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World of the Pond Data Sheet

For Students 4th
  In this pond worksheet, students study aspects associated with pond water and pond life.  Students complete 26 fill in the blank questions to complete the data chart of observations.    
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Reading Trees: Understanding Dendrochronology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine tree-ring dating and discuss the lack of water the settlers in Jamestown faced. They create paper tree rings, simulate rain patterns, and describe the history of construction paper tree sequences.
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Energize Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students consider the positive and negative aspects of alternative energy.  In this physical science lesson, students consider the sources of energy they use everyday.  Students compare alternative sources of energy and...
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It Ain't Easy Being Green!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the needs of plants. In this science lesson, students plant seeds and place one in a sunny spot and the other in a dark area. Students observe what happens.
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Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students investigate the greenhouse effect. In this environmental lesson, students investigate why the greenhouse effect changes the climate through an experiment. Students use vinegar to simulate how acid damages the environment.
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Land Associations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and explore life forms of various biomes, define transitional regions, examine effects of abiotic and biotic interactions, research a biome, and produce newspaper that features environmental information. Lessons all on...
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Kentucky Coal and Our Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read and discuss the article in reference to the environmental issues of acid rain and global climate change in relation to Kentucky coal. They then answer questions that are related to the article that they read.
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Illinois Coal and Our Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss the important environmental issues of acid rain and global climate change in relation to Illinois coal. According to the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, acid rain has had minimal effects on our...
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The Coast is Clear

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this environmental worksheet, students become aware of the animals that inhabit the sea coast by reading a paragraph and coloring the picture. Students learn the importance of keeping beaches clean.
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Pond Words

For Students 3rd
In this pond learning exercise, 3rd graders study words associated with pond water and pond life.  Students complete 7 fill in the blank questions using the given words and their definitions at the top of the page.
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Martha Who?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore how the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of light and water, a range of temperatures, soil composition. They are...
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Soaps and Detergents

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, learners look for the solutions to the crossword based upon the theme of soaps and detergents. This is helpful to vocabulary acquisition.
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Deep Sea Vents

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars study the vent and non vent deep sea and see the differences in habitats.  In this investigative lesson students complete a worksheet and work in groups.
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Acids And Bases

For Students 6th - 9th
In this acid and base chemistry worksheet, students solve 25 clues in a crossword puzzle based on the pH of common household solutions and common names of chemical compounds.
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Conservation in Small Spaces: Conservation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define conservation, identify actions that conserve habitat and those that reduce habitat, and generate ideas about how one can practice conservation in everyday life.
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Environmental Education

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how their choices affect the environment. They identify different types of pollution and its source. They ask questions to end the lesson.
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Where's The Drip?

For Teachers K
Students explore the school and report back any leaks they see to the teacher. They are encouraged to do this at home and report any leaks to their parents.
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How Much Azatrine?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students understand the connections among people, places, and environments in the local school and community, Kansas and its surrounding states, the U.S. and its region, and the world.
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Wildlife Conservation (Senior, Science)

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore wildlife and the diversity that makes up the living part of the planet Earth. The exploration part of the assignment is done on the Internet using selected web sites.
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Math and Science in a Wetland

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use scientific methods during field and lab investigations. Students collect specimens and make measurements using the metric system. Learners describe biotic and abiotic factors in an estuary and design a model.
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D is for Dump

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pollution activity, students read the sentences 'Don't dump pollution in the water,' and 'D .' Students may color the picture of the no dumping image.
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Green Roof Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a heat and water conserving "green roof". In this urban environmental instructional activity, students will design a heat and water conserving "green roof" to improve a building's energy profile.
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Environmental Monitoring Adventure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students research to identify a serious problem.
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Take a Dip: The Water in Our Lives

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the function of storm drains and the importance of keeping them clean of debris. They obtain permission from local authorities and perform community service painting stenciled messages near existing storm drains.