Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nebraska's Wild Weather

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the weather in Nebraska. Using this information, they describe the cause and effect relationships in the environment based on these changes in weather. They write various types of poems with weather themes and share them...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our National Parks

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students create a report about State or National Parks. The research is done on the Internet in order to integrate technology into the curriculum. Students also produce a newsletter about their findings.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Brown, View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

For Students 9th - 10th
The falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grafton Tyler Brown depicts the Grand Canyon, the one found at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Grafton Brown was one of the first African-American artists to depict scenes of the West. View...
Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Arizona, Famous Landmark Grand Canyon

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Arizona, Famous Landmark - Grand Canyon."
Website
University of Chicago

American Environmental Photographs 1891 1936

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that shows early photographs by Henry Chandler Cowles and George Damon Fuller and others. The images range from ecological settings to the consequences of human changes to the environment.
Handout
Other

Ellen's Place: Thomas Moran, Artist of the Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical overview of Thomas Moran, renowned artist of western landscape paintings. Includes gallery of artwork.