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Energy Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore a variety of sources and types of energy. The difference between energy for a person and energy for an automobile are examined. Efficiency and care for the environment are included in this experience.
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Air Quality Issues

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the different layers of the atmosphere. They examine the different types of air pollutants. They also discover laws in effect that work to protect the environment.
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Land Quality Issues

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this unit of lessons, students examine land quality issues. They discover food chains and practice reading them. They also examine the erosion of soil and how it affects the environment.
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Seasonal Changes

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students research seasonal changes and how they affect the environment. Completing a nature walk, they observe plants and animals and record the information in a graph. They also write summaries of the results of their research.
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Keys and Webs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and classify organisms found in a Rocky Mountain Ecosystem. Through discussions, students examine the effects upon an ecosystem if a component was removed or a new component was added. As a class, they survey reasons...
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How We're Connected

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students take a survey in order to find out how they live in relationship to the environment. They take the time to investigate the differences between a need and a want. This is done as part of the self-assessment. Students also study...
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Up in the Air

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students evaluate the impact of volcanic ash on the surroundin environment. Through discussion, videos and activities, they identify the various ways in which volcanic ash can be more detrimental than volcanic magma and lava.
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Erase It! Deforestation

For Teachers K - 12th
Sudents comprehend the importance of forests in the Earth's ecological system. They discuss the various ways people are ridding the world of large evergreen, deciduous, and rainforest areas and how deforestation harms the environment.
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Forests Grow Pencils

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discover the meaning of reforestation and the effect if has on the environment. They identify the parts of a pencil and delve into the process of pencil manufacturing. They then illustrate their findings graphically in book form.
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My Mess-Free Desk

For Teachers 1st - 10th
Students, utilizing recycled plastic containers, construct a desk organizer in a unifying manner and mold a base for their unit. They organize their study area with a cool theme or color scheme and help the environment at the same time.
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Perched Parrot Decorative Chair

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the rainforests and why they are important to the Earth's environment. They study the habitats and characteristics of various animals that live in rainforests. Students build a decorative chair using a rainforest...
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Pop-Up Wildlife Mural

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research life in a rainforest including plants, animals, insects, climate. They discover reasons for the importance of rainforests to the Earth's environment. Students work as a group to create a large 3-D rainforest scene that...
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Rainbow Trout

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate the many varieties of both tropical and freshwater fish, and find out about the anatomy of these creatures. They explore biodiversity in bodies of water, including information about coral reefs, and study the effects...
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Stone & Bone Inuit Carvings

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars research information about Canadian Inuit history, geography, and culture. They study many forms of art created by the Inuit, including sculpture with stone, animal bones or teeth, and other items found in their northern...
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Tropical Dreamscape

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Pupils research information about animal habitats and plant growth in tropical environments. They create unique art with foregrounds and backgrounds that camouflage tropical creatures and search for hidden animals in peer artwork.
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Volcano Lore and Legend

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils examine the effect of volcanoes on the environment. Using the internet, they research the role of the volcano in mythology. Individually, they use everyday materials to create their own model of a volcano and present it to the class.
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Weather of Your Dreams

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore different types of weather and its effects on the environment. They imagine unusual types of weather conditions that could fulfill their dreams. Students represent themselves and their dreamy weather in a creative...
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Physical Agents for Microbial Control

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students take part in an examination of the graphic organizer to determine the different types of environments and how they effect the survival of microbes.
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Stopping Deforestation in the Amazon: A Publicity Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the environment by designing a group project.  In this ecology lesson, students identify the man made threats to the Amazon while reading environmentally conscience vocabulary terms.  Students collaborate...
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Splish Splash

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils study drinking water. In this environment activity, students draw the path of drinking water from the place of precipitation to the tap after researching a map and information from the United States Geological Survey water...
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Let the River Run

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the environment by reading a story in class. In this water formation lesson, students define environmental terms such as rivers, streams, gulf, oceans and lakes. Students read the story A River Ran Wild and discuss the...
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Special Education Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Special needs young scholars practice completing everyday tasks such as organizing a day plan, reading a clock and completing simple math problems. They define the proper learning techniques for their disorder and utilize props in...
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Start Cleaning the Air

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Advocate for the environment! With the short story included, learners are prompted to think about radon (the odorless and colorless gas) and possible ways to get donations or raise money to purchase detection equipment. The plan spans...
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Acid Rain

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Create a simulation of acid rain in your classroom with lemon juice and bean plants to help kids study the effects of pollution on plants. In addition, learners will listen to a story and write responses based on guiding questions.

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