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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is an interesting and somewhat publicized environmental problem. A swirling soup of trash up to 10 meters deep and just below the water surface is composed mainly of non-degradable plastics. These...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mapping Local Data in a Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, learners will learn how to conduct a map-based science research project using a Geographic Information System (GIS). They will design an experiment, collect and record geospatial data, analyze geospatial relationships...
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Other

Antarctic Geological Drilling: Environmental Literacy Framework Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An impressive collection of lessons on climate science and climate change. The entire book can be downloaded. As well, each lesson has its own page with some combination of background information, PowerPoints, images, maps, glossaries,...
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Stocking Rivers With Trout

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry looks at fish farming and the management of trout by state environmental resource specialists in Colorado. Students will practice working with data generated from a statewide citizen science project called River Watch of...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Neighborhood Wetlands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this Environmental Science and Engineering field activity, learners will map a neighborhood wetland and generate various watershed questions. Students will identify engineered structures in or around this wetland and consider how...