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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how environmental health relates to the built environment. They read an article, identify environmental health/built environment issues in their own community, complete a worksheet, and develop solutions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine basic human rights as defined by the United Nations. They develop a list of rights by class consensus, read an article, answer discussion questions, and complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their observations on what types of pollution they see during a week and graph the results. To end the lesson, they role-play the various roles within a food chain and how insecticides can interupt the cycle. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They use the internet to research the food situation around the world and how food is stored and transported. To end the lesson, they discover how to be better food consumers to help protect areas of the world facing malnutrition and political unrest. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. Students participate as public health scientists to deliberate a course of action to explore possible research questions. Pupils interpret spatial data, and make predictions based on GIS data, developing hypotheses, formulating new scientific questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read statements representing different points of view on Genetically Modified Food. They identify the "facts" and "opinions" in each statement, and then briefly summarize the issue of Genetically Modified Food in a short paragraph. Pupils research and create an essay expressing their own opinion about Gentically Modified Food, using citations from these statements and other sources to support their conclusions. Full Review »
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- 10th - Higher Ed
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Students identify Environmental Health Problems caused by both living and nonliving things. They summarize Issue Components (event, problem, issue, players, and positions) involving environmental health issues such as contamination in air, soil, water, etc. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students use inductive reasoning to study different scenarios related to environmental issues. They evaluate various scenarios to develop common definitions and key concepts in environmental health ethics. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students learn the criteria for and create the framework of an impromptu speech about an environmental health issue that is especially important to them. Students write a speech about an environmental health problem based on the material learned in this quarter's science and social studies classes and the research conducted in the last language arts class. Full Review »
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