Transforming Education
Social Awareness Strategies
What are the benefits of developing social awareness? Using the resource, readers learn strategies for fostering civil discourse, creating a participatory classroom, and enhancing family involvement. Scholars also take a personality...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Adaptations of Plants for Survival in Different Environments
In this activity, students investigate plant adaptations by observing plants in different environments comparing the plants to show similarities and differences. Students will learn about the adaptations plants need in order to survive...
Utah Education Network
Uen: I Spy Environments
Investigate a variety of paintings of places in Utah in different seasons and different environments using different mediums.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Home Sweet Biome: How Do Plants Grow in Different Environments?
In this science fair project you will learn about biomes and how different climatic conditions affect plant growth. This can explain why some plants and animals are similar in different areas of the country, and in other parts they are not.
Globio
Glossopedia: Environments
This article defines "environment" as a collection of animals and plants in a specific landscape and climate. The concept of differing types of environments is introduced. The impact of humans on environments and all environments'...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Anthropocene: Human Impact on the Environment
Use this interactive to explore key human impacts on the environment and how they have affected Earth's landscape, ocean, atmosphere, and biodiversity. The column on the left-hand side of the screen lists different human impacts on the...
George Mason University
Chnm: Differences Among Colonial Regions
Students will explore the differences among the three colonial regions of New England, Mid-Atlantic/Middle, and the Southern colonies. In small groups for each region, students will observe and note details of pictures, maps, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Construct and Test Roofs for Different Climates
We design and create objects to make our lives easier and more comfortable. The houses in which we live are an excellent example of this. Depending on your local climate, the features of your house will be different to satisfy your...
PBS
Kqed Quest: A Different Kind of Science and Nature Adventure
A multimedia offering for teachers and learners to explore the latest science, nature, and environment stories.
Google
Google for Education: Exploring Your Environment
Learners act as data collectors who gather different types of information about various things in the environment. Students then organize the data in a table and reflect on the possible uses of this data.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Life and Environment Relationships
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: What Do You Mean, We Are Different?
Across the state of Utah one will observe a variety of environments such as wetlands, desert, and forest. Here are several activities highlighting the many ecosystems found within one state.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Greenhouse
A virtual greenhouse to study how plants adapt to live in different environments. Students will "plant" three different types of plants that thrive with different amounts of sunlight. Lab includes questions that could be saved and graded...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Energy and the Environment
A timeline discussing when the environmental acts and major events took place. Scroll through to learn details about the different acts that have been passed to preserve our energy and environment.
Other
Live Career: Quintessential Careers: How College Is Different From High School
From the moment one steps onto a college campus as a student one realizes how different college is from high school, as featured in this article.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Environment and Adaptation
For this lesson, students will enjoy different activities focusing on how animals adapt to their environments. They will begin by researching two animals, their environment, and the ways the animals adapt to this environment. In small...
University of Maryland
Coastal & Marine Environments: Transgressions & Regressions
These are lecture notes for a course in historical geology. They look at different types of coastlines where marine and terrestrial environments interact and the geological characteristics of each, followed by a discussion of...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: California: How Do Environments Affect Living Things?
Jesse loves animals. She lives in California and is checking out where different animals live. Join along and learn about conservation with her.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Life in Extreme Environments: Who Is on Top in the Food Chain?
In this lesson, students will design experiments to gain some understanding of the feeding rates of Rotifers and/or Tardigrades. They will use organisms collected locally or provided by the teacher to explore differences between their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Different Kind of Fuel
In this segment from Curious, learn about creating energy from solar rays to meet the growing energy needs of the world. [6:09]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tre, Maison, Dasan: Collection
Tre Maison Dasan is an intimate portrait of three boys growing up in Rhode Island, each with a parent in prison. Each boy is very different, possessing different attributes and surrounded by different environments. Told directly through...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Mousekin's Lost Woodland
This interactive site has "Mousekin's Lost Woodland" environment game. Play this storytelling game with your friends and learn about different habitats.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Frontiers Decade: Environment Decade
Investigate man's impact on the environment. Observe different species to see how sensitive they are to human presence, and record your observations in a field notes log.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environments and Ecosystems
Learners explore the biosphere and its associated environments and ecosystems in the context of creating a model ecosystem, learning along the way about the animals and resources. Students investigate different types of ecosystems, learn...