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\nClimate Change in My Backyard: Grades 5-6, Unit 4\n

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\nThe last unit in a series of four focuses on the role individuals play in climate change. Students examine their ecological footprint then expand their research to consider the impacts on ecological systems and human civilization in a...\n
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\nClimate Change in My Backyard: Grades 10-12, Unit 4\n

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\nClimate change is the focus of a three-lesson collection that asks students to consider how people living around the world are affected by the changes they researched. In the second lesson they examine their own carbon footprints.The...\n
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\nCrash Course: Ecology\n

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\nViewers take a Crash Course in Ecology with a 12-video collection that takes a look at where organisms come from, how they interact, and how they influence their environments. The videos, appropriate for in class or remote learning, use...\n
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\nWhat is an Ecological Footprint?\n

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\nIntroduce youngsters to the term ecological footprint. Learners identify ways in which humans affect the environment. They look at the problems associated with the use of natural resources, and focus on ways to preserve natural...\n
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\nCalculating Your Ecological Footprint\n

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\nYou can lower your ecological footprint by recycling! Lesson four in this series of five has individuals, through the use of a computer, calculate their ecological footprints. Through discussions and analysis they determine how many...\n
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\nI Want It! I Need It!\n

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\nDiscuss wants and needs with your elementary ecologists and get them to consider what would happen to our natural resources if we all got everything that we want. Learners play a card sorting game and take an ecological footprint quiz on...\n
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\nEcological Footprint\n

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\nEighth graders discover their own ecological footprint and create a plan for reducing this figure. They extend this to the school and community to see how they are doing on this scale. They discuss the concept of the ecological...\n
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\nHave and Have-Not\n

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\nIs there a correlation between a country's wealth and the extent of its ecological footprint? What exactly constitutes an ecological footprint, and how does one country stack up against the rest? This is a unique lesson to incorporate...\n
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\nEcological Footprint\n

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\nHow does your lifestyle measure up in terms of your ecological footprint? Young ecologists examine their impact on the planet using an insightful online calculator. A short quiz asks users to rank the size of their homes, their energy...\n
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\nAre You Bigfoot?\n

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\nScholars independently explore several websites to calculate their ecological footprint. Using their new found knowledge, they answer six short-answer questions and take part in a grand conversation with their peers about how...\n
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\nReducing Ecological Footprint Ads\n

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\nYoung scholars examine the impact of geological footprints. In this geography skills activity, students calculate geological footprints and discuss ways to reduce the footprints. Young scholars create advertisements that motivate others...\n
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\nUnderstanding Biodiversity Via Ecological Footprints\n

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\nSixth graders investigate the ways in which human beings impact the environment and ecology through the calculation of their own ecological footprint, discussion questions pertaining to biodiversity and potential imbalance hazards, and...\n
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\nManaging Your Energy Budget\n

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\nStudents examine their ecological footprint. In this technology based lesson, students calculate patterns of consumption and suggest ways to decrease their resource usage. This lesson includes several multi-media resources, videos, and...\n
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\nLeave Only Footprints\n

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\nYou don't need to tip-toe around an enlightening resource. Young environmentalists learn about ecological footprints in the fourth lesson of 15. Answering a questionnaire helps them see how their own families and homes affect the...\n
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\nHuman Population Growth\n

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\nThe total world population is predicted to pass 8 billion by 2025, which is less than 10 years from now. The video focuses on human population growth and the impact it has had and is having on our planet and other populations. It...\n
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\nEcological Footprint--How Does The Way We Live Affect Earth?\n

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\nStudents demonstrate an awareness of the global implications of decisions that individuals and families make about their needs and wants. They identify environmental and health issues related to the production and consumption of food....\n
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\nConservation in Costa Rica\n

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\nLearners brainstorm what they do that requires land use and use a worksheet to calculate their footprint (the total area of land and water required to produce all the resources they consume). They then compare their footprints to each...\n
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\nManaging Your Energy Budget\n

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\nYoung scholars experience an inequitable resource distribution and electronically calculate their own Ecological Footprint. The assess their resource use and learn more about sustainable living strategies in a video tour by Penn State...\n
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\nTread Lightly: Where We Stand\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of ecological footprints. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students calculate their ecological footprints and consider how to reduce them.\n
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\nWhat Is My Footprint?\n

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\nHow do one's habits and lifestyle choices affect the environment? Through a short online survey, learners will calculate their own carbon footprints then determine how to reduce their impact on the environment through simple steps, such...\n
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\nThe Chemistry of Clothes\n

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\nSynthetic materials increase in popularity every year. Exploring Energy takes on the chemistry behind synthetic materials, including polyester. The resource opens with a video explaining the difference between natural and synthetic...\n
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\nCalculating Your Carbon Footprint\n

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\nUnplugging from technology for one day per week will decrease your carbon footprint—are you up to the challenge? Part two in a series of three allows individuals to explore their personal carbon footprints. By first taking a quiz at home...\n
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\nUnit 4 Pre-Assessment\n

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\nPre-assessments are great to help teachers determine what information their classes lack, what misconceptions they have, and how in depth to teach specific concepts. The first in a five-part series is a pre-assessment of middle...\n
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\nStreetfilms' Moving Beyond the Automobile\n

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