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Water: From Neglect to Respect
The goal of this collection of lessons is to make middle schoolers more aware of the ways in which they are dependent upon water to maintain their standard of living. Learners compare water use in Lesotho to water use in the United...
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Different Perspectives of Oregon's Forest Economic Geography
Students map data on employment in wood products manufacturing in Oregon counties. In this Oregon forest instructional activity, students discover the percentage of people employed in the forest manufacturing industry. Students create a...
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Planet Protectors
Students explore ways to protect the earth. In this environmental issues and technology instructional activity, students investigate the water quality in their community and compare their findings to the water quality in other...
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?
Students divide careers into clusters. In this vocational technology instructional activity, students prepare a PowerPoint presentation of one of the six career clusters. Working in small groups, students organize a variety of careers...
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The World is a Village
Students observe Americans through the eyes of the world. In this human population activity, students utilize the Internet to view the World Pop Clock and follow the world's population by the minute. Students predict what the world's...
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Kites: Patang - The Indian Fighter Kite
Young scholars investigate the history of fighter kites and build their own. In this aeronautics lesson, students discover how other countries utilize fighter kites and where they originated. Young scholars create their own fighter...