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Know Your Boundaries: Earthquake Lessons in the Classroom
With all the recent attention on Haiti, and now Chile, it is the perfect time to teach your students about earthquakes!
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Ocean Life Lesson Plans
Students learn about life in the ocean with lessons that connect science, art, and environmental topics.
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World Water Day
Celebrate World Water Day on March 22 with activities that increase awareness of water quality around the world.
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Earth Day and "The Lorax" Lesson Plans
Earth Day can be a way for students to explore their relationship to the world around them and read great literature like "The Lorax."
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Spring Has Sprung
Spring lesson plan ideas can allow students and teachers a chance to use the outdoors as a classroom and a source of study topics.
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Geography Lesson Plans Using Google Earth
Geography lesson plans using Google Earth, or other interactive websites can make this topic current and interesting for students.
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Science Current Events Lessons
You can use current events to increase student understanding of both science concepts and language arts skills.
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Earth Day Activities
Earth Day is April 22nd - you can celebrate by incorporating some environmental activities into your curriculum Code: F7G4U8JHCDTD.
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Exploring Three Categories of Human Induced Environmental Problems
By exploring the three categories of human-induced environmental problems students can gain a global perspective.
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Talkin' Trash
Use these lesson plans to illustrate the effects of trash on our environment and the ways in which we dispose of it.
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Bringing Forestry into the Classroom
Here are ways to incorporate science, math, and language arts while learning more about the forests that sustain us.
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Ecosystems: A Home By Any Other Name
Students can learn more about the parts of ecosystems through exploration and hands on activities.
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Teaching the Complexities of Earth's Systems
An understanding of systems is integral to the study of the Earth.
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The Dynamics of Plate Tectonics
Simple lab and modeling activities can help your students understand the movements of the Earth's crust.
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The Important Role of Biomes
Travel the world from the comfort of your classroom with this unit on the Earth's biomes.
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Water, Water, Everywhere!
Get kids excited about environmental studies with these exciting lesson plans about water!
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Understanding Climate Change
Explore the causes and effects of a warming planet with your students.
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Separating Soil from Dirt
You can use these lesson ideas to teach students about the importance and ecology of soil.
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Investigating the Hydrosphere
No matter the scientific discipline, your students can benefit from a study of water.
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Geological Pyrotechnics
Students will be amazed at the wonders of volcanoes and learn about their characteristics as they build these models.
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Understanding Watersheds
Students should learn how their actions on land can affect the water quality of lakes and rivers.
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Visualizing Succession
Ecosystem change is easier to understand when you use hands-on activities.
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Exploring the Rock Cycle
An understanding of the rock cycle is essential in geology and earth science classes.