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\nSoil, the Forgotten Resource\n

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\nLearners discuss soil understanding that is is often overlooked as a natural resource. In this science lesson, students recognize that we depend on it for energy in the form of foods. Learners experiment with six boxes of soil to help in...\n
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\n\"Settlement\n\n
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\nSettlement Exploration: Then and Now\n

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\nNASA has crafted an imaginative and memorable series of lessons, \"NASA and Jamestown Education Module.\" This lesson plan is one of the five components. In it, middle schoolers connect history and science by comparing the settlement of...\n
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\nFourth Grade Social Studies\n

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\nIn this social studies worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about the Constitution, natural resources, economics, and more. Students complete 25 multiple choice questions.\n
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\nWriting the Wind\n

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\nStudents make a windmill.  In this wind lesson, students learn background information about the windmill, complete an activity where they create a windmill, discuss using wind as a natural resource and brainstorm other inventions...\n
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\nSaturday Sancocho\n

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\nSecond graders identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions. Students will read, comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate literary text as well as explain how...\n
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\nQuantifying Land Changes Over Time Using Landsat\n

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\n\"Humans have become a geologic agent comparable to erosion and [volcanic] eruptions ...\" Paul J. Crutzen, a Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist. Using Landsat imagery, scholars create a grid showing land use type, such as urban,...\n
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\nGreenhouse Gas Emissions — Natural and Human Causes\n

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\nWhat impact do humans have on greenhouse gas emissions? What are the natural causes of these gasses? Thanks to the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide eats away at the earth's atmosphere with the intensified help of humans. Young scientists...\n
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\nExploring Oil and Gas\n

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\nThe United States consumes more oil than any other country, about 1.85 billion barrels (or 77 billion gallons) a day. Viewers learn about the history of fossil fuel exploration and how they are formed in an informative presentation. They...\n
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\nClose Reading and Viewing: Minerals and Metals\n

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\nHow easy is it to live off the land? Scholars read Minerals and Metals in Your Life and discuss how Canada's natural resources meet the needs of the people. Pupils watch a brief video and discuss the gist of the text and video. They...\n
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\nIntroduction to Environmental Engineering\n

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\nA series on environmental engineering introduces the class to issues that environmental engineers work to solve. This first lesson focuses on air and land issues, and looks at ways to reduce pollution.\n
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\n\"Mining\n\n
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\nMining for Natural Resources\n

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\nStudents discover that mining for nonrenewable natural resources has a dramatic effect on our environment. They gain an understanding of the processes involved in harvesting a natural resource and the impact it has on the earth.\n
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\nUsing Our Natural Resources Wisely\n

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\nStudents understand how ground water can be recycled to maximize its usage and begin to think about ways conservation can help Kansas preserve its natural resources in other areas - soil, minerals, and clean air.\n
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\nMiddle East: Land, Resouces, and Economics\n

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\nStudents identify and describe major geographical features of the Middle East and explain how these features and other natural resources influence the economy of the area. Then they research one of the middle-eastern countries listed,...\n
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\nWhat Role Do Forest Play in Continuing or Renewing Our Planet's Resources?\n

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\nStudents explore the interaction between the forest and wildlife. In this forestry lesson, students collect data about forest ecosystems, species of trees, photosynthesis, and interaction of organisms. They prepare a lab activity to...\n
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\nNatural Features as a Resource\n

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\nStudents identify resources provided by nature for basic human needs. In this natural features lesson, students discuss the various regions of the United States. They explore one region in depth and complete activities that identify...\n
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\nPoetry and Nature\n

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\nLearners observe an object in nature and record them. In groups, they create a group poem about the same object. They create their own poem based on another object using other their senses to help them. They share their poems with the...\n
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\nEnergy Resources: Where Are They and How Do We Get Them?\n

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\nFuture energy engineers visit several stations, each one dedicated to a different alternative source of energy. They describe how solar energy is converted into other forms of energy, the patterns of distribution of energy resources in...\n
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\nChocolate Chip Cookie Mining\n

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\nTo understand the impact coal mining has on the environment, pupils will extract chocolate chips from a cookie. Imagine the cookie is the environment and the chips are the coal. Instruct them to mine as many chips as they can, then have...\n
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\nWaste Not - Want Not\n

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\nRecycling is the focus in the sixth of a nine-lesson series devoted to forest ecosystems. Class members read an article about the responsible use of natural resources and ways to reduce land fill.\n
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\nDiscovering New Resources\n

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\nWhat is a natural resource, and what resources did the Lewis and Clark expedition seek? After reading an article on the mapping of the west, learners get into small groups to discuss the important natural resources of the period. They...\n
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\nOld Solutions - New Solutions\n

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\nLearners examine descriptions of a mining company's land-reclamation project. They share information to analyze the environmental impact of the project. Independently, they answer questions on environmental and economic issues...\n
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\nGoals, Interactions and Outcomes\n

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\nMiddle schoolers recognize both sides of a dilemma through use of a Human Interaction Outline.  In this Goals, Interactions and Outcome lesson plan, students create a diagram to show opposing views of fishermen and oil...\n
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\nLandscape Picture Map\n

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\nStudents explore pollution of water sources. In this ecology lesson, students define and identify natural resources. Students use map skills to locate local rivers and lakes used for recreation. Students brainstorm ways in which to keep...\n
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\nBe a Watershed - Create a Living River\n

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\nStudents investigate water ways by conducting an experiment with classmates.  In this natural resources lesson, students define a watershed and identify where large ones are located within the United States.  Students utilize...\n
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