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- 9th
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Students gather and evaluate articles related to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and Earth systems. Using the information, students write a paper and present a position on one of the issues. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students analyze the effects of humans on ecosystems in relation to the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and investigate the cause and effect relationships between alteration of ecosystems and the overall health of the Earth. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and assess risks encountered on a daily basis. They examine their behavior and apply science process skills and higher order thinking skills in reducing or managing risks. They define the terms: risk, benefit, hazard, and probability. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 6th
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Students investigate environmental sites online to participate in various activities, and to play online games, all while learning about the earth. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students take on the role of an Ocean Adventures expedition volunteer member and are charged with protecting three species of sharks from danger in order to defend the balance of nature in the ecosystem. They play an online game which asks them to describe the habitat, food web and ecosystem of the sharks. 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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- 6th - 12th
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Students in an alternative setting for pregnant teens and young mothers, as well as special education children, examine environmental topics through literature. Included in this unit is a visit to neighborhood libraries to select children's books on the environment. Through reading and research, students work together to create an original book. 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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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the world of mining and explain its importance in daily life. After describing how companies search for mineral deposits, they examine the environmental consequences of mining as well as the positive aspects. The lesson concludes with students participating in a mine reclamation research project. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate the world of macroinvertebrates and identify the environmental stressors that threaten their existence. Outdoors, they role-play as stressors and invertebrates, with the intolerant species doing pushups, spins, and hops without being tagged by the stressor-students. Finally, they record and examine the results of the activity. Full Review »
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