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Primary Activity: Dichotomous Key of Energy Sources

For Students 4th - 5th
In this energy sources worksheet, students fill in a chart using a dichotomous key of energy sources. They use follow the directions and label items such as the sun, a windmill, and an oil rig with the proper number and letter labels...
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Plastic Polymers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars learn about plastic. For this plastic polymers lesson, students examine the properties of plastic, its variety of uses and how it is recycled.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid.  In this exploratory lesson students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes...
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Energy and the Environment: What Can We Do?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the impacts of global warming and brainstorm ways to help decrease their contribution to the problem.  In this climate change lesson, students are exposed to facts concerning global warming and think of ways to...
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Stocking up for the Next Millennium

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine how democracy stands the test of time. For this technology lesson, students research inventions and contributions of the 20th century in order to gather information to write a persuasive essay on the topic.
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Beyond Organic?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners examine the critiques of organic agriculture and its production and marketing approaches.  In this sustainable agriculture lesson students study how the ideas about ethics of the food system are changing. 
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Oil Market Basics

For Students 4th - 9th
In this natural resources instructional activity, students take a ten question quiz based on their knowledge of the oil market. This a multiple choice quiz.
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Extreme Climate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss global warming, greenhouse effect, permafrost and other key words.  In this climate lesson students create a web that connects global warming, the Arctic and world climate then write a paragraph explaining...
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Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the carbon cycle and how it cycles through our environment.  In this carbon cycle lesson students play a game that allows them to discover that carbon can take many forms and that there is not a set path.
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Earth Pockets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the Earth's natural resources. In this Earth science lesson, students read the book The Great Kapok Tree and discuss types of natural resources. Students use categories such as wood, paper, and trees and list items that...
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Resources for Teaching about Biogeochemical Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the different cycles and Earth's systems.  In this investigative instructional activity students study the nitrogen and carbon cycles, play a game pertaining to it and also participate in a class activity. 
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Plugged in to CO2

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners use a meter to measure the energy used and carbon produced by electronics and appliances. In this environmental science and technology lesson, students use a Kill-A-Watt meter to determine the electricity used by everyday...
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider how to cut their energy use. In this physical science lesson, students investigate the connections between energy use and climate changes. Students compute the actual electrical energy consumption of 2 bulbs and...
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare two products that provide the same function but require different amounts of energy.   In this energy efficiency lesson students research and demonstrate energy efficiency in action and how it applies to...
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Important, Interesting and Serious Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage worksheet, students explore the meanings of three words, important, interesting, and serious. Students complete fifteen sentences with the correct words and write four sentences of their own.
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MOBILITY, Bike Rack Remix

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how riding a bike can impact the environment and cut down on carbon emissions.  In this environmental lesson students design a bike rack that is made from recycled material.
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Global Warming Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
For this global warming quiz worksheet, students compete a set of 12 multiple choice questions. Page contains a links to answers and additional activities.
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Does Climate Change Exist? Healthy Skepticism? Debating the Truth, Evidence, and Certainty of Climate Change

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study climate change and the arguments of scientists that it exists.  In this climate change instructional activity students complete a class activity and answer questions.  
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Microbiology Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water.  In this water purification lesson, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to drink....
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Connectors Exercise

For Students 5th - 7th
For this connectors worksheet, students translate a list of connectors in their language and then choose the correct connector to complete each sentence and translate.
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Important, Interesting, and Serious Exercise

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage learning exercise, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the words important, interesting, and serious to complete the 15 exercises.
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A Lack of Energy

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students consider the implications of nuclear energy. In this energy lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about nuclear energy's benefits and drawbacks. Students compose poems based on the Chernobyl...
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Teaching English: Reducing Emissions by Cycling

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students analyze an abstract picture and create the persona of a cyclist. Students cut apart cards with controversial statements regarding cycling and discuss them. Students then discuss what they personally would...
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Introduction to Earth's Dynamically Changing Climate

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify the most common causes of global warming. In this earth science instructional activity, students use an interactive website to explore changes over time in sea ice, sea level, carbon emissions, and average global...

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