As part of their examination of forest ecosystems, class members examine how foresters, biologists, botanists, geologists, and hydrologists work to together to develop a management plan for sustainable forests.

In this pollution and marine life worksheet, students use 9 given terms related to types of pollution and ocean food chains to complete sentences. Students number the effects of human sewage and soil runoff that harm ocean organisms in...

In this Earth's environment worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 35 clues about a variety of topics related to our Earth. Topics include ecosystems, precipitation, biomes, energy transfer, soil, weathering and rocks.

How did Theodore Roosevelt stress the importance of conservation during his time as president of the United States? Take a closer look at the language Roosevelt used himself in a 1907 address to Congress, and have your young...

Go on a weed hunt! Scholars gain insight into the characteristics of plants and examine the outdoor environment in order to identify five different types of weeds. Learners then show what they know with a one-page reflection.

Turn aluminum cans into pickles! An engaging experiment has learners chemically change aluminum into a substance with many purposes including the manufacture of pickles. After performing the chemical conversion, the experimenters verify...

Determining whether or not something is living can be more difficult than it seems. Put your young scientists to work defining their own criteria to identify life, then work with three samples to see if they are alive or...

Spoil, brown, poison. Designed to help develop phonemic awareness, the conscious awareness of the sound structure of words, readers are asked to identify and highlight the /oi/ sound in a list of 30 words. They then practice reading...

Young foresters examine the strategies, like prescribed burns and thinning, that are employed to ensure healthy forests.

Examine the nature of landfills through experimentation. Scholars build miniature landfills and monitor changes over a six-week period. Observations allow individuals to draw conclusions about the different types of trash and their...

Work on using context clues in your social studies class. Pupils read a brief selection about the terrain in Senegal and define each of the underlined words in the space provided. They also list the context clues that helped them...

For this earth's environment worksheet, young scholars use the 20 clues and their problem solving skills to correctly complete the crossword puzzle.

In this farmer worksheet, students make a spinning wheel to describe the jobs of a farmer. Students create 1 wheel with 8 different jobs for a farmer.

In this human impact on the environment worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences about how humans have negatively affected the environment. They complete sentences about the actions taken to reduce and repair the...

In this water worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a crossword puzzle having to do with water words. Students complete 25 blanks in the crossword.

In this riparian buffer worksheet, students click on the links to learn about why we should maintain the riparian buffer and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 7 questions.

In this environmental science instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 26 questions about human impact on the environment.

In this pollution and conservation worksheet, students read a passage on pollution and conservation, and answer short answer, multiple choice, and vocabulary matching questions. Students complete 27 questions.

In this chemicals worksheet, learners fill in 61 blanks of statements comparing the chemicals used in farming and the chemicals found in medicines and food.

In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the 25 clues about Earth Day. Students then complete the crossword puzzle about Earth Day.