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Trash! How Cities Work: Dealing with Garbage in the US and India

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify how different cultures deal with the challenge of trash. Read an excerpt from a chapter book based on real life written from the Southern Indian perspective. Describe the life of a street child in Southern India....
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Beaver, or not?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the role of the beaver in Illinois during the 1800's and how overtrapping cause the near extinction of the beaver colonies in Illinois by 1900. Students role play various people in 1945 who have an opinion about the...
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Hula Hoop Biodiversity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students determine the biodiversity in a variety of different areas. They record everything they can about their site- including drawing a picture of all the different plants they see in their hula hoop, in the circle on their page.
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Acid Rain And Plants

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe the effects of acid rain on plants. They simulate an experiment using vinegar or lemon water. They observe the impact of acids on plants and recognize how acid rain can affect the environment. They examine their plants...
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Choices Make A Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are explained that wastewater treatment plants are regulated as to the quality of water they may discharge into our rivers and canals. They are explained that wastewater treatment plants clean many pollutants out of the...
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Bugs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in an after school program that promotes communications skills, hypothesizing, exploring, recording of data, leadership roles and making comparisons. They explore the world of insects, where they come from, how they...
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Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students debate the ethical considerations involved in colonizing and terra-forming Mars. They have a preliminary discussion and view a video clip about Mars, then break into support and oppose groups to research and prepare their...
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Hyperlink Habitats

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore an online Hyperlink Habitat to illustrate the interconnectedness of a tropical rainforest ecosystem. They create a map of the Hyperlink Habitat and research a local ecosystem and create their own print or Web version of...
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What Makes a Habitable Planet?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students list conditions necessary for humans to survive. They then mix yeast with a nutrient broth consisting of warm water and table sugar in a plastic bottle, capping it with a party balloon and compare the factors within the bottle...
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Clarity and Turbidity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners discuss water clarity and how the environment can affect it. They perform experiments to check the readings of the water depth and measure water clarity. Learners discuss vocabulary words, record their observations and examine...
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Bird Identification Worksheet 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bird worksheet, students cross reference materials gathered to identify the bird pictured and fill in 7 boxes with the information gathered.
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Wind Provides Electricity for Homes, Schools

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students complete a KWL chart, then read a news article about the comeback of windmills. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a KWL chart and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and...
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Dress Like A Frog

For Teachers K - 6th
Students recognize amphibian adaptations. In this amphibian lesson students explore amphibian adaptations that provide for successful living in their environments. A volunteer dresses up with all of the adaptations using everyday items...
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Land Use Change Over Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use historical aerial photographs and current aerial photographs to compare the change over time to the land. For this land changing lesson plan, students analyze, compare, contrast, and list the land change in their own...
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Thinking About the Environment: Where Are Our Forests?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners investigate our lack of forests by examining population.  In this deforestation lesson, students research a list of the continents, their populations, and remaining forest area.  Learners discuss why forests are disappearing and...
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Raising Trout

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners investigate the life cycles of fish as they observe a trout's life in class.  In this fish life instructional activity, students create a proper habitat in a fish tank for the trout eggs to spawn and thrive for several weeks....
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Creating Coasters

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students discuss ways to care for the environment by creating a product from recyclable materials.  In this arts and crafts project, students utilize yarn scarps and plastic lids from a drink to create a coaster for drinks.  Students...
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Explore More About Bottle Construction

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore Green Construction. In this lesson based on the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers, students gain insight into alternative construction in Guatemala. They examine the pros and cons of using alternative building...
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Teeshirt Printing

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars become responsible and involved citizens. In this t-shirt printing lesson plan students design and create a teeshirt with a message about citizenship and responsibility. Natural objects are used as stamps.
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Energy Alternatives Explorations

For Students 6th - 8th
For this energy alternatives explorations worksheet, middle schoolers explore alternative energy sources by using the linked web resources to answer 8 questions about different resources and identify the ones that would work in their...
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Canada's Arctic Barometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research arctic climates. In this Web-quest investigation, students will identify Arctic climate changes, explain the effects of these changes, relate the changes to other regions, and write their findings in a letter format.
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In the Company of Whales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine whales and how they migrate.  In this whale lesson students research whales and their migration patterns.
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The Grand Canyon

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how dams help and hurt the ecology of an area. In this Grand Canyon lesson, students research the Glen Canyon Dam and why it flooded in 1996. Students create a pros and cons list about dams and write a summary.
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The American Prairie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners design an animal.  In this prairie lesson plan, students learn about physical and behavioral adaptation, locate the Great Plains on a map, and design an animal that would be perfectly adapted for life on the prairie.  Learners...

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