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- 1st - 2nd
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Students analyze the environmental impact of pollution. They demonstrate an understanding of law, punishment and enforcement. Applying their knowledge, they create their own anti-pollution laws. 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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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discuss the ramifications of ecological neglect and abuse. They focus on air and water pollution, endangered species, and littering. They generate the negative impact of these and develop rules (laws) and penalties for polluters. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine how laws on hazardous waste is developed and enforced. They work together to discover how statutes are passed as well. They complete an activity to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students design a web that shows the interactions between the living and non-living parts of the environment. They determine what an environment is and how engineers work together to solve problems. They complete a tally chart that they use to create an environmental interactions graph. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students investigate environmental law and policies involving endangered species as well as discuss human impact on biodiversity through an Internet research project. Students create a milk carton of their "missing" endangered species. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students examine the role of courts in environmental law enforcement. Using examples, they identify civil cases brought against large corporations for violating environmental laws. They define new vocabulary and discuss the place of law in the American constitutional system. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the steps and decisions that are made when drafting an environmental statute. They examine the interplay of opinions, values, beliefs, and science in the development of law. They identify methods to obtain information for developing laws. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students research the process that their local government uses to create a law. They work in small groups to propose and draft a local ordinance having to do with the environment then they make posters supporting their proposal. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze a Supreme Court case and its processes used to determine human impact(s) on plant and animal life both environmentally and economically. They produce evidence to support a position. Full Review »
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