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Pbs Teachers: The Urban Explosion WebsitePbs Teachers: The Urban Explosion Website
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PBS
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Pbs Teachers: The Urban Explosion

Curated by ACT

Describe the environmental problems created by rapid development of urban areas, and identify solutions for dealing with problems caused by uncontrolled urbanization. Explain the importance of urban development plans for dealing with these problems.

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Concepts

ecosystems, pollution, smog, urban development, urbanization

Additional Tags

environmental problems, humans affect environment, urban sprawl, pbs, urban life

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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