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1999 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions Assessment

1999 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions

10th - 12th
New ReviewPollution is a real concern in most areas of Earth. A four-question AP® assessment has learners analyze data related to water pollution and air pollution as well as consider the pros and cons of recycling. Each question has several...
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Athens and Sparta-Imagine the Possibilities Activities & Project

Athens and Sparta-Imagine the Possibilities

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewBoth Athens and Sparta made choices to survive in ancient Greece. Those choices were, in essence, economic ones about how to direct resources. A Venn diagram activity and reading ask class members to examine the connection between...
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Great Civilizations Develop around Rivers Activities & Project

Great Civilizations Develop around Rivers

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewIf you lived in prehistoric times, what kinds of choices could your family make to increase their chance of survival? By making similar decisions in a simulation game, participants discover how specialization creates both opportunity and...
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Elementary–Module 4: Energy and Housing Lesson Plan

Elementary–Module 4: Energy and Housing

4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Many innovators are working on solutions to address environmental problems like energy-inefficient housing. Scholars have an opportunity to develop their own strategies using the fourth of five lessons from the WE Are...
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Sustainability: Environmental Management and Responsible Manufacturing Unit

Sustainability: Environmental Management and Responsible Manufacturing

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
When you think about environmental sustainability, the Ford Motor Company probably isn't the first company to come to mind. A four-lesson unit introduces learners to the idea of sustainability and environmental stewardship. It describes...
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Separating Mixtures: How We Concentrate Natural Materials Lesson Plan

Separating Mixtures: How We Concentrate Natural Materials

6th - 9th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do miners isolate the substance they're looking for from a big pile of rock? Through an insightful lab, science scholars learn how to use their observation skills to identify physical properties that scientists use to separate...
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Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222 Video

Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222

11 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Humans cannot survive without water, and neither can civilizations. A brief history of ancient civilizations and their dependence on—and management of—water demonstrates how states either flourish or flail based on the availability of...
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ESS3A - Natural Resources Video
2 In 2 Collections

ESS3A - Natural Resources

6 mins K - 12th
Explore the natural resources on earth in relation to the specific Next Generation Standard. Understanding these resources are not evenly distributed in all locations helps gain a perspective of their uses. Nonrenewable resources need...
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ETS2B - Influence of Science, Engineering and Technology on Society and the Natural World Video

ETS2B - Influence of Science, Engineering and Technology on Society and the Natural World

5 mins K - 12th
Science, engineering, and technology have an impact on our natural world. As the world population increases, the demands on natural resources also increase. Science, technology, and engineering work together to address these concerns...
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LS4D - Biodiversity and Humans Video

LS4D - Biodiversity and Humans

6 mins 2nd - 12th
Humans have both positive and negative impacts on biodiversity. A video lesson highlights important human impacts on biodiversity through examples and diagrams. The narrator provides insight to the progression of the topic from...
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The Lone Woman and San Nicholas Island
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The Lone Woman and San Nicholas Island

3rd - 5th
Explore the fascinating archaeology of San Nicholas Island in the Channel Islands of the California coast. You'll find a video on the story of the "Lone Woman", activities for learners to imagine what it would have been like to be alone on an island, and consider the ethics involved in archaeological digs and excavation.
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Subduction Zones Interactive

Subduction Zones

6th - 12th
Sink into an interactive learning experience about subduction zones! Junior oceanographers examine the earth-shaking and earth-making effects of subduction in the fourth installment in a 13-part series. Hands-on activities include...
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Magic Isle: Lesson Plan 1 Lesson Plan

Magic Isle: Lesson Plan 1

4th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
What are the factors that limit growth and expansion? As part of their study of Catalina Island, class members view the West of the West's documentary Magic Isle and research William Wrigley and the Santa Catalina Island Company. After...
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Once Upon a Time (Saxipak’a): Lesson Plan 4 Lesson Plan

Once Upon a Time (Saxipak’a): Lesson Plan 4

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
How did the environment and natural resources found on the Channel islands influence the culture of the Chumash? Archaeology meets technology in an activity designed for middle schoolers. After viewing West of The West's documentary Once...
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 4 Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 4

4th - 6th
CCSS: Designed
Imagine being stranded all alone on an island for 18 years. How would you survive? Class members are challenged to makes necessities out of natural materials that would likely be found on an island.
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Natural Resources, and Human Uses of Plants and Animals Lesson Plan

Natural Resources, and Human Uses of Plants and Animals

4th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
As part of their study of the restoration projects on Santa Cruz Island, class members demonstrate their understanding of the connections among plant life, animals, and the actions of humans by crafting a model that reveals these...
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Human Impact on the Food Web of Santa Cruz Island Lesson Plan

Human Impact on the Food Web of Santa Cruz Island

9th - 12th
What happens when a non-native species is introduced onto an island? Santa Cruz Island, part of the Channel Island chain located off the coast of southern California, provides the perfect laboratory for young environmental scientists to...
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How Dirt Works Lesson Plan

How Dirt Works

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Get a little dirty as your classes explore the aspects of healthy soil. Scholars learn that healthy soil has a different meaning for a farmer, a consumer, and an environmentalist. They also experiment with different soil types to analyze...
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How Natural Areas Filter Water Lesson Plan

How Natural Areas Filter Water

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Often called the gift of nature, water is a valuable natural resource. A creative lesson examines the importance of water quality for both humans and agriculture. Scholars learn to view natural areas as filters for rainwater. They...
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Urban Trees Lesson Plan

Urban Trees

6th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
If a tree falls in an urban area, does anyone realize the implications? A comprehensive lesson begins by exploring the important role trees play in the urban environment. It continues with an examination of the dangers tree populations...
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What Killed the Seeds? Lesson Plan

What Killed the Seeds?

7th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
Can a coral cure cancer? Take seventh and eighth grade science sleuths to the underwater drugstore for an investigation into emerging pharmaceutical research. The fifth installment in a series of six has classmates research the wealth of...
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An Introduction to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel Video

An Introduction to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel

4 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Could geography really be the most logical explanation for the success rate of any given population? Jared Diamond makes his anthropological contention in his 1997 publication Guns, Germs, and Steel. A short explores his main points and...
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Beyond the Gold—The Alaska Gold Rushes Lesson Plan

Beyond the Gold—The Alaska Gold Rushes

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Inquiry, investigation, and research are the hallmarks of a lesson that asks class members to examine a variety of primary and secondary sources about the Alaskan gold rushes. Groups then present their findings in the form of a play, a...
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Yesterday: Our Energy Needs Over Time Lesson Plan

Yesterday: Our Energy Needs Over Time

5th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
How has our relationship to energy changed over time? An engaging exploration challenges learners to create a timeline showing human energy needs and uses over time. Scholars review what timelines are, choose a 50-year period in history...
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