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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Greenhouse Gas Modeling Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Why are greenhouse gases called greenhouse gases? Young Earth scientists learn about greenhouse gases though experimentation in the second installment of a 3-part series. They use lamps to model radiant energy as well as warming through...
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Activity
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Carbon - The Short and the Long

For Teachers 1st - 6th
For this complex game about the carbon cycle, the playing field is divided into air, living, and earth zones. Children are assigned to be either plants or animals, and collect carbon tokens as they proceed from zone to zone. While the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Worksheet #1

For Students 5th - 8th
A graph of Earth's average monthly temperatures from 1990 to 1994 is posted across the top of the page for meteorology masters to analyze. Five multiple choice questions are asked regarding temperature variation. This does not have to be...
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What is a greenhouse?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students experiment to gain understanding of how a greenhouse retains heat.  In this greenhouse instructional activity, students work with soda bottles and simulate a greenhouse. Students compare data from a vented and intact bottle....
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The Awful 8: The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers perform a play based on pollution. In this pollution science lesson plan, students perform a play about different pollutants and how it effects our daily lives.
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Lesson Plan
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Global Change- Earth as Home

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create their own environment. In this environmental protection lesson, students pretend they are the owners of a tropical island. They create jobs for the citizens and develop the island as a model environment.
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Lesson Plan
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Greenhouse Gas Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare the ability of a sample of carbon dioxide gas to absorb thermal energy compared to a sample of air. They build a visual representation of the greenhouse effect to illustrate the heat-absorption of atmospheric carbon...
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Curated OER

The Awful 8: A Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars perform a play that presents the causes and effects on people and the environment of the eight major air pollutants.
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Lesson Plan
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The Awful Eight

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of a carpool and its contributions to either reducing or increasing air pollution. They conduct research using a variety of resources for background information. The information is used to write a...
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Lesson Plan
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The Awful Eight Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The young scholars list major air pollutants, what causes them, and their effects on people and the environment. Students list ways they can prevent or reduce the types of air pollution mentioned in the play.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Awful 8: The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become aware of the cause and effects of different air pollutants. They present a play about the different pollutants.

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