Ninth graders research local geography to create successful, ecological school landscaping. They determine soil type, average weather patterns and temperature graphs and use the information to select ideal plants and plant maintenance...

Students analyze the packaging process. In this consumer awareness lesson plan, students analyze the process of packaging a potato and identify positive and negative ways of packaging. Students study statistics on an overhead...

In this ESL activity worksheet, students respond to 7 questions about the environment. Students use the words should or shouldn't to answer the questions. Students ask a classmates the same questions as well.

In this energy survey, students answer 15 questions about how they use various forms of energy. This survey is designed to be printed.

Learners investigate the ways energy is used at their school and how it can be changed.  In this energy lesson, students participate in a service project related to energy. Learners record and calculate changes that saved energy and...

Students define spill, leaks and landfills and identify the environmental problems caused by them. They complete worksheets and a quiz.

Pupils observe their environment and come up with ways to protect it. For 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...

Middle schoolers research how trash is disposed of and make an edible landfill. In this trash lesson plan, students research proper trash disposal, and discuss how trash affects the community. Then they make an edible landfill.

Students listen to the story "Clean Air, Dirty Air" by Lynne Patchett and discover the main types of pollution and how these affect their bodies. In this pollution lesson, students work in small groups to create a machine to prevent...

Students examine the difference between needs and wants. In this consumption lesson plan, students illustrate their needs and wants and discuss their own reasons for buying things. They also discuss the connection between their choices...

Third graders explore how to make a contribution to end the junk mail problem.  In this junk mail lesson students collect junk mail, identify the resources used and construct junk mail airplanes. 

Learners investigate landfills. In this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.

Students examine and identify biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials. They discover ways in which biodegradable materials can help minimize pollution.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage about a new city in Abu Dhabi. The reading is titled A Green City. They then answer the 8 questions pertaining to the passage.

Students explore different painting techniques. In this visual arts activity, students use various materials to create different textures in their paintings. Students use wax paper and foam boards to create unique art pieces.

Students research environmental issues. In this environmental lesson plan, students use the Internet to research an environmental problem and list ten facts about it. Students write a summary of facts.

Students fill jars with dried beans and water, cover the jars, and wait to see what happens in this excellent Science experiment ideal for Earth Day (April 22nd). Emphasis is placed on discovering the reactions of seeds to water.

Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.

Students examine environmental change of land, water, and air, discuss Clear Skies Legislation, and experiment on solid compaction and resultant water filtration.

Students define and discuss terms organic and synthetic, read article pertaining to organic agricultural practices in Oklahoma, complete worksheet, grow plants using both commercial and organic fertilizer, compare growth rates, and chart...

Pupils read about specific instances of arsenic in history and share these stories with each other. They identify, after reading the articles and sharing, what role arsenic played, how arsenic enters the system and what its effects are....

In this environment worksheet, students answer the 12 questions related to the concepts of manufacturing and consumption of real products.

In this environment worksheet, 1st graders review and discuss fourteen key terms associated with the environment. Students then locate and circle each one in a word search puzzle.

In this vocabulary activity, learners circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the words in bold. There are 14 questions on this activity.