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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss various volunteer activities and read how New York City organizes its volunteer efforts. They create their own databases compiling volunteer opportunities and write reflective essays on how volunteers help their communities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students, in groups, explore how the environment affects how the live and how they affect the environment. They analyze photographs and observe their local school yard and community to see places where people and the environment interact. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discover the many types of characteristics that organisms have to control their environment. They examine butterflies and their similarities and differences. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students participate in three stations in which they are made aware of the environment, ways to preserve it, the importance of preserving it and their part in preserving it. They discuss where items are found, recycling, and biodegradable objects. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students in a special education classroom examine their relationship with the environment. As a class, they examine the concept of a web of life and create their own classroom ecosystem. In groups, they record their observations and make predictions on what they believe might happen in the ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine the factors that are contributing to the degrading of the Earth's environment. In groups, they analyze the types of hazards when dealing with pests and give an example of each. For each situation given, they identify the risks and benefits and discuss different ways of controlling and solving the problem. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students write a letter from the perspective of an animal group whose environment has been affected by humans. The letter will identifies how the environment has been changed and how it has affected the habitats of the animals. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the issues affecting the environment. They work in small groups to discuss how humans contribute to the conditions. They create a list of the top ten environmental threats. They research a topic based on common interests and write a report, make a poster, collage, or Power Point presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify and interpret how the climate is changing and how small changes in behaviour can help. They start to make connections between human actions and effects on the environment. Then, students identify and define what a flood is and what they would do if there was a flood in their area. Finally, they list what they would pack and why and draw a picture of what it would look like. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students explore issues affecting the Connecticut River. They research activities related to the environment and how to protect it. In groups, students discuss and share researched information. They answer survey questions about the land, rivers, and the environment. Full Review »

