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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Interdisciplinary multimedia course, in thirteen units, on environmental science. Each unit encompasses a thirty-minute video, an accompanying textbook chapter, and an array of visuals and animations. With five interactive labs, a...
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Other

Environmental Science: Environmental Science Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this list of close to fifty science careers with a connection and focus on environmental science. Also compare average salaries of each.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Academics @ Aces: Careers in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about a handful of occupations in the field of environmental sciences or natural resources.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Environmental Scientist

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the career of an environmental scientist.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Food Production and Pesticides

For Students 9th - 10th
Through videos, interactive activities, and readings, students explore the future of food production and sustainability of our current agricultural system.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Science Technicians

For Students 9th - 10th
Review information about what it's like to be a science technician. Includes details about expected salary and working conditions.
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Other

Teaching the Jah: Earth Day and the Environmental Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of a larger lesson plan on the the environment and the environmental movement, this lesson focuses on the movement as part of a larger emphasis on social movements in the 1960s. Find information about the history of Earth Day,...
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Digital Library for Earth System Education provides materials for students and teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or...
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Epigenetics: The Science of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the science of epigenetics, where gene activity can be changed by factors other than genetic code, for example, by environmental pollutants. (Published: August 22, 2011)
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: North Carolina District Science Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The North Carolina District of the Water Resources Discipline, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is committed to collecting hydrologic data and conducting hydrologic investigations of the highest quality. North Carolina District staff...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing Global Climate Change Into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Environmental Possibilism vs Environmental Determinism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the difference between environmental possibilism and environmental determinism and presents a chart comparing the tenets of each theory.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Theory of Environmental Determinism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by the theory of environmental determinism, its origins and history, and its decline in popularity. Also presents examples of environmental determinism.
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Other

American Council on Science and Health

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Council on Science and Health provides headline health news as well as publishes its latest findings on important health and environmental topics.
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NASA

Nasa Visualization Studio: Earth Science Week 2015: Visualizing Earth Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA provides a gallery of Earth science visualizations. The gallery was created for Earth Science Week in 2015. It includes a guide for teachers, and blogs from various NASA visualizers, scientists and science educators.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Birdseed Mining

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, learners are given shallow pans with a mixture of birdseed and different colored beads. They must 'mine' the pan to extract seeds and beads, each of which is assigned a monetary value. They then calculate how much they...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Resources for Educators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find an array of environmental and science-based lesson plans, activities and ideas from the EPA, other federal agencies, and external organizations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Polygenic Inheritance and Environmental Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about traits that are controlled by multiple genes and/or influenced by the environment. Understand penetrance and expressivity.
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University of Arizona

Pulse: Health Friendly Energy Production

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross curricular project where young scholars conduct a moot court to explore the role government policy plays in protecting our health. The focus of the unit is how our power effects our environmental health. Students use their...
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PBS

Art21: Mel Chin

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist enjoys infusing art into unlikely places and uses current culture, such as technology, to bring about awareness of global issues.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: Understanding Global Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will build models that explain how small changes in the Earth system's components and processes can produce measurable global effects.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Causes of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Earth's temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet's system . When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed by the Earth system, Earth warms. When the sun's energy is reflected back into space,...
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physicists and Astronomers

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the work of physicists and astronomers. This resource includes the job outlook and salary expectations.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Life of a Tsunami

For Students 9th - 10th
Animations illustrating long-lasting tsunami waves once they strike a coast.

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