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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students how to write persuasive essays about self-selected environmental issues. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Environmental Issues Scrapbook and Podcast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Over the duration of a semester learners will collect newspaper and magazine articles related to environmental issues. Students will compose a scrapbook of articles. Learners will choose two topics to record and share with the class.This...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Interdisciplinary multimedia course, in thirteen units, on environmental science. Each unit encompasses a thirty-minute video, an accompanying textbook chapter, and an array of visuals and animations. With five interactive labs, a...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Environmental Politics and Policy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How did environmental issues enter into the world of politics and policy? Explore this impressive collection of resources to enhance lessons.
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Important Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
This official site for the EPA describes the issues of the day. Learn about topics such as water, air, climate, wastes and pollution, green living, and more. Find important ways that you can get involved in protecting the environment.
Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Environmental Issues Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Guidelines to create a homemade Jeopardy! game focused on environmental issues.
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Environmental Research Center: Forces of Change: Listening to the Prairie

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A large collection of lessons on prairie agriculture for Pre-K to Grade 12, organized into grade level groups. They cover such topics as foods that come from agriculture, animal farming, soils, and environmental issues. These lessons on...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I've Got Issues!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will introduce students to environmental issues. Students will recognize environmental opinions and perspective, which will help them define themselves and others as either preservationists or conservationists. Students also...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Issues Awareness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will conduct a survey to identify the environmental issues (in their community, their country and the world) for which people are concerned. They will tally and graph the results. Also, students will discuss...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: International Environmental Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
This article deals with global warming and its possible consequences on climate and terrestrial ecosystems.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Issues, Issues Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will learn to identify different opinions related to an issue as well as the things (information, values and beliefs) that influence those opinions. They will use an opinion spectrum to analyze the range of...
Handout
The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the considerable variety of materials on Earth, and the basic properties which set them apart. Read how all matter on Earth comes into play when it comes to environmental issues.
Professional Doc
The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Teacher Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Environmental Literacy Council offers teacher resources for a variety discrete subjects and grade levels in this website. Teachers looking for classroom activities, labs, and quizzes about environmental science that are reviewed by...
Website
The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: For Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Environmental Literacy Council wants to build a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices in young people....
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "The Lorax" an Environmental Issue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students watch "The Lorax" as an introduction to environmental issues. Students need not have prior knowledge of terms. This lesson follows the learning cycle. Students design a plan to make the Truffula trees sustainable and...
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Earth Science: Environmental Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of environmental issues in this quiz game.
Website
Other

International Debate Education Association: Debates: Environment

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A selection of debate topics focused on environmental issues. Each topic includes a clear statement of the argument, a list of points for and against, suggested support for each (point and counterpoint), and a bibliography that supports...
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Acid Rain

For Students K - 1st
What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.
Website
Other

Union of Concerned Scientists: Science for a Healthy Planet and Safer World

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website for Union of Concerned Scientists provides information on environmental issues and suggestions on actions people can take to curb environmental harm.
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson where young scholars explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing...
Website
Other

Chevron Corporation: The World of Chevron Human Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about Chevron's products & services, their stand on environmental issues, their explorations in the U.S. and Canada, and a general overview of the company. Also late breaking news is available at this site.
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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Working With Environmental Issues

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Water is a concern for the health through parasites and diseases in West Africa. This lesson emphasizes the importance of clean water.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Water Resource Issues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about water management challenges. They will hear from water specialists and analyze data concerning the availability and environmental impact of the use of water. They will make an evidence-based argument that supports...
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability

For Students 11th - 12th
This collection of five learning modules looks at issues related to environmental change and sustainability. Topics addressed include changes in the atmosphere, soil, water, and biodiversity, and what can be done to counteract this and...

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