Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World in the Balance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students make estimates on how many people they believe live on Earth. While watching a video, they take notes on the issues facing Kenya, Japan and India. In groups, they calculate how long it takes for a country to double in size. To...
Lesson Plan
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Transportation and Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make an eco-friendly vehicle to help make transportation better for the environment. In this transportation lesson plan, students learn how transportation inventions are bad for the environment. They then see how engineers have...
Lesson Plan
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Coal and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils read about how burning coal affects the environment. After students finish reading about how burning coal affects the environment they have a group discussion to discuss what they thought about the information.
Interactive
Curated OER

Clean Coal Technology

For Students 5th - 10th
In this clean coal worksheet, students click on the links to learn more about clean coal technology and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 12 questions total.
Lesson Plan
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Trash City

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners work together to build a trash city. They collect items that would go into a landfill to help them build their city. They discuss ways to cut down on garbage.
Worksheet
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World Population Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Population Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions, take a...
Lesson Plan
Aiken County Public Schools

Claymation in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an appropriate and usable storyboard and then create a claymation video. They take digital photographs frame by frame, then assemble the stop-motion movie using video software.
Lesson Plan
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Standard 4 Review-Human Impact

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this human impact on the environment worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences about how humans have negatively affected the environment. They complete sentences about the actions taken to reduce and repair the...
Lesson Plan
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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze organic production systems. In this organic agriculture lesson, students examine key organic practices for both crop and livestock. This lesson includes 5 different activities, 4 critical thinking questions and...
Lesson Plan
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Toxics Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discover that chemicals and toxics are all around us and we can make a choice whether or not to use them.
Lesson Plan
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Wetland Safari!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how humans, fish, plants, birds, insects and other wildlife benefit from wetland environments. They observe a wetland and its inhabitants, draw a migration map that represents how birds use wetlands in traveling long...
Lesson Plan
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Heat from Light

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore solar energy. In this science instructional activity, 2nd graders use hand lenses to see that light energy can be converted to heat energy.
Lesson Plan
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Don't Forget the Three R's

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students encourage one another in recycling. In this environment and art lesson plan, students create a new recycling bin that would help people in remembering to recycle.
Lesson Plan
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Seed Germination

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore plants and the scientific method. In this plant growth lesson, students follow the steps in the scientific method to perform a seed germination experiment as a whole class. Students work in a group to create their own...
Interactive
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SAT Sentence Completion Practice Test 02

For Students 10th - 12th
In this sentence completion activity, students choose the answer that best completes each sentence.  Students have 10 minutes to answer 12 questions in this SAT practice activity.
Lesson Plan
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Are You Getting Thirsty?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study droughts and how they affect communities and coastal ecosystems.  In this ecosystems lesson students use data to examine drought conditions in certain areas. 
Lesson Plan
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Horticulture Crops in the agro-ecosystem

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders apply ecological analysis to fruit and vegetable production systems.  For this horticulture lesson students learn about different management practices.
Worksheet
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Engineering Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this engineering learning exercise, students research engineering and fill in blanks to complete sentences. A reference web site is given.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Sources of Water Pollution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Water pollution is a serious issue facing hundreds of millions of people world-wide, having harmful effects on the lives of those people. Learn more about sources of...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Water Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the sources of water pollution, such as municipal, industrial, and agricultural.
Article
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Water Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution....
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The Water Pollution Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to the Water Pollution Guide, where you can find useful information about the sources of water pollution and how they can be treated.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Water Pollution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the sources of water pollution.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.27 Water Pollution

For Students 5th - 9th
Understand water as a limited resource, and how it becomes polluted.