Students examine the EPA's approach to integrated solid waste management. They read about source reduction, recycling, composting, waste-to-energy incineration, and land filling, and create symbols for each of the aspects of solid waste...

Students explore properties of cans (including aluminum and steel) as they rotate through stations. They experiment with magnets, weight differences, resistance to corrosion and temperature conductivity.

Learners examine the impact of recycling on the economy and environment. They develop a recycling plan for their own community in order to solve recycling problems.

Students research the methods and tools used in ocean exploration. They, in groups, simulate an ocean exploration and consider what tools facilitate the exploration's objectives.

First graders discover that by moving their mouths different ways, they can make different sounds. They practice making the short /a/ relating it to the sound that is made when they were so afraid they screamed. They then practice saying...

Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ in words and sentences. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...

Students conduct a controlled experiment. They collect data in an organized manner. Students analyze data to reach a conclusion and communicate findings. They explain how city size, temperature, and pollution is related to the air quality.

Students create a tri-fold brochure to be used with their local Tourism Bureau that includes information and photos of local streams and lakes and trout fishing areas. Students write a description of the area and include a map of the...

Students identify that comprehension is an essential component or reading and in order to be efficient and fluent readers. They interpret what they have read through various strategies. Finally, students use one of the strategies,...

Students develop a graphic way of visualizing the concept of a million by utilizing what had happened to the Nashua River due to the dumping of raw sewage in 1962.

Seventh graders engage in a simulation that explains the feeding behavior of the piping plover and the things that disturb the feeding and nesting of this species.

Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.

Students use a variety of locomotor motions to obtain different pictures of foods for thieir teams. They must decide if the food is always healthy.

Students examine how to use their vocabulary, writing skills, and creative thinking to address environmental concerns in this unit. They write messages to using creative writing to address the issues of solid waste and recycling.

Students conduct experiments to study the quality of water. They examine how pollutants get into and affect the water supply in this unit.

Students investigate volunteer opportunities in their community. They draw picture of themselves helping in each situation pictured on the worksheet.

Students discuss their role in the community as a class. In groups, they evaluate what they like and do not like in their neighborhoods. They develop a solution for one of the aspects they do not like and share it with the class. They...

Sixth graders review the needs of their community and salmon in a local creek. Using information they gathered, they design and implement a project to restore salmon and steelhead back to the local watershed. They identify threats to the...

Sixth graders investigate the concept of energy using a hypothetical story. The power goes out in their house and they no longer can play your videogames. Students must create your own alternative power source. This story sets the stage...

Students, as a group, examine and discuss the destruction and planned demolition of Buddhist artifacts in Afghanistan by the Islamic Taliban government. They further research the issue and then hold a simulated summit with Buddhists,...

In this English learning exercise, students read "Ireland 'No' Vote Plunges EU into Crisis," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...

In this English worksheet, students read "Zimbabwe's Homeless Ignored," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Here you can find an engaging lesson plan on the trash each individual generates over time. Students will learn how trash is generated, how trash is disposed of, and possible ways to reduce the amount of trash.

Garbage Dreams is a documentary film that follows the lives of the Zabbaleen, people in Cairo who have been collecting garbage for a hundred years. But garbage collection has been contracted out to companies who do a poor job of...