Students investigate waste. In this environmental instructional activity, students read a worksheet in both Spanish and English and share how they recycle at home. Students are encouraged to use key vocabulary words from the worksheet...

Students work together to gather information about the EPA's Superfund program. They discuss how to improve human health and the environment. They discover how hazardous wastes are characterized and cleaned up.

Learners examine how laws on hazardous waste is developed and enforced. They work together to discover how statutes are passed as well. They complete an activity to end the lesson plan.

High schoolers observe the effect of croos contamination as they inoculate orange juice with penicillin mold from the refrigeration lab and active yeast solution from the sterilization lab. They experience a simulation of passing...

Learners explore the ways to conserve our natural resources. In this recycling, reusing, and reducing lesson plan students read Dinosaurs to the Rescue and apply their findings to learning ways to conserve resources. Learners complete a...

Students examine how a sanitary landfill is constructed, how it functions, and how waste and leachate affects the areas around the landfill. After a discussion about landfills and leachates, students construct a Sanitary Landfill Model...

Students investigate the four groups of people that existed in the U.S. before the European settlers arrived. They predict how the people arrived in the U.S., then investigate their predictions to find out whether or not they are...

In this ocean life learning exercise, students observe the plants, animals, human activity, park rules/local laws, at a specific location. Students also observe any activity in neighborhoods, the water sources for the area, the water...

Students participate in a number of activities that reinforce the knowledge they have learned from previous units over waste management.

Students demonstrate responsible consumer choices. For this social studies lesson, students read The Lorax and discuss wants and needs. Students discuss how to save natural resources by making informed consumer choices.

For this product packaging conundrum worksheet, students research product packaging to select materials and design for packaging a model of the school mascot.  This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.

Students participate in three stations in which they are made aware of the environment, ways to preserve it, the importance of preserving it and their part in preserving it. They discuss where items are found, recycling, and...

In this pollution and conservation worksheet, students read a passage on pollution and conservation, and answer short answer, multiple choice, and vocabulary matching questions. Students complete 27 questions.

Learners use a spider casting kit to mold a tarantula spider. They discuss the tarantula, its parts, and its habitat.

Students are introduced to the anatomy and characteristics of the North American wolf, grizzly bear and bobcat through a purchased kit. They cast plaster models of each of the animals for study and display.

Students explore what the soil temperature would be on the north and south sides of a building. In this temperature lesson, students hypothesize what the results will be using a thermometer and then after a week see what the...

Learners consider the implications of waste. In this waste streams lesson, students learn what waste streams are and identify their impact on the environment. Learners also recycle waste materials to create functional objects.

Students examine the idea of recycling by composting. Using the internet, they research the benefits of composting to the environment. In groups, they collect numbers on how much food and yard waste is produced in their community. ...

In this environment activity, high schoolers engage in the completion of 32 sentences to find the word that is used to complete the thoughts.

Learners explore how landfills function. In this landfill lesson, students explore the use of landfills and the decomposition process by creating a model landfill. Learners discuss pros and cons to landfills and how potential problems...

Young scholars make ice cream. They use the experimental process to improve the ice cream working with variables in the recipes.

Young scholars research recycling effort that take place in the US. They play an online game and complete handouts using Internet research.

Ninth graders apply the skills of kitchen equipment and management.

High schoolers survey and dissect as many fish as possible. They count nematodes, cestodes and crustaceans on the fish, fill out autopsy reports, and transfer data to a chalkboard data table. Students graph the results of the entire...