Students map connections among raw materials. For this environmental stewardship lesson, students design strategies to minimize the use of raw materials and discuss how to use more sustainable materials.

In this learning about watersheds activity, students answer 15 questions using links to web resources about water use in their community.  This page includes numerous links to helpful websites.

Students respond to a situation presented about the wetlands. In this wetlands instructional activity, students understand the various opinions over the use of areas in the wetlands. Students complete a worksheet using critical thinking...

Discover the natural resources in Iowa by studying it's history. In this environmental lesson plan, your young scholars will observe a topographical map of Iowa and identify where its most valuable resources are. They complete an Iowa...

Middle schoolers explore agroforestry. In this Peace Corps lesson, students examine the role the trees play in deforestation efforts. Middle schoolers then participate in an agroforestry game.

Seventh graders create a final project called Industry X (which was previously researched in the unit) has plans to build in town. There is a special town meeting scheduled to discuss this matter and allow everyone to express their...

In this unit of lessons, learners examine land issues affecting the world today. They discover what it is like for animals to live and create paper animals. They also examine parts of a tree and how to make dyes from materials found in...

Sixth graders write journal entries o school site at least once during each season, including sketched and written observations of present environment. They can use sample topographical maps and student's own maps. Students can use...

Pupils examine a parcel of open land to collect data about the native and invasive plants found there. By monitoring the area, they prevent the spread of weeds through early detection. Students create posters describing the monitoring...

Students participate in a hands on activity simulating an oil spill. In this oil spill lesson plan, students conduct an experiment about an oil spill, discuss how it would affect the environment and provide solutions to prevent oil spills.

Students research a biome.  In this biomes of the Earth instructional activity, students discuss what they already know about ecology and view pictures of different biomes.  Students work in groups to research a different...

Learners demonstrate their understanding of the water cycle and how it effects the environment by graphically depicting and describing the water cycle.

Fourth graders use this lesson to focus on their health, nutrition and the state of the environment. In groups, they examine the various types of land, water and air pollutants and compare and contrast a food chain with and without a...

Students, while working in groups under the Operation Genesis project involve fictional elements of role playing to grasp geographic concepts concerning human/environment interaction. They create the physical features of a fictional...

For this science worksheet, students look for the information in order to answer the basic facts concerning common marine life using puzzles.

Paper Lesson Plan - Students discover how paper is made. Working together, they make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is and its importance. Students study the process of how paper is made, and...

Students examine descriptions of a mining company's land-reclamation project. They share information to analyze the environmental impact of the project. Independently, they answer questions on environmental and economic issues...

Students study Africa's diverse landscape and investigate how these features impact the available water supply, food sources, and population distribution of the continent. They compare topographical features and their affect on each...

In this human impact on the environment worksheet, high schoolers fill in the blanks to complete sentences about how humans have negatively affected the environment. They complete sentences about the actions taken to reduce and repair...

Seventh graders research about the climate and weather in different biome types. In this biology lesson, 7th graders create a brochure of their chosen biome using Microsoft Publisher. They present their work in class.

Young scholars explore how to use trigonometry in the aviation field.  In this aviation activity students complete trigonometry equations that show what planes should do to land their airplanes.

Students make an island that has a construction site on it. They spill siulated pollution and trash on top of the island and then water it to simulate rain. They will observe how the rain washes dirt, sand, and pollution off the island...

Third graders investigate how farmers get more rice from their land. In this farming activity, 3rd graders discover things that farmers to do produce more rice. Students study photosynthesis and illustrate pictures about it. Students...

Fifth graders study early explorers. In this World history lesson, 5th graders draw an outline of a map labeling each part, build geographical features out of dough, and paint each of the land and water features.