Curated OER
Getting to Know You
Third graders explore different types of poetry and illustrate their own experiences through creating their own poem. In this getting to know you lesson, 3rd graders create and recite their poems with a self-portrait.
Curated OER
European Newscast
Students work in cooperative learning groups to create and perform a newscast about a European country. This geography-based technology lesson concludes with class presentations and student critiques.
Curated OER
Show Me The Dinos
Students explore a site of numerous fossil excavations. Using an interactive quarry map, they locate dinosaur specimens and individual bones. In groups, students use "Show Me" cards to answer questions, compile information, and create...
Curated OER
Loggerhead Nest Management Program
Students identify the sea turtle management documentary and complete an activity for each slide. They plot the location of nests laid on the island they patrol and discuss their rationale for management decisions. Finally, students...
Other
Bringing History Home: Environmental History
This 2nd grade unit introduces children to the history of environmental protection in the U.S. Beginning with three types of environment - mountain, grass plain and forest - the lessons explore some of the natural resources found in...
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Environmental History: Map 8: Mining in South Dakota, 1878
Lessons for K-12 based on a series of maps teaches students about the environmental changes resulting from mining in South Dakota, 1878.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Environmental History: Map 7: Distribution of Woodland in u.s., 1873
Lesson plans for K-12 using maps that show the distribution of wooded land in 1873. Students examine the impact of humans on the environment.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Environmental History: Map 9: Conservation, Yosemite Ntl. Park, 1935
Lessons for students K-12 in which they study original map of Yosemite National Park, ca. 1935 and explore appropriate human uses of the environment.
Other
Teaching the Jah: Earth Day and the Environmental Movement
As part of a larger lesson plan on the the environment and the environmental movement, this lesson focuses on the movement as part of a larger emphasis on social movements in the 1960s. Find information about the history of Earth Day,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Air Got to Do With It?
Students are introduced to the concepts of air pollution and air quality. The three instructional activity parts focus on the prerequisites for understanding air pollution. First, students use M&Ms to create a pie graph that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Brief History of the First Earth Day and What We Can Learn From Its Success Lesson Plan
Earth Day grew out of the environmental movement in the late 1960s in response to a series of environmental disasters that took lives, marred natural beauty and threatened animal species. An estimated 20 million Americans participated in...
Library of Congress
Loc: Explorations in American Environmental History
These lessons introduce students to historical perspectives of nature and the environment, drawing on the American Memory collections, other digital resources, readings, and writing exercises. Students examine materials in a variety of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]
A lesson plan where students explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Global Industrialization
Europe and America were far from alone in the quest for industrialization. This unit explores just how far the age of industry impacted the world.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Nicotine Addiction
From the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute, comprehensive history of tobacco, the tobacco industry, and tobacco-related illnesses.
University of Arizona
Pulse: Fertilizers, Pesticides and Human Health
A cross-curricular unit to explore how human health is impacted by pesticides and fertilizers. The lesson comes out of the Chicano movement which studies the health of migrant workers due to agricultural practices. The unit was developed...
Other
Digital Library for Earth System Education (Dlese)
This resource provides materials for teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or tutorial). Site is focused on earth science, geography, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Oil Spill
This lesson will allow students to explore an important role of environmental engineers: cleaning the environment. Students will learn details about the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which was one of the most publicized and studied...
University of Arizona
Pulse: Industrialization, Chemicals and Human Health
While students gain an understand of basic environmental toxicology, they explore the health impacts of industrialization on society in these lessons. This is a cross curricular unit that addresses standards for eleventh grade in math,...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: Hurricanes
Fourth graders learn about hurricanes and their impact on Louisiana as well as how historical accounts reflect the culture of Louisiana and give insight into historical events. This set builds on storytelling as a way to transmit...