Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Science, Matter, Energy, Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive activities, reading exercises, and lab activities, students study how science, matter, energy, and systems are interrelated.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Population Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive activities, reading assignments, and offline assignments, students explore the dynamics of human population.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Air Pollution and Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this interactive module, students learn that the atmosphere is so much more than air, its complex role on Earth should be explored, and its quality carefully monitored and protected.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Water Pollution and Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about water management, treatment and purification- global issues that must be addressed to ensure a continued supply of safe water for the growing human population and for the organisms with which we share this planet.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Geology, Soil and Land Management

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore how Earth processes shape the land, and how important managing the land can be in response to these natural activities.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Crystal Ball Math: Predicting Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this environmental science fair project, students will learn some of the ways in which the population growth of animals is modeled, and then use the logistic model to determine how a population grows when it starts far below, at, or...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Froggy Forecasting: How Frog Health Predicts Pond Health

For Students 6th - 8th
Have you ever heard the expression "a canary in a coal mine"? In the 1900s and earlier, coal miners brought canaries with them into the mines to act as early warning signals. The canaries were very sensitive to low levels of dangerous...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this environmental science fair project, students will build models of fields prepared by plow-based and no-till methods, and see which ones are best at retaining soil moisture and preventing surface runoff.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: It's Raining, It's Pouring: Chemical Analysis of Rainwater

For Students 6th - 8th
Here is an interesting project that could be approached from several different scientific angles: Environmental Science, Weather & Atmosphere, Chemistry, or Plant Biology. You can probably think of your own variations to emphasize...
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James Madison University

James Madison University: Dept. Of Geology and Environmental Science: Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions and pictures of over thirty minerals are available at this website. Documents describing the properties of minerals and how to use the properties for identification templates to make models, and dichotomous keys make up the...
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City University of New York

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Treasure Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for enrichment? Here's an online treasure hunt requiring skill with directions, distance, contour maps, latitude, and longitude. Also supplementing the activity are interactive quizzes on latitude, longitude, and other related...
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Usgs Learning Web: Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Project ideas for environmental science issues, and links to homework help in geology, biology, geography, and hydrology.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Environmental Health Student Portal

For Students 9th - 10th
An entire site of resources specifically for environmental science and how it is linked to human health. Topics include water pollution, air pollution, climate change, and chemicals.
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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Powerhouse Museum: Australian Wetlands Designer

For Students 9th - 10th
The Powerhouse Museum of Sydney, Australia presents "Australian Wetlands Designer" from the exhibit "Australian Designers at Work". Meet wetlands designer Peter Adcock and learn about the relatively new field of environmental design,...
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Other

University of Wisconsin: The Physical Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Online textbook used in an introductory-level college geology course, illustrated and embedded with a variety of media. Suitable for advanced placement courses in the earth and environmental sciences.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Effect of Artificial Light on Migration Pattern of Daphnia

For Students 6th - 8th
This elegant project employs a scientific approach that is particularly valuable in Environmental Science, but can be applied to other areas as well. The approach has three steps: 1) from your observations in the field, form a...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing Global Climate Change Into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Aquatic Biomes and Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore Earth's most important natural resource, water, and learn about how the planet's aquatic biomes thrive and support life.
Unit Plan
Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: What Is Environmental Geography?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the General Introduction to Environmental Geology, Environmental Ethics, The Environmental Crisis, and Fundamental Concepts of the Environmental Sciences in this class resource. Lesson plans and activities are offered to help...
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Other

Mother Nature Network

For Students 9th - 10th
News, blogs, features, headlines, and media on environmental science and green politics and policy.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Surface Water Testing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this environmental science lab you will chemically test a nearby creek or pond for dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, hardness and turbidity. This is a field test and will determine the water quality of standing body of water. The lab...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Too Much of a Good Thing? Effects of Fertilizer on Algal Growth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Algae is a good thing, but too much is a bad thing. In this environmental science fair project, grow algae in several concentrations of fertilizer and observe its effect on algal growth.
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Other

Cyber Sierra: Natural Resources Job Search

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore jobs in natural resources, forestry, GIS and environmental sciences, in government, nonprofits and international bodies.

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