Chips Ahoy: Chip Off the Old Block

Students investigate adaptation.  In this cookie age lesson, students examine changes and variations in chocolate chips in cookies in preparation for determining the age of trees using lines.  Students discuss how the age of trees is...

Yongsters take a look at the variety of ways that litter not only messes up our environment, but poses a dangerous threat to birds and other wildlife. They must write down four types of waste that can come from a car, color in a picture...

Composting is a great way to get children involved in recycling. First, they discuss how biodegradable products decompose to make compost. Then, they talk about what can and cannot be composted. They play a game similar to around the...

A simple, yet effective classroom activity is described in this resource on leaves and how they grow. The activity should lead pupils to discover how plants make their own food and what they need to survive. In the activity, they create...

Learners identify biodegradable items. For this environmental lesson, students participate in a game of tag. A student's name is called out along with a biodegradable item and the student is tossed a ball.