Unit Plan
Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Environmental Health

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify things which can damage the earth's life and makeup. Examine elements like lead and radon.
Handout
Texas A&M University

Environmental Protection: Story Time: Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of Rachel Carson which gives background on her interest in biology and her eventual writing of the seminal book on ecology Silent Spring. Many hyperlinks for additional information.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Environmental Problems and Human Health

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps explain how carcinogens cause cancer ,and it discusses ways that cancer can be treated or prevented.
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Other

Radford University: Environmental History Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Worrying over the environment is nothing new, just the term "environmental" is. Investigate the history of concerns dating back to ancient civilization and looking forward into the future.
eBook
Princeton University

Princeton: Outdoor: Environmental Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
A guide to outdoor and environmental careers from Princeton University. Information on types of careers, books, and general resources.
Website
Other

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Just for Kids: Watershed

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is a watershed? Learn the answer to this question and find out about the Susquehanna River watershed on this site.
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Other

Wilderness Awareness School

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the homepage of the Wilderness Awareness School, an organization dedicated to providing environmental education to children.
Article
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Environmental Careers: A Tale of Two Wardens

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a peek at a day in the life of two Wisconsin wardens, a Conservation Warden and an Environmental Warden. You can also spend time learning tools of the trade in a warden technology video.
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 3: Economic Development: Environmental Risks and Benefits

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module looks at the impact of economic development on the environment. It begins with a look at a serious pollution problem in China, then looks at waste reduction and climate change. Includes an animation, images, and videos.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Taking Action for a Clean Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore activism - taking action to bring about change - including some causes that activists espouse and the tactics that they use to end harmful practices or reshape policies. The lesson...
Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Community Action & Citizen Science: Pearl Louise Pohl

For Students 3rd - 5th
Pearl Louise Pohl was a gifted teacher who believed strongly in environmental conservation and spent her life dedicated to environmental causes.
Handout
Country Studies US

Country Studies: The Counter Culture and Environmentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This web-article discusses how the 1960s and 1970s were a time of cultural upheaval in the US. As many young people came to reject the lifestyle and traditions of their parents and embrace a more radical way of living and thinking.
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Acid Rain

For Students K - 1st
What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.
Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: What in the World Are You Doing?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this activity, students decide on environmental concerns they have about their school environment, and work in groups to investigate an issue then report back to the class. The purpose is to raise awareness about how their school...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's a Kid to Do?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write letters as part of an environmental action campaign. They become more aware of global environmental problems and play a part in their solution.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I've Got Issues!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will introduce learners to environmental issues. Students will recognize environmental opinions and perspective, which will help them define themselves and others as either preservationists or conservationists. Learners also...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Issues, Issues Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will learn to identify different opinions related to an issue as well as the things (information, values and beliefs) that influence those opinions. They will use an opinion spectrum to analyze the range of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Am a Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This cross-curricular lesson combines research on an ecological issue with creative writing. After conducting research on an important environmental issue, students will present their findings from a different point of view.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Asthma and Allergies and Their Environmental Triggers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover what causes allergy and asthma attacks and what you can do to prevent them.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Green Detergents Less Toxic Than Conventional?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, test the toxicity of "green" and conventional detergents, using worms as test organisms. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...
Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Molybdenum

For Students 9th - 10th
A great deal of basic data on molybdenum and its properties. There is also lots of information relating to uses and environmental concerns surrounding this metal.
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Other

Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This association helps its members with a wide range of farming issues. They help with food safety, environmental protection, marketing, labor, pest management and communications. Check out this site for basic produce grower information.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Kind of Animals Live on Farms?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson on sustainability of urban farms in particular in New York City. Students learn how to apply sustainability principles to environmental problems. Students will look at the need for sustainable farming practices that maximize...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Be the Change

For Students 3rd - 5th
Kids and adults alike people can engage in projects that make our communities greener, healthier places. Here are a few ideas to get started.