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John Muir's Vision Lives On

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify perspectives on land management issues. They research and debate Yosemite's General Management Plan and develop personal responsibility on a local issue through citizen action.
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Reclamation and Recycling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners learn the importance of plants and animals, ecosystems and habitats... and see how these factors guide mining reclamation projects. They then discover the importance of recycling, and the difference between manufacturing with...
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Cans Make a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work with their pen pals to plan a service learning project. They locate local organizations who collect canned goods. They use a graph to show the progress of the donations.
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Salmon Smolt: Stella PC and Mac

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Stella Smolts Migration Model and its use in previous simulation models to help managers deal with the many factors contributing smolts decline. They participate in an interactive exercise in the role of fishery...
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Providing Service

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plan and then do a community service project.
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Upping the Odds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research test taking tips that focus on nutrition, sleep, and stress reducers. They create a variety of fun projects such as posters and brochures and present their findings to other classes.
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Com-Post With Us?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss the importance of reducing, recycling and reusing materials to help the environment. As a class, they create a worm bin and observe how it turns material in to compost. They use the internet to research the...
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Community Celebration

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders invite members of their community to a celebration in which they present information about what they have gathered during the Aqua Pure project. Using art, they unveil their projects to the community and extend their thanks...
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Musical Plates

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in a study of the plates and how they are part of the formation of the ever changing landscape of planet earth. They access web sites that have applications for observation and conducting different activities. The...
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Ecology of the Dump

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils recreate landfills in petri dishes, observe relative biodegradability in a year-long project, and isolate a cellulose degrading bacteria while discovering the need for recycling and the serious problem waste management has become...
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Reservoir Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research the economic importance of the major reservoirs in Illinois. In groups, they manage a budget for one of the lakes to promote tourism in the area. They also work together to create advertisements.
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Time is On My Side!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the most effective test taking and studying skills. As a class, they are introduced to how to self-manage themselves when it comes to the activities they have to complete. To end the lesson, they complete a pretend...
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Sarita Wetland Restoration

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students collaborate on the plannng and implementation of the Sarita Wetland Restoration. The Sarita Wetland is the remnant of former Lake Sarita that was drained in the early 1900's. The goal of the entire project is to improve water...
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The Four Sacred Elements

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe the Four Sacred Elements image in PowerPoint as projected on a screen and discuss what they see and then summarize the details. They discuss what the image represents and how the Four Sacred Elements are an...
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Publisher Skills Assessment

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners complete a technology integration project using Publisher. In this technology instructional activity, students use Publisher to create magazine activities for the American Revolution, indigenous cultures, California missions,...
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Making Predictions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop predictions in preparation for a "Bucket Buddies" pond water project. They listen to the book "The Pond" and discuss the different life forms in the pond from the book. Students then read online poems, and draw a...
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Technology: The Digital Classroom

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover how to integrate file management systems on Web servers into the classroom. In addition to maintaining digital portfolios, they develop various Internet functions such as authoring directly onto an Internet domain.
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Community Foundations and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and explain the functions of the three sectors of the American economic system. They identify foundations as part of the third sector. They summarize the function and purpose of their local community foundation. They apply...
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Good Snack,Smart Snack

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders pretend to be company managers who design and advertise healthy snacks to sell.
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Exploring the Maryland State Archives Website

For Teachers 4th
Student demonstrates the ability to organize, manage and comprehend information and applies appropriate skills to collect organize, and interpret data, They then explore an appreciation of media a sources of information and recreation.
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What's Special About Me?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify personal strengths that can help them cope with events in life like 9/11. They address two factors that have been demonstrated by research studies to assist students in adapting to and coping with stress. Students are...
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Budget: Don't Go Broke (NEFE)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to plan and maintain a balanced budget. In this financial literacy lesson, teacher students follow the PowerPoint and answer questions based on learned information in order to understand where their money goes and...
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ABC's of Banking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of managing money. In this managing money instructional activity, students discuss how to write checks and keep an accurate check registry. Students discuss the importance and uses of debit cards and deposit...
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Class Conservation Corps (CCC)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate how the loss of soil, a valuable natural resource, affects their lives through loss of productive land to grow food, loss of coastal land mass, and poor water quality from runoff. They design a project to keep soil...

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