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Give a Little Respect

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the importance of helping the environment. In this improving the environment instructional activity, students create a task that will improve the environment. student make decisions about how to share the work to get...
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From the Heights to the Depths

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a relief map of Asia and Australia. They work in small groups on sections of the map to make one complete map of the continents.
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Rotten Truth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars complete activities to study decomposition. In this decomposition lesson, students work in pairs to observe a decay buffet experiment. Young scholars keep compost bag journals. Students define and discuss the process of...
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Models of Succession

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a model city in order to understand the effects human habitats have on the environment.  In this environment instructional activity, students examine the effects human habitats have on the environment.  Students create a...
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Environmental Education/Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play a game in which they list as many environmental issues or terms in alphabetical order. They brainstorm ways they can save the environment and create a mural that displayed research found from the internet and Encarta.
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Build a Journal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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It’s Your Trash!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify the different sections of a landfill. In this ecology lesson plan, students brainstorm ways that they can help in proper trash disposal. They write a reflection journal about their thoughts on the subject.
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We Are All Responsible

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students conduct research about the issue of conservation and the environment. They focus upon the interdependence of man and nature. They write and discuss the issue of environmental preservation. Students appreciate the importance of...
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What's In A Name?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students analyze themselves as members of the community. They choose a name to describe themselves and explain why they choose the name they did. They identify activities they perform in and out of school to help the community.
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The Compost Bucket

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students recognize that plants and soils have a close relationship. They view a photo essay on the common practice and natural process of composting. Afterwards, they observe the process of plant decay over the course of several days.