Young scholars study archaeological sites. They discover some of the problems inherent in choosing sites and what parts are chosen for excavation. They evaluate and explain their choices for study and articulate the process of...

Students are introduced to Delaware's waterways as precious resources used for drinking water, water for agricultural and industrial uses, recreational areas, and as habitats for wildlife. They are introduced to wastewater discharges,...

Students identify what and how to complete an Archaeological excavation is conducted. They identify the transition from one layer to the next more easily if the colors of the layers are different. When creating a dig, the teacher...

In this polymer worksheet, students use an on line site to complete sentences about plastics, their chemical make-up, their uses, their history and information about recycling plastics.

In this noun worksheet students are given a list of nouns and are asked to identify those which can be considered either counting or non-counting depending on the context.

Students explore the concept of social justice. In this service learning worksheet, students read Wanda's Roses in order to understand homelessness, hunger, and poverty.

Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this environmental stewardship lesson plan, students compose personal mission statements that express their personal beliefs about their responsibility to the environment.

Students build sled kites. in this kite building activity, students must read directions for kite building and enlarge the proportions of the given kite pattern. Students focus on the angles and line of symmetry in their kite. 

Students examine how to save and protect trees.  In this conservation lesson, students read books about the usefulness of trees, write ideas in their journals about how trees can be used, and make a book of ways to protect trees.

Students learn about transect lines through a study of marine debris.  In this marine debris lesson, students calculate the items on a transect line and graph them.  Students complete a category worksheet.

Students understand the concept of a scientific model and how it relates to climate change.  For this obsesrvation and gathering data lesson students design a trial and error model using PowerPoint. 

Students read David's story, paragraph by paragraph, in order. At the end of each paragraph, have students identify the bullying behavior. They draw where David is on the scale so students can see David getting more unhappy with each...

Students investigate the effects of litter on the environment. In this environmental lesson, students read the statistics on pollution and identify the effects it has on the Earth. Students develop a plan to clean up their local community.

Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 

Young scholars create unique art piece from litter. In this visual art lesson, students learn the importance of recycling and create a unique art piece. Young scholars construct collages.

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...

Students investigate landfills and the problems associated with urban and suburban areas. In this recycling lesson plan, students discuss landfills and the problems associated with landfills. They discuss the amount of waste an...

Pupils investigate landfills. In this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.

In this idioms worksheet, students use context clues provided to determine the meaning of idioms shown in bold-faced type in a set of 12 sentences. An answer key is included.

Second graders create stratified soil levels using pictures. For this earth science lesson, 2nd graders identify "artifacts" from 3 historic eras and divide them into 3 soil levels. Then they draw their own multi-level soil profile and...

For this Earth Day worksheet, students read a passage about the day, then complete short answer questions and match lists of items to their descriptions.

Eighth graders sort animals according to certain physical characteristics. In this science lesson, 8th graders explain the reason for such classification. They complete a worksheet individually at the end of the lesson.

In this problems worksheet, students use information they have collected about their campus and community to define one issue they are going to work on in depth. Students answer six questions about the problem they select, then complete...

Students illustrate the paper recycling process. They collect and weigh all the newspapers that come to their house in a week's time. Pupils multiply this number by all the weeks in a yeat and again by an estimate of the number of...