanada Science & Technology Museum: Natural Resources\n

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\nGreat reference tool for viewing images of Canada's natural resources including forestry, energy, and mining.\n
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\nThe Nature Conservancy: Introduction to Sustainable Forestry\n

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\nIn this lesson students use an interactive with Google Earth to identify forests that have been logged selectively with those that have not. For an outdoor activity students create acomprehensive list of all the tree species in their...\n
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