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Environmentally Friendly
What can your pupils do to promote better conditions for wildlife? After researching issues around wildlife management, class members use the Internet to locate three different organizations devoted to protecting wildlife. They then...
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Who's in Charge of This Animal?
Eleventh graders study wildlife management and identify the appropriate government agencies that are in charge. They examine different wildlife management techniques. They write a letter showing interest in the activities of one of the...
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The Social and Economic Impact of Wildlife and Natural Resource Management
High schoolers develop an understanding of environmental laws and regulations. In this research instructional activity, students utilize information that involves controversial issues of wildlife and society.
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Farmers - Caretakers of the Land
Students explore resource management, specifically farming. After reviewing vocabulary words, groups of students explore what is conserved by each practice. They compare and contrast responses. Students describe farming procedures which...
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Dispose of Waste Properly
Students explore biology by participating in an environmental role-play activity. In this animal waste lesson, students identify the appropriate way to dispose of human and animal waste when staying outdoors. Students conduct an outdoor...
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ESL Wild Animals Picture to Word Match Up
For this ESL wild animal matching worksheet, students complete the words that name 10 clip art pictures of wild animals. They match the picture to the word that names it.
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Wild Dog Debate
Students participate in a mock conference addressing the possible extinction of African wild dogs. In this wild dogs lesson plan, students state their arguments and ask questions about the issues they have researched.
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Turning the Tide on Trash: Marine Debris Curriculum
Six different lessons comprise this unit on marine debris. Science, language arts, social studies, and art projects make this an ideal interdisciplinary unit. The result will be well-informed future citizens who can help make a...
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Teaching with Nature
Students participate in a nature walk to learn about their natural environments. In this nature study instructional activity, students brainstorm a list of things to look for on their nature walk. Students go on the nature walk and...
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Rain Forest Reporters
Students research and write articles for an imaginary scientific magazine about rain forests. In this rain forest instructional activity, students research both ecosystems and magazine writing styles. They act as reporters and editors of...
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The Amazing Heart
Students examine human blood flow by comparing the pulse of athletes. In this human body lesson, students discover the equation for finding the cardiac output from a human heart. Students identify heart rates of accomplished...
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Goals, Interactions and Outcomes
Students recognize both sides of a dilemma through use of a Human Interaction Outline. In this Goals, Interactions and Outcome lesson, students create a diagram to show opposing views of fishermen and oil companies. Students...
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Wildfire: Friend or foe?
Students explore positive and negative effects of wildfire and analyze positions on fire management. They conduct library research to uncover as much about wildfires and prescribed burns as they can. Students participate in a role-play...
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To Fish or Not to Fish?
Students demonstrate the decision-making process for marine reserves designations. In this role-playing lesson students analyze maps and data relating to a proposed reserve. They formulate the best decisions based on overall issues.
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Concern over Assam Rhinos
Students study the illegal hunting of wild animals (rhinos) in India. They read a short news report, review related vocabulary, and complete a vocabulary matching exercise.
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Amazing Grazing: Keeping Our Ecosystem Running
Students discover the value of sustainability within our ecosystem. In this ecological activity, students discuss the importance of a food cycle in our society, and how humans can improve the conservation of a healthy ecosystem....
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Cathlapolte.... Catching Time's Secrets
Third graders investigate nature by studying a Chinook village from the past. In this sustainable living lesson plan, 3rd graders examine the architecture, environment and activities of the Chinook people. Students create a...
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Reservoir Activity
Pupils research the economic importance of the major reservoirs in Illinois. In groups, they manage a budget for one of the lakes to promote tourism in the area. They also work together to create advertisements.
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Building Sentences
Whether working with pupils in their primary language or language learners, the exercises included in this resource will encourage your pupils to build more complex sentences. Using color-coded cards of nouns, adjectives, verbs, and...
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Water Trash
Students explain the ways plastic waste can affect the marine environment. They are able to describe things they can do to can down on plastic waste entering the marine environment.
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Breaking News English: Hopes Fading for Future of Indian Tigers
In this English worksheet, students read "Hopes Fading for Future of Indian Tigers," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.