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Environmental Awareness and Children's Literature Lesson PlanEnvironmental Awareness and Children's Literature Lesson Plan
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Environmental Awareness and Children's Literature

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Use an alternative setting for pregnant teens and young mothers, as well as special education children to examine environmental topics through literature. Included in this unit is a visit to neighborhood libraries to select children's books on the environment. Through reading and research, students work together to create an original book.

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recycling, food chains, pollution

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food chains, pollution, recycling, special ed, science
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Grade
6th - 12th
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Science
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14 days
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