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Environmental Changes

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High school scientists research and illustrate changes in the local environment and consider relationships among agriculture, industry, economy, natural events, and social interactions. They construct a timeline to discover if there are any correlations. This lesson can be used in any science course to explore human impact on the environment. Although it is written for island dwellers, it can easily be adapted to the environment in which you live.

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environmental changes, the environment, the industrial age, the industrial revolution

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Agriculture, environmental changes, industrial age, natural events, Social Interaction, economic events, human history, science
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Resource Details

Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2025
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