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\nChemistry with a Conscience\n

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\nGreen chemistry and sustainability are the focus of a unit module that asks young scientists to use the Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry to assess how green a product’s chemicals, reactions, or processes are. Class members engage in...\n
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\nSustainable Design and Biomimicry in a Desert Ecosystem\n

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\nChallenge young engineers to design a sustainable guest village in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. A collection of four lessons and five activities provide designers with all the information they need to complete the challenge of living...\n
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\nWE Are Innovators: Elementary Resources\n

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\nA collection of five resources encourages young scientists to be innovative thinkers and design a sustainable product or service. Lessons target pollution, food waste, energy-inefficient housing, and transportation issues. \n
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\nWE Are Innovators: High School Resources\n

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\nThe five lessons in a collection from WE are Innovators encourages high schoolers to go where scientists have not gone before. They read articles and watch videos to gather information and then use an innovative mindset and their problem...\n
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\nSustainable Development\n

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\nYoung environmentalists use a conference format to reach consensus on ways to slow deforestation and promote sustainable development. Class members are assigned roles to play during the conference, and work on posters and a public...\n
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\nSustainable Development and Canada's Natural Resources\n

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\nStudents use text information, data and graphs to explain what sustainable development is, and to investigate the rate of consumption of Canada's natural resources. In groups, they graph their findings.\n
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\nEconomy of Ecology\n

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\nYoung scholars work in groups to decide which statement best fits with each type of sustainable development from a handout about specific strategies countries are utilizing to promote sustainable development.\n
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\nSwamps, Shrimp, and Tsunamis: A Simulation of Sustainable Development Issues in Coastal Ecuador\n

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\nLearners examine the economic benefits, environmental losses and dangers of the shrimp farming industry on the coast of Ecuador. They read a script, role-play people involved in the shrimp business, and write an essay of the pros and cons.\n
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\nFarming - Ireland\n

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\nIn this farming activity, students explain what is meant by sustainable development. Students review how rain develops. Students determine how climate effects crops that can be farmed. This activity has 4 graphic organizers, 1 graph, 20...\n
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\nSustainable Development\n

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\nTwelfth graders explore the difference between natural and man-made environments.  In this renewable resources activity students evaluate the economic importance of resources. \n
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\nOur Population and Its Impact on the Planet\n

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\nStudents explore environmental problems due to the growing worldwide human population and examine the growth rate. They also discuss possible ways to stabilize population growth and increase sustainable development.\n
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\nDesigning a Sustainable Guest Village in the Saguaro National Park\n

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\nBrainstorm ideas to design a sustainable guest village in the Sonoran Desert. The first installment of a nine-part unit teaches young environmental scientists about the basics of the Saguaro National Park and about sustainable design....\n
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\nSustainable Cities\n

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\nInvestigate aspects of sustainable cities and relate them to where you live! A detailed activity first investigates the definition of sustainability. Learners then explore human impact on the environment and social justice. Their final...\n
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\nArchitecture: It's Elementary!—Fifth Grade\n

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\nYoung citizens construct an understanding of urban planning in this cross-curricular unit. Covering every aspect of city development from the political, economic, and social influences to sustainable building practices, this...\n
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\nDesigning a Winning Guest Village in the Saguaro National Park\n

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\nDon't desert a resource on the desert! Scholars work in groups to build on their ideas from the previous lesson to design a sustainable guest village in the Saguaro National Park. Each group produces a PowerPoint presentation to share...\n
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\nBiomimicry and Sustainable Design - Nature is an Engineering Marvel\n

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\nDiscover how copying nature can be beneficial to humans. Scholars read articles about examples of biomimicry and its potential applications. Along the way, they learn about Nature's Nine Laws and how they relate to biomimicry. This is...\n
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\nPopulation, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215\n

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\nThomas Malthus posed the most famous, and most easily disproven, theory about projected population growth in economic history. What did he get wrong—and why? Explore the Malthusian Theory of Population with a Crash Course video that...\n
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\nMagic Isle: Lesson Plan 1\n

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\nWhat are the factors that limit growth and expansion? As part of their study of Catalina Island, class members view the West of the West's documentary Magic Isle and research William Wrigley and the Santa Catalina Island Company. After...\n
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\nGrowing Appetites, Limited Resources\n

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\nDid you know that, as the world's population increases, its demand for energy increases at an even faster rate? Learners watch a short video about the world's energy crisis before discussing the sustainable alternative energy sources....\n
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\nDid you know that 1.3 billion people live without any form of electricity? Discover an array of possible renewable energy options by taking a trip to Moja Island, an online learning resource that will equip you and your...\n
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\nBeauty and Capitalism—not two words you usually see together. John Ruskin, a prominent political thinker definitely did not think so. Teach pupils about the political theory behind aesthetics and why some countries may value beauty over...\n
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\nWhat features make a home energy-efficient? Pupils attempt to answer the question with the fourth lesson from the five-part WE Are Innovators—High School Modules set. Scholars learn how certain building materials help save energy. Using...\n
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\nFive Crazy Bridges for Animals\n

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\nHow did the chicken cross the road? The video addresses the multiple solutions we created to help animal populations cross roads, power lines, and dams. It explains the reason human-made obstacles hurt animal populations and why it...\n
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\nEnvironment Global Warming\n

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\nStudents study the causes and effects of global warming and the actions that can be take to improve the problem. They write action plans for making their school more environmentally friendly.\n
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