Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Geography: Sustainable Development in Northern Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive interactive website is designed for students to use to learn about farming, tourism, transportation, ecosystems, settlements and manufacturing in Northern Ireland.
Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Sustainable Cities: Natural Solutions in Urban Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource probing learners to consider how to design a sustainable city. Find lesson guides, activities, and a video to enrich study.
Handout
Other

International Institute for Sustainable Development: On the Great Plains

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the Great Plains of North America. Click on the 11 Key Issues for Great Plains Sustainability for information on important aspects that must be addressed in order to keep the Great Plains viable.
Handout
Other

The Sustainable Community Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has definitions and explanations of Sustainability, Sustainable Community, and Sustainable Community Movement. Download PDF or Read Online to find Chapter 2: The Sustainable Community Movement.
Handout
Other

Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Sustainable Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Sustainable design is a philosophy of developing products in line with social, economic, and ecological sustainability principles. In design, it is important to understand the distinction between Green Design and Sustainable Design....
Website
Other

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
Organization affiliated with the United Nations whose purpose is to help "reduce poverty in countries with developing and transition economies through sustainable industrial growth".
Article
University of California

Asi: What Is Sustainable Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored...
Unit Plan
Eduweb

Eduweb: Indigenous Ecotourism

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article overviews how ecotourism is tied to a survey of sustainable development in the case of Rio Blanco, Ecuador.
Website
Other

Global Issues: Conflicts in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an overview of the conflicts in Africa and the incredible toll it has taken on its people. Specific country conflicts are discussed as well as the AIDS problem in Africa.
Article
Other

Business Insider: Fake Trees With Spinning Leaves Could Harness Wind Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Let's make some energy! Check out this wind turbine that NewWind has developed for creating small-scale sources of energy.
Website
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Forties: War and Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the design of the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi and his successful development of a self-ustaining nuclear chain reaction. Describes the evolution of the Manhattan Project and their race to develop the first atomic...
Unit Plan
Practical Action

Practical Action: Floating Garden Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
In this unit, students will learn about the difficulty that farmers in Bangladesh and the UK experience trying to grow crops on land that is regularly flooded. Then they will be challenged to make a model of a structure that can float to...
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students read informational text on natural gas and compare it to other fossil fuels for its greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. They then prepare a pro or con position on whether natural gas is good...