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St. Andrew Bay Story

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders produce a front page newspaper story about St. Andrew Bay (Fl) after completing a field trip to St. Andrew State Park (Fl) and viewing two videos about the bay system. They use a word processing computer program to...
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Rainforests

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video about the rainforest and create a large wall mural of rainforest features. Students write a first person point of view article by an endangered rainforest animal and discuss logging.
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Marine Debris

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students will perform experiments to examine if debris will float, or blow in the wind. They discuss the effects of these characteristics on marine debris.
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Water Quality and Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students are led through three activities to explore the effect of temperature fluctuations on the growth and survival of aquatic plants, clams, and shrimp eggs.
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Water Quality and Nitrates & Phosphates

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the effects of nitrates and phosphates on the dissolved oxygen levels in different water sources. In this series of 3 lessons, they consider the reasons for nitrate and phosphate level increases and their effects on...
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The Principles Of Composting

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students put items in a plastic bag and watch the effects of composting. While completing the experiment, students answer questions and ask permission to start their own compost pile at home.
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Pottery Analysis

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students study how archaeologists analyze artifacts to answer questions about past cultures. They explain why pottery is important to archaeologists and how they use classification to answer their research questions.
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Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine soil in forests looking for animals and insects. They divide the animals based on their number of legs and draw the animal they have collected.
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March Market

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play a living wetland food web. They trace the food web associated with the items in their lunch.
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Ecological Citizen

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the interconnectedness of living and non-living things that constitute an ecosystem. They examine fallen trees,insects, living trees, leaves, food webs, and forests. They conduct various activities and write poems about...
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Soild Waste and Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
In this unit of lessons, students examine solid waste and recycling. They discover the concept of decomposition. They also observe the decomposition process and make observatins.
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Compost Columns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit of lessons, students examine the role of compost columns and recycling. They create a KWL chart about garbage in Chicago. They also examine life cycles and packaging of everyday products.
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Carnivorous Plants: A Bugs Nightmare!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners research carnivorous plants and how they trap insects. They role play as botanists to write a research field guide about a newly discovered imaginary carnivorous plant.
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Eco-Logical: A Coastal Logic Problem

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the characteristics of five coastal communities. They use logic cards and matching activities to identify the proper community for plant and animal species.
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Earth's Recyclers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together in groups to report on different topics related to decomposition. They answer questions and share their answers with the class. They discuss any topic that is unclear.
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The Rotten Truth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils study the process of decomposition using lunch leftovers and soil. They complete the inquiry over set periods time as they observe the how composting takes place and finally, they sort the materials into biodegradable,...
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Can Fun Gus Help Plants/Trees Grow?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an experiment in which they test the growth of different types of plants. They discover how growth rates vary using inoculum. They draw pictures and are read books about plants to end the lesson.
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Build a Snowplow

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners design and build a snowplow using LEGO materials. They compete in an Engineer's Challenge to clear a path through Styrofoam peanuts.
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Numbers Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use Legos to build representations of a variety of numbers. They then sort and order their representations and pair them with the written number.
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Guess My Piece -working with Legos

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in guessing their partners' hidden Lego pieces from their verbal clues. They work in partners to accomplish their goals. They are meeting a variety of math standards by completing this lesson.
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H2O2 Decomposition Lab I

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine how much hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is actually in a store-bought solution of H2O2.
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Soak It Up

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars examine the various materials that make up their local soils. In groups, they record how each material is different and use cheesecloth to filter them into a bottle based on particle size. They use the soils to determine...
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Litter Garden

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss what man-made and natural materials are visible in litter. Using a sample of litter, they review the concept of decomposition between the two types of materials. They examine the two samples once and a while and record...
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Dissolved Oxygen

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the relationships between dissolved oxygen in a stream, stream temperature, organic waste loads, and stream conditions by studying and using a model of dissolved oxygen in the stream.

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