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Freshwater Ecosystems Closing Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils create a commercial on how to care for fresh water. In this environmental science lesson, students write a script and use materials as props in the commercial. They present it in class and share comments and feedback.
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Junk-In-The-Box

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the impact of man-made litter. For this man-made litter lesson, students examine man-made litter and describe its impact on animals in the environment.
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Average Vehicle Occupancy In Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students determine the average vehicle occupancy in their community.  In this transportation lesson students develop and analyze a survey to determine attitudes towards air pollution and transportation. 
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Remove Pollutants from Water

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine how to remove pollutants from water to create clean water.  For this boiling water lesson students complete a lab activity that purifies water. 
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Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson plan students complete an activity and make calculations. 
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Effects of organic material and nutrient pollution

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars create a definition of eutrophication.  In this organic material lesson students work together to create a storyline.
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A Delicate Balance

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete an activity to help them understand the Earth's delicate balance. In this Earth instructional activity, students will draw and discuss the ways the Earth's atmosphere can be harmed. Students will then participate in a...
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Ocean Pollution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study their role in eliminating ocean pollution and helping keep the oceans clean. In this environmental issues lesson, students define pollution and brainstorm examples of ocean pollution. Students define biodegradable and...
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The Beach

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this natural environment worksheet, students cut out ways litter affects the beach environment. Students draw pictures in the boxes to match. Students then draw their favorite beach activity and list the things they can do at the beach.
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B is for Bulldozer

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pollution worksheet, students read the sentences 'Bulldozers remove polluted dirt,' and 'B is for Bulldozer.' Students may color the picture of the bulldozer.
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EPA Environmental Protection Agency

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this environmental protection worksheet, students read the sentence 'The Environmental Protection Agency helps clean up pollution across the United States. Students then read and may color the phrase 'E is for Environmental...
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G is for Groundwater

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this groundwater worksheet, students read the sentences 'Groundwater is beneath the soil,' and 'G is for Groundwater.' Students may color the picture of the groundwater image.
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D is for Dump

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this pollution learning exercise, learners read the sentences 'Don't dump pollution in the water,' and 'D .' Students may color the picture of the no dumping image.
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Maintaining a Healthy Environment

For Students 7th - 12th
In this healthy environment instructional activity, students describe different types of pollutants in the environment including smog, acid rain, and ozone. This instructional activity has 1 drawing and 5 short answer questions.
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What Threatens the Survival of Species?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this species survival worksheet, students brainstorm different examples of what threatens the survival of species. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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How Do People Change the Environment?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this environmental changes worksheet, students will read statements about things people do. Then students will fill in the blank of 4 statements that describe the effect those actions have on changing the environment.
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MicroBiology Chp 1

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms found in Microbiology. There are 42 words located in the puzzle.
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Local Environmental Issues: Pollution

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the ways in which human interaction with the environment and production of waste products contribute to pollution. Through a pollution demonstration, they explain how various groups of plants and animals can be...
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Air Quality: Everyone's Responsibility

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils identify and interpret the causes of air pollution in their local community. They collect and analyze data to identify pollutants in the air and seek solutions to eliminate the contaminants in the atmosphere. Finally, students...
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Collecting S.O.C.K.S

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in the Collection S.O.C.K.S program to protect their local watersheds. Using the socks, they plant new plants and trees around the watershed in order to protect it for future use. They also perform in a skit that...
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Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine what contaminated water looks like, and how it becomes polluted. They examine a teacher demonstration of water is not polluted but does contain rocks and other things that do need to be cleaned out before drinking...
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Save Our Soil

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students gain an understanding of the small amount of soil available to sustain humans on earth and complete an appropriate graph or chart from their collected data. They locate some of the countries they have heard about where people do...
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Dirty Water

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students, through a case study of actual water sources in Washington State, identify major sources of aquatic pollution. They also categorize pollutants, make inferences about the effects of pollutants on the environment and construct...
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You are the Microbiologist

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this instructional activity, students demonstrate comprehension of basic lab techniques by properly using these techniques in preparing a laboratory investigation, demonstrate synthesis of prior lab experiences by solving a new...