Worksheet
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Waste Not, Want Not – Recycling

For Students 5th
In this recycling worksheet, 5th graders read a selection about recycling, renewable, and non-renewable resources. They answer 6 questions based on the reading by defining words, separating trash into renewable and non-renewable...
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Monument or Energy?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this national monument worksheet, learners will read about the national monument in Utah and the pros and cons about it being a protected area. Students will complete 6 short answer questions based on what they read.
Worksheet
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People and the Environment

For Students 4th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students look at how different human actions can cause pollution and how the pollution effects the environment. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
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The Robot Ranger

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in an experiment to understand how robotic systems can estimate distances.  In this robotic ranger lesson, students measure the the time it takes for and object to move back and forth.  Students will use a...
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Pipeline

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read and discuss essays about Alaska Native cultures. They discuss changes that have occurred in Alaska over the last 50 years.
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Particle Depostition Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect, study and observe the pollution in our air. They list three kinds of pollution that they think is in our air. Students comprehend that the atmosphere is almost completely made up of invisible gaseous substances. They...
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Giants of the Protozoa

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe and define xenophyophores.  In this protozoa lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab activity. 
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Echolocation and Communication

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in a role-play activity to determine how whales use the properties of echolocation to communicate.
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The Impact of Acid Rain and the Greenhouse Effect on the Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners study acid rain and complete several activities that show how it affects the environment. They role play members of the community involved in a major decision involving the protection of the environment.
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Human Activity and the Environment 2004

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.
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Mesozoic Era in Arkansas

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the geology of Arkansas from 225 million years ago to 65 million years ago. They discover they types of strata laid down by the Gulf of Mexico. They examine the economic importance to the community.
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Controlling Our Rate of Consumption

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given a cookie each. When the signal is given, they begin eating the cookies. Each student must raise a hand and keep it raised when he or she is finished counting the hands raised every 15 seconds until all the cookies...
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Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore fossils and how they are formed. They create their own "fossils" out of plaster of Paris. They record their findings in their science journals.
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Bats Of WI And PR

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the bats of Puerto Rico. They conduct research in order to find information to construct a powerpoint presentation. They create a dvd of the presentation and go on a tour to a local cave to see the environment where...
Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Edwin Drake

For Students 9th - 10th
Dogged persistence led this man to drill -- and drill -- and drill, seeking oil deposits. His success launched an Oil Rush and brought the world a new energy source.
Graphic
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University of Texas: Map: Syria: Economic Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of Syria's economic activity from 1993 is from the Perry Castaneda Collection. See where Syria's oil and gas deposits are.
Article
New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: Alaska Thaws, Complicating the Hunt for Oil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Over three decades, rising temperatures have cut the frozen season in half in Alaska. Oil-prospecting convoys in search of new deposits are allowed to crisscross the fragile tundra only when it is snowy and solid. Find out about the...
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Geology.com: Rocks: Pictures of Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents photographs of examples of clastic, chemical, and organic sedimentary rocks, with short descriptions underneath each rock image. Each rock name is also linked to its own dedicated page with a great deal of additional information...
Graphic
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University of Texas: Map: Uae: Economic Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
See the economic activity of United Arab Emirates placed on a map. From a 1993 CIA map in the Perry Castaneda Collection.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Shale

For Students 9th - 10th
Originating as clay or mud, shale is a sedimentary rock formed by deposits of small particles by slow moving water. Wikipedia includes color images and discusses composition and deposition.
Graphic
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Web Gallery of Art: Deposition Diptych (Small Deposition, Right Wing)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Deposition Diptych (Small Deposition, right wing)", created by Hugo Van Der Goes, c. 1480 (Oil on canvas, 53,5 x 38,5 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Mourning of the Dead Christ (Deposition)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Mourning of the Dead Christ (Deposition)", created by Pietro Perugino in 1495 (Oil on panel, 214 x 195 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Deposition From the Cross

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Deposition from the Cross", created by Correggio in 1525 (Oil on canvas, 158,5 x 184,3 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Deposition From the Cross

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Deposition from the Cross", created by Rosso Fiorentino in 1528 (Oil on canvas, 270 x 201 cm).