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People and the Environment

For Students 4th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students look at how different human actions can cause pollution and how the pollution effects the environment. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Acid Rain in our State

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct internet research on acid rain, a serious environmental problem. They examine the pH levels of rainwater for their state, collect data from their community and investigate the causes and solutions for acid rain.
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Acid in the Water

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders learn about the effect pollution has on water and how this affects their community. In this environmental awareness lesson, 9th graders expand their vocabulary and create a flowchart that demonstrates the process of acid...
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Environmental Rhyme and Reason

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students employ poetry as a medium to relay information and express views about significant environmental issues that exist today and to assess their effects on The State of the Planet as we enter the next millennium.
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Environment: Climate Change

For Teachers 7th
For this climate change worksheet, 7th graders read through the ten definition about climate change and its cause and effects. Students fill in the missing word for each sentence.
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The Impact of Acid Rain and the Greenhouse Effect on the Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study acid rain and complete several activities that show how it affects the environment. They role play members of the community involved in a major decision involving the protection of the environment.
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Polluted Rain

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and analyze how acid rain can affect the environment. They then explain how air, water, and pollution interact and conduct pH tests to find acidity levels in water. Finally, students become "Pollution Watch Reporters"...
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Floods: Rising Waters and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will examine how floods work and why they can cause so much damage and destruction. They use a stream table to observe the processes that lead to flooding and the effects of floods on human-made structures. Includes a guide to...
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What Are We?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students list and describe three types of surface water pollutants. They observe the effects of various water pollutants on algae growth. Three causes of each surface water pollutant is listed.
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Tsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate just what a tsunami is, what causes it, how fast it travels, what it looks like, and its devastating effects upon landfall. They read the experience of a former Peace Corps Volunteer who went to Sri Lanka after it...
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Progression's Price

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect upon their regional and national environments, analyze causes of environmental problems as well as their implications, and examine effects of population growth as they participate in "The Popcorn Game."
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THE BUSINESS OF CLEAN AIR

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine that air pollution control is caused by a combination of market incentives and government regulation. They realize that businesses exist to make profits for their owners and that governments make rules for individuals...
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Erosion: Slip Sliding Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the causes of erosion. Through several demonstrations including one using sugar cubes and warm water, they observe the effects of erosion. In groups, 4th graders conduct similar experiments and record their...
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Protecting Our Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the impact of pollution. In this pollution lesson plan, students watch Protecting Our Planet, then participate in a simulation of the effect of pollution on a variety of organisms.
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Natural Forces

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students assess the damage natural forces have caused Maryland's geographic features. In this state geography and ecology lesson, students work in a group to research ways in which weathering, erosion, and deposition have affected the...
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Climate Change & Coral Activities

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study how the ocean stabilizes our planet's climates and how global warming is becoming a threat to this fine balance.  In this climate change lesson, students identify that fossil fuel emissions are responsible for global...
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What is a greenhouse?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students experiment to gain understanding of how a greenhouse retains heat.  In this greenhouse instructional activity, students work with soda bottles and simulate a greenhouse. Students compare data from a vented and intact bottle....
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Splish, Splash, I was Takin' a Bath!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the causes of water pollution and its effects on the environment through the use of models and scientific investigation. In the accompanying activities, they investigate filtration and aeration processes as they are used...
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Current Groundwater Contamination Research

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the effects of groundwater pollutants on life. They name and describe 1 environmental factor that has an effect on our drinking water. Students read the Water-Groundwater and Pollution Article. They discuss and...
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Pollution and Marine Life

For Students 7th - 9th
In this pollution and marine life activity, students use 9 given terms related to types of pollution and ocean food chains to complete sentences. Students number the effects of human sewage and soil runoff that harm ocean organisms in...
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Rising Sea Levels: UK and Bangladesh

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore the possible effects of global warming. In this geography/global warming lesson, students identify regions using an atlas and complete a global warming worksheet. Learners perform an experiment in which they simulate...
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Simple Machine Research

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate the ability to use scientific skills and Processes to describe forces that act upon objects to cause specific changes in motion. They identify and describe a science problem related to forces and simple machines.
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Breaking News: Second Explosion at Japan Nuclear Plant (14th March, 2011)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore current events by sharing information about the Japanese nuclear plant. In this nuclear energy lesson, students discuss the pros and cons of nuclear energy plants and whether or not they can typically withstand natural...
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Government Lesson Plan - Number 14

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze data on air pollution in Maryland. They evaluate the effectiveness of government actions to improve air quality. Each group recommends actions that would improve air quality on the federal, state and local level.

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