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Curated OER

EPA's Superfund Program

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students work together to gather information about the EPA's Superfund program. They discuss how to improve human health and the environment. They discover how hazardous wastes are characterized and cleaned up.
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Kenan Fellows

Making Connections with Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What's in your water? And, why is water quality so important? Enhance your class's level of water appreciation through a lesson plan that demonstrates the necessity of water quality. Environmental enthusiasts explore the EPA's Clean...
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Interactive
Curated OER

What is your Air Quality?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this air quality worksheet, students use the EPA's Six Common Air Pollutants web site and the AIRNow web site to answer 9 questions about common air pollutants, how pollution affects people and the environment, how pollutants are...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A is for Air

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this air pollution worksheet, students read the phrase 'EPA cleans up the water we drink and the air we breathe, and 'A is for Air.' Students then color the picture of the sky, cloud, and sun.
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Kenan Fellows

Industrial Knowledge of Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Over a 10-year period, EPA regulations cost businesses less than $30 billion, while businesses saved over $82 billion. Scholars experiment with acids and bases to better understand the pH scale. Then they debate environmental regulation...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this environmental protection worksheet, students read the sentence 'The Environmental Protection Agency helps clean up pollution across the United States. Students then read and may color the phrase 'E is for Environmental Protection...
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Curated OER

Water Contamination Demonstration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss water pollution and the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 after watching a teacher demonstration in which different contaminants are added to tap water. While some contaminants are not harmful to the body, in excess they...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

EPA Pesticides Reduction

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the effects of pesticides on the environment and bugs. They answer questions as an assessment.
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PPT
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Biotechnology Regulations

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Bio-ethical laws and regulations on the federal, state, and local levels are covered in this Powerpoint discussing genetically modified food.  The steps needed to get permits and approval for GMO crops and other foodstuffs are discussed....
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Interactive
DocsTeach

Birth of the Environmental Protection Agency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Seeing is believing when it comes to climate change. An informative activity explores the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its efforts to document environmental issues with photographs. Academics match images...
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Curated OER

Interpreting Statistics: A Case of Muddying the Waters

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is river pollution affecting the number of visitors to Riverside Center, and is the factory built upstream the cause of the pollution? Let your class be the judge, literally, as they weigh the statistical evidence offered by the factory...
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Activity
PBL Pathways

Arsenic and Selenium Removal From Drinking Water at a Minimal Cost

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Decide on the most efficient plan to supply drinking water. The second project-based learning task in a two-part series builds upon the first project. Pupils revisit the wells to supply drinking water, but they must make sure the...
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Activity
PBL Pathways

Lake Pollution

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Explain the timing of a lake cleanup to the EPA using calculus. A project-based learning opportunity has learners compare rate functions to compute a total change. Their solutions explain the time needed to rid a lake of pollutants.
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Just Health Action

Environmental Justice Matters: Mapping Cumulative Impacts (Part 2)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A case study enables class members to confirm whether different geographic parts of Seattle, Washington have disproportionate environmental burdens and benefits. Groups use the EPA's Cumulative Health Impact Analysis formula and...
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Lesson Plan
American Statistical Association

A Tale of One City and Two Lead Measurements

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Lead the way in learning about lead contamination. Pupils first read several articles about the Flint water crisis and the EPA's rules for lead concentration. They use provided data from 71 Flint water wells to compute the 90th...
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PPT
Curated OER

Sanitation in the Food Industry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
If you are looking for an aid in teaching about safety in our food industry, this presentation might fit the bill. It begins by telling the history of food laws and development of the regulatory agencies. Each agency is described in...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Free Market Environmentalism

For Students 10th - 12th
Discuss the pros and cons of the the free market system using this resource. Learners read background information, answer questions, and offer their opinion on this topic.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Organic Mechanic Part I

For Teachers 7th - 12th
On day one of the "Organic Mechanic Part I" lesson, learners try to remove the waxy coating of an apple and consider pesticides that may be represented by this addition to our food. On day two, they research pesticides online and...
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Integrated Solid Waste Management

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the EPA's approach to integrated solid waste management. They read about source reduction, recycling, composting, waste-to-energy incineration, and land filling, and create symbols for each of the aspects of solid waste...
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Curated OER

What Is That Bubblin' In My Back Yard?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students are introduced to the GIS system. They create a map plotting local sites the Environmental Protection Agency has on its EPA Regulated Sites list. They identify a list of schools that are near potentially hazard sites.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monumental Disappearance

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare the emissions listed on the EPA isopleths over the past five-year period for ten key states. They use this information to rank each region according to the degree of acid rain problem in those parts of the United...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You Are What You Drink!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore water treatment systems. In this water conservation ecology activity, students identify and explain several processes used for water treatment and define related vocabulary after listening to content information given...
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Unit Plan
Beyond Benign

Municipal Waste Generation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Statistically, waste may become a problem in the future if people do not take action. Using their knowledge of statistics and data representation, pupils take a look at the idea of waste generation. The four-part unit has class members...
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Learn About Chemicals Around Your House

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Take a house tour and play some games to learn about household products that have chemicals and how to be safe around them. From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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