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A Generation that Cares: Saving our Environment! Lesson PlanA Generation that Cares: Saving our Environment! Lesson Plan
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A Generation that Cares: Saving our Environment!

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Students discover the dangers posing our environment.  In this environmental awareness lesson, students investigate problems like global warming and pollution and discuss ways their generation can solve these issues.  Students research ideas using the Internet.

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global warming, climate change

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climate change, environmental facts, global warming, science
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Grade
3rd - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
21 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Technology
Ed Software

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