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Santa Clara County Office of Education

Bulletin Board Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
It's hard to find time to create really good bulletin boards, or stray from your year-to-year comfortable displays. Stress no more! Check out a list of monthly bulletin board ideas guaranteed to get you through the school year....
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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Mummies in the Morning Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...
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Macmillan Education

Understanding Your Skills and Talents

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Skills, talents, and personal qualities are the focus of the fourth session in a 23-lesson series of life skills exercises. Participants build a mind map of all the skills and talents in the class, and then groups work together to...
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Cornell University

What is IPM?

For Students 4th - 5th
Discover what a pest is and how to identify one with a lesson that looks closely at our outside world and taxonomy. Scholars investigate insects and plants to practice their identification skills, take a survey, and explore the...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...
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Other

City of Phoenix: Recyclesaurus Activity Book [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
This activity book teaches about reducing, reusing, and recycling materials. Students can decode words, color, do a word scramble, and learn how to compost. Written in both English and Spanish.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Pitt Rivers Museum: Transformations: The Art of Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
In the age of going green, check out these artworks made of recycled materials.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Smelting Lead Containing Waste

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a process by which waste lead can be reclaimed from materials such as batteries.
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Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Environmental Chemistry Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
Find answers to common questions asked about environmental chemistry. Environmental toxins and recycling are among the topics covered in the FAQ.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Composting

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains, using scientific language, what composting is. Also explains what compostable and compost compatible materials are, the conditions necessary for composting to occur, and the role of composting in recycling waste. (Updated:...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Goliath Beetles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Not only is the Goliath beetle one of the largest of all scarab beetles, it is one of the the largest insects in the world! There are a few insects that may be longer, but the Goliath is probably larger and heavier. The Goliath beetle...