University of Arizona
Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Africa Its People and Places
A very comprehensive lesson plan that helps prepare students for a trip to Africa taking into consideration climate, customs, geography, and language.
My Science Site
Environment Canada: Clean Water: Life Depends on It! [Pdf]
An extensive instructional activity unit on water quantity and quality and why it is important in relation to human life. Provides lessons that incorporate language, social studies, geography, and health. Tests are also provided. This is...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Comparing Education Around the World
Students learn about Ken and Joab, two boys who are starting first grade. Ken attends school in Japan, while Joab lives in Kenya. Students compare and contrast the circumstances surrounding the two boys' experiences at school.