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Understanding the Conservation of Energy

For Students 8th - 12th
In this conservation of energy instructional activity, learners read about the law of conservation of energy and about energy distribution. They answer three critical thinking questions about what the law of conservation of energy means...
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Recycling Plastics

For Students 5th - 8th
In this plastics worksheet, students read about how important it is to recycle plastics and why sorting the recycle materials is important. Students then complete 4 short answer questions.
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The Garbage Patch: Two Earth day Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners view a seven minute video called Gorilla in the Greenhouse. In this Earth day lesson, students review the history of Earth day. Learners work in groups to describe the life cycle of a plastic bag. Students understand that...
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Shopping

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
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Recycling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the recycling process. In this recycling lesson plan, students gain understanding of how garbage is disposed of. Students makes lists of things that can be recycled. Students discuss how animals and plants are damaged by...
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Freedom and You

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the American Revolution. In this Revolutionary War activity, students research facts about the American Revolution, write an expository essay, and peer edit for good content. The paper is suggested to be written after...
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Invertebrate Diversity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe different animals with bilateral symmetry. In this biology instructional activity, students compare how these animals move. They discuss the evolutionary history of observed animals.
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A Creative Way of Reporting on Books

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
By using creative ways to complete book reports, like using cereal boxes, you can motivate students.
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Salad Tray 3D Topographic Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the characteristics of topographical maps. They examine the relationship of contour lines and vertical elevation. Students create a three-dimensional model of a landscape represented by a topographic contour map.
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Recycled Catalog Jewelry

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners create paper beads from colorful paper recycled from catalogs, magazines, brochures, colored paper scraps, wrapping paper, and junk mail. Students create a colorful necklace from their beads.
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Test Your Trash IQ Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 6th
In this trash recycling crossword puzzle, students complete a word puzzle about proper trash recycling. They read 17 clues and place the answers in the proper place on the crossword puzzle.
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ESL: Earth Day

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Earth Day worksheet, students read a passage about the day, then complete short answer questions and match lists of items to their descriptions.
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Help! Help! Save the Earth!

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze ways to save our natural resources and preserve the environment. In this environmental protection lesson plan, 1st graders complete four activities to analyze the importance of our natural resources and what trash...
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Earth Day, Every Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Earth Day reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page article about recycling. Students then complete 4 multiple choice questions about the story and do 3 matching problems with the vocabulary.
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Lesson: Litter Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine the issue of littering. In this waste management lesson, students discover what littering is and how it affects the environment.
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So Many Cookies...So Much Packaging

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the way packaging is used in the distribution of goods. In this packaging lesson, students investigate how packaging is used, what resources are used to make it and ways it can be recycled.
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Plastic Polymers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students learn about plastic. In this plastic polymers lesson, students examine the properties of plastic, its variety of uses and how it is recycled.
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Recycling Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the importance of recycling. In this environmental science lesson, students classify materials as recyclable or not. They make posters that promote the benefits of recycling.
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The Environment and the Community

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students observe their environment and come up with ways to protect it. In this environment lesson plan, students discuss pollution and ways to prevent it. Then they create a poster with drawings that show a goal to reduce pollution and...
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What is Trash?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students consider what garbage is and where it ends up. In this recycling instructional activity, students read excerpts from Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little as they consider methods to reduce wastefulness.
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Where Is Away?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore ways to dispose of trash. In this lesson, students discuss where trash goes when it leaves their house and other inappropriate ways to dispose of trash. Students brainstorm ways to produce less waste.
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Look At A Landfill

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how landfills function. For this landfill lesson, students explore the use of landfills and the decomposition process by creating a model landfill. Students discuss pros and cons to landfills and how potential problems...
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Needs and Wants

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars examine the difference between needs and wants. In this consumption lesson, students illustrate their needs and wants and discuss their own reasons for buying things. They also discuss the connection between their...
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Lunchroom Trash

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the amount of waste produced by humans. In this ecology instructional activity, students predict which lunch bag and its contents will produce the most waste. Leftover material is examined, amounts are recorded, and a...

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