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Environmental Issues Game
For this environmental issues worksheet, learners write 5 questions for each topic about environmental issues for another team to answer. Students write 5 questions on PowerPoint.
Deliberating in a Democracy
Global Climate Change
High schoolers examine an environmental issue. In this global studies lesson plan, students read an article entitled, "Global Climate Change," and respond to the discussion questions that accompany it.
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Environmental Math Problems Grades 5-8
In this word problem instructional activity, students solve 2 leveled word problems that are based on environmental issues. They work on problems that are leveled for grades 5 -8 and use concepts associated with money, percents, weight,...
Beyond Benign
Plastic Bags
Paper or plastic? Explore the environmental effects of using plastic bags through mathematics. Learners manipulate worldwide data on plastic bag consumption to draw conclusions.
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Technology has a Solution!
In this technology instructional activity, students summarize four things they learned about technology and the environment. Students then write a report that outlines how technology is solving environmental issues.
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Images as Messages
Your class watches a video about Chris Jordan, a talented photographer and activist who tries to get an environmental message out by his work. As a cross-curricular project, have your class imitate his style of art with an object that...
Earth Day Network
Filtering Water
See the water filtration system up close with a fun science experiment. Young scientists work for several class periods to design a water filter using household objects, and then decide which filter material would be most effective...
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Let's Talk Trash
In this solid waste worksheet, students classify the different types of solid wastes found in landfills into given categories. Students predict and tally the total number of each type of item found in the landfill using slips of paper....
Southwest Florida Water Management District
WaterWeb - Conservation and Water Supply
If 71% of our planet is covered with water, why do we need to bother conserving water? Find out with these activities designed for middle and high school environmental scientists. From reading articles to solving crossword puzzles, to...
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Wetlands Issues
In this wetlands worksheet, students write questions for topics in a game about the wetlands. Students write 5 questions for each topic.
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Thinking About Technology: What Is It? How Can It Help Us?
What is technology and how can it help us? Using a worksheet, students read a list and choose practical applications of scientific knowledge, brainstorm examples of home, school and hospital technology, graph answers in a pie chart, and...
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A Look at the Life That Electronics Lead
In this comprehension worksheet, students fill in ways on a graphic organizer that people or companies can conserve energy, reduce waste or minimize the impact to the environment. Next, students solve 3 "environmental" math word problems.
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Product Packaging Conundrum
In this product packaging conundrum worksheet, students research product packaging to select materials and design for packaging a model of the school mascot. This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.
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Alternative Energy and Energy Saving Game
In this alternative energy and energy saving game worksheet, students create a multimedia game to present facts and influence people's behaviors about alternative energy sources, with links to helpful web resources.
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Energy Alternatives Explorations
In this energy alternatives explorations learning exercise, students explore alternative energy sources by using the linked web resources to answer 8 questions about different resources and identify the ones that would work in their...
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Environment Exploration Activity
In this environment worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about environment to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 51 questions total.
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Informational Reading: Electronics Are Made from Resources
For this comprehension worksheet, learners read about the making of a computer: circuit boards, hard drives, monitors and plastic housings. Students then answer 3 multiples choice questions.
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Wangari Maathai
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Wangari Maathai and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Mother Jones
In this online interactive history activity, students respond to 8 essay and short answer questions about Mother Jones and her contributions to the Progressive Movement.