Students review factors that threaten survival of different species. this activity is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal survival.

Young scholars use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...

Students explore the paper recycling process. They experiment with ways to conserve and recycle paper products.

High schoolers study and research the life of Albert Einstein. They focus on the extent Albert Einstein catalyzed and criticized President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan during WWII. Students answer a...

Students examine background natural gas and how it is formed and what it is made of. Titles within the series include How Natural Gas Forms, What Happens to Natural Gas when it is burned, and How Natural Gas can be used. Provides very...

Students examine the level of energy usage on a local and national level. Using the internet, they discover ways to conserve energy every day and how over-consumption of energy negatively affects the environment. In groups, they...

Learners are exposed to the dangers of alcohol abuse through the study and experimentation of alcohol on zebrafish embryos. This exercise can be used to demonstrate the effects of ethanol, cadmium, and lead on embryological development.

In this reading worksheet, students read a selection titled, "How Children See the Future," then answer 10 multiple choice questions.

Students identify the relationship between black carbon and the weather.  In this investigative lesson students compare samples of black carbon with a color-scale and analyze others samples. 

Studens experiment with temperatures. In this science lesson plan, students make their own weather station by heating one bottle and keeping the water in another bottle at room temperature.

In this environment worksheet, students are given a list of vocabulary words related to the environment and their definitions. Worksheet has no associated activities.

Looks at air pollution, its causes and impact, common pollutants, and what individuals and governments can do to combat it.

Find out about the six major air pollutants. In-depth descriptions of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead are provided.

This teaching box is filled with educational resources that help young scholars explore the science of, and solutions to, air pollution.

In this lesson students are asked to create model air pollution detectors to sample particles in indoor aiand outdoor air.

Students are introduced to the concept of air quality by investigating the composition, properties, atmospheric layers and everyday importance of air. They explore the sources and effects of visible and invisible air pollution. By...

Article discusses the impact of air pollution on human health, and surrounding environments, in large urban areas around the world. Compares the levels of smog in the cities of Los Angeles and London, discusses air monitoring programs,...

Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...

Students are introduced to measuring and identifying sources of air pollution, as well as how environmental engineers try to control and limit the amount of air pollution. In Part 1, students are introduced to nitrogen dioxide as an air...

Students learn about electricity and air pollution while building devices to measure volatile organic compounds (VOC) by attaching VOC sensors to prototyping boards. In the second part of the activity, students evaluate the impact of...

Outdoor air pollution poses a major threat to human health and threatens the ozone layer. Students will examine real time weather data in this extensive unit to learn how air quality is measured, its health impact on at-risk populations,...

Find out what sources are contributing to the particulate pollution in your state. An interactive bar graph shows the major types of air pollution and their sources. This particular activity focuses on two types of particulates.

Do you know what the colors of the air quality index indicate? You'll have fun checking your knowledge of the AQI colors as you play this game.