The health effects of mercury exposure if the focus of the first of three activities about the properties of metals. Pairs research mercury to write, prepare, and share posters, articles, or PSAs with the class. 

An informative lesson focuses on heavy metal contamination of environments. Classes read about, discuss, and answer questions pertaining to sources of heavy metals in the environment. To finish the 35th installment of 36, individuals...

Learners investigate the 1950's pollution tragedy in Minamata, Japan. The elements of dose, response, individual susceptibility, potency, and threshold of toxicology are explored in this instructional activity.

High schoolers reflect upon their regional and national environments, analyze causes of environmental problems as well as their implications, and examine effects of population growth as they participate in "The Popcorn Game."

Students experiment with a pure substance and a phase change. In this heating and cooling curves lesson plan, students study the effects of heating and cooling a pure substance to observe a phase change. They determine both the melting...

Students study the pink river dolphin and how it has adapted to its environment.  In this adaptations lesson plan students construct a map that represents certain relationships. 

In this hazardous material activity set, 5th graders fill in the blanks with the answers to clues about toxic materials and gases. They fill in 12 blanks with words that are shown at the bottom of each page. They identify 4 hazards in...

In this Jupiter worksheet, students read a passage about the environment and atmosphere of Jupiter. Students then answer several multiple choice questions about the passage.

A nice concise summary of basic information on mercury, including sources, history and uses, as well as information on mercury poisoning.

An A to Z list of illnesses and disorders caused by environmental factors, e.g., asthma, allergies, mercury poisoning, cancer and others. Each is listed with a short, one paragraph overview of the condition and causes.

Learn where mercury can be found at home and at school, how exposure affects humans, ways to protect yourself from it, and the damage it is doing to the natural environment.

Discusses the toxicity of mercury, something that has been only fully understood in recent years, and what it has been used for. Some of these applications are being discontinued as manufacturers find ways of replacing the mercury with a...