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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the challenges of building a thriving human civilization in a desert environment. They design new technologies to assist people living in the desert. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine surface terrain and how plants and animals are affected by the temperatures and precipitation that elevation and terrain creates. Then students predict what type of environment plants and animals live in. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine forest organisms, features of some of the different types of forest, classify organisms based on the type of forest they come from, and explore how certain species are connected with other, particular species within their own ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students watch a video over the Rain Forest and complete hands on activities. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students compare and contrast the temperature, rainfall, humidity in the desert, rain forest and Atlanta for 10 days. They create a graph of the temperatures of the three places. Full Review »
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- 1st - 7th
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Students place items on a Venn diagram in the appropriate part for desert, forest, or both. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the characteristics of major ecosystems, the interactions of the organisms within the systems, and the effects of humans on the system. Both living and non-living components are examined in this five lesson unit. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students review the steps of ecological succession in a hardwood forest, and they review the concept of climax community. There job is to discover how succession works in other communities of living things. Students are reminded about biotic and abiotic factors and interdependence of species. They work in groups of four to create a mini-history lesson about the life in a community of living things spanning 100 years. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students define rain forest and identify what kinds of living things live there. They watch and discuss a video excerpt, conduct Internet research, and create a mobile or a chart of plants and animals that live in the rain forest. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students explore the concept of competition within a forest and list resources that are in demand. They determine types of trees found within a particular forest given specific environmental conditions. Full Review »
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