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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seafood: For the Love of Fish

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students role play a scenario specific to decision making in seafood management and conservation. In this marine science lesson, students estimate seafood consumption in their state. They recommend new regulations for better fishery...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Saving Tropical Rainforests

For Students 4th - 6th
In this rainforest learning exercise, students watch a video of Prince Charles wanting to save the tropical rainforest and then fill in the blanks to sentences about the video. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cultural Diversity In The Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students engage in a lesson that supports the fact that Asian people are part of the educational culture in schools. The lesson includes background information for the teacher. With the completion of the unit students develop a personal...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Climate Conundrum

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study climate change and how it would affect our lives.  In this climate lesson students view a video then divide into groups and discuss possible solutions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Modeling the Process of Mining Silicon Through a Single Displacement/Redox Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study silicon and where it comes from.  In this solar mining lesson plan students complete an Internet search of mining and a lab activity. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Catch a Fish

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to demonstrate the effects of different fishing methods.  For this commercial fishing lesson students create posters and public announcements to share their information.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radical Raptors

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study the lifestyles and habitats of raptors that live in Minnesota. They play games associated with their study.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Rain Forest

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils explain the basics of the tropical rain forest ecosystem. They list the four general layers of vegetation found in the tropical rain forest.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Rain Forest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers acquire knowledge about the basics of the tropical rain forest ecosystem. They analyze the cause/effect relationship between humans attitudes and behavior and the evnvironment. Students list the four general layers of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students investigate the greenhouse effect. In this environmental lesson, students investigate why the greenhouse effect changes the climate through an experiment. Students use vinegar to simulate how acid damages the environment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chewin' in the Chesapeake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine a web page on food webs and select a habitat to research.  In this research lesson students identify the organisms found in the food web and present their findings to the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oil Slick Emergency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to recover and remove oil from an oil spill.  In this oil spill clean-up lesson students use role play and act like a committee to determine how to clean up an oil spill.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Protecting the Herd

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students simulate the spread of a fictitious disease using an internet-based simulation. In this biology lesson, students predict the factors that could affect epidemic. They investigate these prediction using computer simulation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WorldWatcher Activity: Using Data to Investigate Issues and Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use the WorldWatcher program to identify the issues affecting their country they have been using for these activities. In groups, they identify each issue and identify the solution or develop their own. They present their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effect of Medications on Daphnia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how human beings affect the world's ecosystem by examining the affects of medication on daphnia, a small freshwater organism very sensitive to pollution. Students use a computer model to repeat the experiment and analyze...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acute Toxicity: LD50 by the Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils observe brine shrimp as they are affected by household cleaners, develop observation scale, collect and analyze data, and discuss how household products and pesticides negatively impact environment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aphids and Ladybirds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students record observations of ladybird beetles and aphids. They develop questions concerning the behavior of ladybird beetles and aphids that are testable by a classroom experimentation. Students develop an investigation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Review Resource Conflict

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers get to help transition students into the final project by revisiting Resource once more. They review what resources were, those found in war and lack of resources for children. High schoolers address what resource issues...
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Website
Other

World Population Highlights 2007: Urbanization

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at world urbanization with interesting facts to support unprecedented urban grown in recent decades. Answers the following questions: "Where will populations Grow?" and "How does urbanization affect the Environment?"
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Activity
Other

Population Connection: Food for Thought [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan and activity will demonstrate how differences in population and resource use combine to affect a population's quality of life. Population demographics, land use patterns, energy, and wealth are explored to increase...
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Website
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Bureau Web site has two population clocks with notes available. One clock shows the population increase for the United States. The other shows the world population increase.
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Handout
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Urbanization and Global Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that examines urban population in developed and developing countries, answers the question whey is the urban population increasing so fast, and delves into the problems associated with rapid urban growth.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Coral Bleaching: A White Hot Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate coral bleaching using water temperature data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Then they learn about the habitat of corals, the stresses on coral populations, and the impact of increased sea surface...