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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Recipe for an Eco Sphere

For Students 3rd - 7th
Finf out about NASA-created self-contained living worlds inside closed glass containers.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: What Can We Do to Help?

For Students 3rd - 7th
Read about five ways to become a steward of the environment, and to stay involved with conservation.
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Article
Other

Business Insider: Fake Trees With Spinning Leaves Could Harness Wind Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Let's make some energy! Check out this wind turbine that NewWind has developed for creating small-scale sources of energy.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Install Edible Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the benefits of planting a garden that provides a sustainable source of food for people.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Adding a Rain Barrel to Your Property

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about rain barrel basics, and find inspiration in other people's incorporation of this tool into a site.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Bio Benefits

For Students 3rd - 8th
What does it take to keep our planet livable? What are the things we need to sustain life? The Bio-Benefits site answers these questions and others pertaining to basic life needs. Click on the hyperlinked words to see interactive...
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Learn From 'Xperienced Xeriscape Gardeners

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: The Seven Principles of Xeriscape

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how landscapers are using a gardening technique that uses little water.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Rain Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
Get some tips and strategies to create a sustainable rain garden.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: At a Community Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to make a sustainable plot as part of a community garden.
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Handout
Other

The Sustainable Community Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has definitions and explanations of Sustainability, Sustainable Community, and Sustainable Community Movement. Download PDF or Read Online to find Chapter 2: The Sustainable Community Movement.
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Website
PBS

The Greens: A Site for Kids About Looking After the Planet

For Students 2nd - 8th
Especially designed website companion to the PBS ecology series The Greens helps kids explore ideas about making smart environmental choices. Find animated videos, activity suggestions, projects to do, and solid advice for putting your...
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Handout
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Challenges

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the challenges of global energy use and consumption, and what solutions exist for today's engineers.
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Handout
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Sustainability

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how sustainability plays a role in the goal of global energy efficiency.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Bioswales for Stormwater Management

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to bring life, diversity, and usefulness to something as common as a drainage ditch.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's a Smartphone Made Of?

For Students 9th - 10th
If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper. Kim Preshoff investigates the sustainability of phone production.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Will There Be Enough Fresh Water?

For Students 9th - 10th
Using groundwater models, students will analyze whether there will be enough fresh water available for the growing human population. Students will investigate how groundwater moves, what surface water is, and how we can use water...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies renewable and nonrenewable resources based on the rate at which humans use a resource. Natural resources, such as water, oxygen, and soil, are supplied by...
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Unit Plan
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Eco Connections: Conservation of Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
During our exploration of each previous lesson, we have learned about many of the factors that contribute to the ongoing destruction of our environment. In our final lesson, we will make a holistic appraisal of the impact that each of...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Fisheries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Expose students to the most current research and management tools in a way that allows them to become active participants in both learning about and conserving marine ecosystems.
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Primary
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Farmer's Market Manager

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read a conversation with Jaret Foster, a farmer who manages his local fresh market, and find out why it is so important to support local farmers.
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Interactive
Other

Rainforest Alliance: Smarthouse

For Students 9th - 10th
If you'd like to do your part to help the rainforest, check out this resource. You can find out what common household products are the result of sustainable rainforest farming.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 2: Thirsty Planet

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about the water cycle and the role of water in nature. Through various descriptions of water's journey throughout the world and the lives that depend on it for survival, 2nd graders come to appreciate the importance...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Bc Hydro: Ecosystem Goods and Services

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learn more about the value of the goods and services provided by our ecosystems.