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The Debate Over North Shore Road

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars examine the impact of the North Shore Road Project in North Carolina. For this environmental science lesson, students share their views regarding this environmental issue. They compare and contrast the map of the Great...
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Gotta Have Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore energy. They discuss the types and uses of energy and research an assigned energy source. They create a "benefits versus potential environmental impacts" chart that lists energy sources and possible impacts. They...
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Walk a Mile in Albatross Shoes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners recognize the correlation between the trash they dispose of around their school and the environmental hazards that face wildlife, specifically the Laysan albatross. They determine three ways that they can help the albatross chicks.
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Optimal Foraging

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a foraging activity that demonstrates environmental conditions playing an important role in determining the optimal foraging behavior of a particular organism.
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Windsor Opposes Waste - WOW!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in paper recycling. They are taught to environmental awareness of recycling and its importance in their future. Students discuss and identify the problems of how they can minimize waste. They brainstorm suggestions...
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Earth Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...
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Tree Encounters of the Close Kind

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils write an imaginative paragraph from the perspective of a tree. In this environmental awareness lesson, students observe a tree and brainstorm a list of adjectives to describe their tree. Using this list, pupils write an...
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Water Quality Survey: Monitoring the Sustainability of Pigeon Creek

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the History of Pigeon Creek (or any watershed in your area). In this environmental science lesson plan, students conduct field tests such as pH and nitrates. They collect data and compare what they collected with...
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Digging Up The Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research environmental issues. In this environmental lesson, students use the Internet to research an environmental problem and list ten facts about it. Students write a summary of facts.
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The State of the Planet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students address four different environmental topics (water issues, the threat of food shortages, human population growth, and global warming) as they watch a film and discuss the future of the earth. In groups, they complete various...
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Positively Paper

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study concepts related to paper recycling. In this recycling lesson plan, they investigate the chemical processes used to recycle paper, and look at the environmental problems associated with using and recycling different types...
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Ethics Search Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students question, imagine, and investigate certain scientific environmental issues. They organize their data and present a PowerPoint presentation. They include include a complete analysis of St Ignatius commitments and ideas.
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Wildlife Study Comparison

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils compare/contrast two studies that examine the effects of environmental contaminants on animals. They read an article, identify the components of a research study, summarize the article, and complete a matrix.
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Who's Down the Well?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify several sources of contaminants to groundwater. They discuss the movement of possible contaminants through that groundwater from outside sources. They describe how environmental engineers analyze contaminants to...
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Diversity And Adaptations Of Organisms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate how organisms respond to environmental stimuli through their behavior. They observe how plants and animals respond to varying amounts of light, water and gravity.
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Mushrooms Can Save the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use mushrooms to solve problems. In this environmental lesson, students study how fungi have been used to combat environmental problems. Students design strategies that employ mushrooms to combat other environmental challenges.
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Your Trash, My Treasure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create their own sculpture representing the idea of environmental responsibility and recycling. In this science lesson, students observe Les Constellations des Voisines du Pole by Joseph Cornell, make...
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Dreaming of Gardens

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate ways to be an environmental philanthropist. In this philanthropy lesson, students read The Gardener and Just a Dream and compare the two books. Students discuss ways the characters demonstrated environmental...
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Gulf Oil Spill:What Happened, and Who is Responsible?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the Gulf Oil Spill. In this environmental issues lesson, students watch video clips about the oil spill and discuss the devastation caused by the spill as well as who is responsible. Students also consider how many...
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Rainforest Rock

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discuss the impact of environmental change on people and culture; create musical instruments that reflect cultural influences. apply musical concepts, evaluate Internet resources, and make a meaningful presentation.
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What Is That Bubblin¿¿¿ In My Back Yard?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a map plotting local sites the Environmental Protection Agency has on its EPA Regulated Sites list. They discuss the need for citizens to, at a minimum, be aware of potential pollution hazards in their community.
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Energy: Eco-Icons that Electrify

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine environmental issues. For this energy lesson, students explore the topic of energy conservation and then create marketing (to be implemented in their school) meant to communicate the benefits of energy conservation.
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There is Room for All

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a poster about the three main uses of forest lands. In this forest lesson plan, students focus on its economic use, environmental use, and recreation use.
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Designing More Effective Packages

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students make an environmentally sound package. In this packaging lesson students examine various types of modern packaging. The problem of waste is discussed leading into a discussion of waste reduction. The students choose an item that...

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