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Stay Out of the Sun Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Stay Out of the Sun Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions, take a...
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Biomes: Land of the Inuit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Inuit and their ancestors.  In this biomes activity students study the relationship between the Inuit and their environment and create a class art gallery.
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Climate Change

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders compare the Arctic and Antarctic.  In this climate lesson students work in groups, research and complete an oral report or a poster. 
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Sea Level Trends ~ Ocean Front Property: An "Immerging" Market

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young oceanographers take a look at sea level data from several cities over a few centuries. They use the data to fuel a discussion about what kind of changes are taking place and the impact they are having on the coastal ecosystems....
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Penguins: Sensitive Indicators

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how penguins are affected by climate change.  In this climate change lesson students research the impact of climate change then create a poster to call awareness to it.
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The Atmosphere

For Students 6th - 8th
In this atmosphere worksheet, students complete 20 fill in the blank questions about energy concepts, different types of winds, and air pollution.
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Spring Has Sprung

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Spring lesson plan ideas can allow students and teachers a chance to use the outdoors as a classroom and a source of study topics.
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Ice, Ice, Baby

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the causes and effects of the melting ice formations in Antarctica; they then research different aspects of the topic in order to create a news special.
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How Many Is Too Many?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the population explosion. They view a video depicting the exponential growth of human population. Students research the internet to project future population data. They perform hands-on, multimedia activities to study...
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Getting to the Core of Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate climate changes by graphing and analyzing ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica. They create, explain and report the pattern of data on a graph of ice core data. In addition they find relationships between the...
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Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the urban heat island effect. In this urban heat island effect instructional activity, students learn how trees, grass, asphalt, and other things on the school grounds effect temperature. They use the information to...
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Breaking News English: Climate Change

For Students 5th - 10th
For this climate change worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Scientists Create Energy-Making Artificial Leaf (29th March, 2011)

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read an article about alternative energy and complete the associated worksheets. In this ESL/ELL alternative energy lesson, students read or listen an article about research at MIT in which scientists designed a energy-making...
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Climate Change Effects on Organisms and Ecosystems: You are the Experts!

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research about the effect of climate on different ecosystems. In this life science instructional activity, 7th graders present their research by creating a poster, infomercial, skit or song. They discuss how organisms...
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What Happens When Sea Level Rises or Falls

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the impact of sea level on land formations. For this geography and map lesson, students construct a contour map model illustrating how much of the clay "coastline" is covered as water is added. Metric measurement is...
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Small Actions with Big Purpose

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the trait of perseverance. In this character education lesson, 7th graders discuss community causes they care about and make plans to contribute their time and energy to overcome their personally-selected issues.
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Cooking with the Sun!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker instructional activity, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Young scholars...
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Paper Makers

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars make recycled paper out of scrap paper, water, and leaves. In this natural resources lesson plan, students learn about conservation of the forest and how we can use recycled paper to fuel our paper supply.
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Checking Facts with Snopes, Factcheck & Politifact

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the art of fact-checking. For this current events lesson, students read the provided article "Snopes: The Internet Cesspool," "FactCheck: Proceed with Caution," and "Politifact: Separating Fact from Fiction." Learners...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Ok, What's the Next Crisis?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about recent world crises and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: So, Are These the End of Times

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the apocalypse and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Science Current Events Lessons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
You can use current events to increase student understanding of both science concepts and language arts skills.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students can benefit from an education on renewable energy.
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Coral Reef Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars conduct discussions on current threats to coral reefs around the world and write letters to conservation organizations urging support for coral reef protection.

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