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- 6th - 12th
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Students employ poetry as a medium to relay information and express views about significant environmental issues that exist today and to assess their effects on The State of the Planet as we enter the next millennium. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students demonstrate an understanding of environmental rift and its causes and effects. They propose ways to minimize or prevent environmental rift. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students collect and record data on the environmental voting record of their local and state legislators using the Internet. They identify examples of environmental problems or endangered species in their state. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students research an environmental issue and decide on a course of action. They write a reseach paper and present an oral presentation based on the research. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students go through the process of creating and passing a federal law. They select an environmental issue, research related policies for the issue, draft the bill, discuss it among committee members, bring it before the class and bring it to a vote. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students complete an environmental simulation. A mysterious illness infects more than a dozen people during a summer in Kildare, USA, and the possibility of an epidemic is sending fear throughout the town. Students play the parts of environmental health investigators to find what is causing the illness, how it is being spread, and what should be done in order to resolve the problem. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students investigate environmental issue in Hispanic country, use readings from textbooks or other sources, prepare environmental awareness poster that focuses on issue of investigation, and create poster by cutting and pasting photos from magazines and/or other sources. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research an environmental concern or an endangered animal or plant. Students identify the problem and a solution. Students then create a report in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create collages of an environmentally friendly city and a city that promotes pollution. They create a town, including: roadways, river, lake, or other large body of water, and sky reflecting environmental conditions of the town. They identify several causes of environmental problems in a city, as well as solutions for (and alternatives to) those problems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the roles that the United States government agencies play in weather forecasting, climate control, and other climate-related environmental issues. They then write letters to President Bush recommending how a new National Climate Service could be organized using resources from these established agencies. Full Review »

