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Groundwater: Cleaning Up

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the various aspects of groundwater contamination that threaten health and human safety. They create a model and display that informs other about the health and safety risks. Students illustrate ways in which these...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fraud In Science: Circumstances and Consequences

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze a case study and evaluate its implications on the scientific community.  In this Science ethics lesson, students read a case study and write responses to questions. Students discuss the actions of each scientist and...
Lesson Plan
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Pine Barrens

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study environmental values vs. economic development.  In this environmental decisions lesson students role play in a policy making setting. 
Lesson Plan
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A Different Kind of Rock Star: Part 2

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine our society's fascination with Mars.  In this journalism lesson students read an article that outlines the various ways Mars has captured our imagination and are given topics for discussion and a chart to...
Lesson Plan
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Doing Our Share Lesson 1: Michigan History of Philanthropy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the history of philanthropy in Michigan by looking at images and pictures while discussing the definition of philanthropy. They design a picture of the first time they saw a philanthropic act and write three sentences...
Worksheet
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Homonyms

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct homonym. Students fill in the blanks to 10 sentences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mormon Era

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn the history of the Mormons and are able to explore items made during the Mormon era by creating their own by hand. In this Mormon Era lesson, students create covered wagons, can lanterns, candles and sourdough bread as...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Countries and Cultures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this countries and cultures worksheet, students write definitions for various terms, complete a description of a trip around Europe by adding articles, and write an essay about places to visit in their own country.
Primary
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Love Canal Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
An assessment of the horrific tragedy of the chemical pollution whcih seeped into the town of Love Canal. Written by an EPA administrator just months after carcinogenic materials began leaching into yards and the public school built over...
Primary
University at Buffalo

Love Canal Collections: Love Canal Chronologies

For Students 9th - 10th
Find chronologies from three different sources of Love Canal and its chemical contamination. Read about how the investigation of this environmental disaster progressed over the years.
Website
University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: Love Canal Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated history surveys the infamous Love Canal chemical contamination environmental disaster of the 1970s.
Primary
New York State Dept. of Health

New York State Department of Health: Love Canal Public Health Time Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the report to the New York governor and legislature from the Commissioner of Health laying out the dangers presented by the toxic chemicals dumped in the town of Love Canal.
Primary
University at Buffalo

Love Canal Collections: Niagara Gazette Newspaper Clippings

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper clippings covering many aspects of Love Canal including much information about the litigation and claims filed by those so affected by the pollution that seeped into the town.
Website
Boston University

Lessons From Love Canal: History: The Start of a Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at how a group of residents who were affected by the leak of chemicals at Love Canal, banded together to force the New York government, and ultimately the federal governmnent, to take their complaints seriously.
Article
Other

Common Dreams: Groups Mark 20th Anniversary of Love Canal Toxic Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
20th Anniversary of Love Canal site (1998) lists superfund polluters. Site discusses top corporations who pollute and put communities at risk.
Handout
Environmental Chemistry

Evironmental chemistry.com: Grown Ups Don't Do Blue Goo

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of Love Canal, NY and the contamination that was happening there and what has been done about it recently.
Website
PBS

Pbs: Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS documentary site explains the whys and wherefores of our enduring interest in the life and loves of Marie Antoinette. Follow the timeline that leads to her execution at the guillotine, learn about the extravagance of her surroundings...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Earth First, 1960's

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource provided by Digital History contains a wealth of information on the environmental movement of the 1960s in America, as well as the rest of the century.
Website
National Audubon Society

Chronology of the National Audubon Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This page, located at the NAS site, describes the environmental movement and the Audubon Society, beginning in 1967.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Impacts of Hazardous Waste

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the impacts of hazardous waste on the environment and human health, and the provisions of the Superfund Act.

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