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Environmental Problems and Solutions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this environmental problems and solutions worksheet, students are given a list of 25 environmental problems. They match them with a given solution and paste the matching pairs to a piece of construction paper.
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Elephants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study elephants and the features they have that help to keep them cool.  In this elephants lesson students research a feature of the elephant. 
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How Does Preserving Wilderness Enhance Forestry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify events of the environmental movement in the United States.  For this environment  lesson students study Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, who had a great impact on the environmental movement. 
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The Great Kapok Tree

For Teachers K - 7th
Young scholars read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction.
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What Makes you Hot?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students manipulate different variables in a model and make inferences about the temperature on Earth.  In this heat lesson students calculate the blackbody radiation of an object at a certain temperature. 
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Progressives and the Era of Trustbusting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the free-market system and anti-trust laws. In this Bill of Rights lesson plan, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on the details of monopolies and the progressive reform movement to establish...
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Saving Tropical Rainforests

For Students 4th - 6th
In this rainforest worksheet, students watch a video of Prince Charles wanting to save the tropical rainforest and then fill in the blanks to sentences about the video. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Elephants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars research an elephant habit and present their findings to the class. In this elephant lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions about elephant characteristics and features.
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Toothpicks and Timber

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students problem-solve how to log five acres. Working in pairs, they construct models of logging sites before and after the trees are harvested. they paint their models and include other environmental details.
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Birds of Wisconsin

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Respect and Care of the American Flag

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students properly fold the American Flag and demonstrate proper care and use of the flag to younger students. They properly raise and lower to the flag on a flagpole and demonstrate care and use to younger students as well.
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White-tailed Deer: Beauty or Beast?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use study guides and videos to discuss the positive and negative impacts of white-tailed deer populations. In this wildlife management lesson, students view slides and discuss the natural history and value of deer as a resource....