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Forest Stewardship

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define the term forest stewardship and they identify good forest stewardship practices. They are asked:"Does anyone enjoy spending time in the woods?" Students identify techniques of practicing good forest stewardship (taking...
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Earth Pockets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the Earth's natural resources. In this Earth science instructional activity, students read the book The Great Kapok Tree and discuss types of natural resources. Students use categories such as wood, paper, and trees and...
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Project Yellow Bus

For Teachers K
Students discover the uses of energy and the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. They participate in hands-on activities to help them explain the concept of energy.
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Project Yellow Bus

For Teachers K
Students discover the uses of energy and the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources. They participate in hands-on activities to help them explain the concept of energy.
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Wood Products Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the by-products of wood and explore the wood products in their own environment. Products containing both cellulose and silvichemicals obtained from the trees are examined in this lesson.
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Primary Energy Sources Pros and Cons

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore the different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. In this earth science activity, students discuss the pros and cons of each type. They conduct a variety of experiments on renewable energy.
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Renewable Energy Sentences

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students construct sentences using nouns and verbs from a "renewable energy" word bank. In this cross curriculum ecology and sentence structure grammar and mechanics lesson, students listen to the book Our Earth: Clean Energy by Peggy...
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Eco-Kids: How Students Can Help Save the World

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. In this ecology lesson, 4th graders create models of wind mills and hydropower. They discuss the pros and cons of using alternative forms of energy.
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Machines: Designing Form and Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a boat model with simplified steam engine. In this ecology lesson, students compare renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. They determine the efficiency of their boat model.
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Management of Commercial Fisheries

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils examine the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources and study about past fisheries.  In this fishery instructional activity students explore the complexity of a fishery and its management.
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The Formation of Fossil Fuels

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in an activity in which they explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy. They discover why the supply of fossil fuels is limited and practice using new vocabulary.
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TE Activity: The Great Divide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students simulate the distribution of nonrenewable energy resources using cookies. They determine how the world's growing population effects the equitable distribution of these resources. They look at how engineers work to develop...
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Encourage readers to compare and contrast the information that they find in informational text with a variety of reading passages and worksheets. Learners read all about subjects in science, social studies, and literature before...
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Gasoline Use Around the World

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students contribute their own personal gasoline consumption data with other schools. They share thoughts and opinions on fossil fuels, its effects and what they can do in an effort to conserve natural resources.
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What Is This Computer Made Of?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars identify how many resources are used to produce an item and why each resource is so important. They examine their own use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
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You Light Up My House

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this electricity instructional activity, students consider way to reduce the energy that they use as they chart and analyze their own electricity usage.
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Steps for Taking a Cutting for Your Own Forest at Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study renewable and nonrenewable resources and take a hardwood cutting.  In this hands on activity students learn what rooting hormones are, how they generate roots  and then take their own cutting and root it. 
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It's About Time

Energy from Coal

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If plastic is derived from fossil fuels and fossil fuels come from dead dinosaurs, does that mean that plastic dinosaurs are made from real dinosaurs? This lesson goes into depth about coal and other fossil fuels. First the instructor...
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Pennsylvania’s Energy Supply

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the various types of energy and which types are found in Pennsylvania.  In this Pennsylvanian energy resources lesson, 3rd graders, identify wind and water as sources of energy.  Students complete an...
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Energy Is Everywhere

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students determine the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources and identify the different forms of energy. They discuss life without energy and where energy comes from before reading an article about the different...
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Forest Products

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study forests and understand their reliance on forest products and examine their choices between renewable and non renewable resources.  In this forest products lesson plan students read several articles, complete a short...
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Solar Matters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an energy resource wheel and demonstrate how to use it to access information about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources.
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Minerals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of silicates...
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Looking at Landforms-Based on the Washington Quarter Reverse

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use a Washington State Quarter to examine different landforms and discuss natural resources. After a class discussion on the items found on a Washington State quarter, students brainstorm a list of natural resources found in...

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