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Are You a Water Waster?
Students determine what it means to be water wasters. In this water conservation lesson, students follow the provided procedures to identify how much water is used in their household when people brush their teeth.
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Mobility: A Green City, Past, Present, and Future
Middle schoolers explore transportation systems through history. In this transportation lesson, students determine how modes of transportation affect quality of life and design transportation plans for cities.
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Transportation
Students use the "No Impact Project" to analyze transportation methods and related environmental concerns. In this transportation and environment project lesson plan, students discuss and graph the methods of transportation used to get...
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Renewable Resources: Ancient Civilizations
Young scholars examine how ancient people used natural resources. In this renewable resource lesson, students will be put into 5 groups each focusing on a different past civilization. Each group will identify they types of resources...
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Materials, Let's Do the Life Cycle
Students examine environmental and social impacts of products that consumers buy. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students play a game that requires them to consider real costs of products. Students consider the environmental...
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Help! Help! Save the Earth!
First graders analyze ways to save our natural resources and preserve the environment. In this environmental protection lesson, 1st graders complete four activities to analyze the importance of our natural resources and what trash does...
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Technology and the Environment
Students construct a grow column as an analysis of technology and the environment. In this environment project lesson, students germinate seeds in recycled soda bottles and chart their data.
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Carbon for the World
Pupils explore the presence of carbon in the world. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discuss the carbon cycle after they read assigned textbook pages. Pupils also discuss biomass content in different parts of the world.
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Reducing Ecological Footprint Ads
Students examine the impact of geological footprints. In this geography skills lesson, students calculate geological footprints and discuss ways to reduce the footprints. Students create advertisements that motivate others to reduce...
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The Impact of Water Pollution on Global Peace
Tenth graders participate in hands-on activities that require them to consider the implications of water pollution. In this environmental stewardship lesson, 10th graders conduct 6 experiments pertaining to water pollution and discuss...
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Let's Clean Up Our Act and the Earth!
Students complete activities that help clean up the Earth and protect the environment. In this Earth protection lesson, students go outside and listen to the environment. Students discuss their observations and their role in protecting...
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Going Green
Young scholars create an action plan to learn how to preserve natural resources for future generations. In this environmental conservation instructional activity, students research the topic of preserving the natural environment and...
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Habits: Wasteful or Not
In this waste management activity, students respond to 11 short answer questions regarding the solid waste and ecological living.
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Habitat, What is That?
Pupils explore animal habitats. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students match animals to their habitats in a classroom activity. Pupils also observe a firefly habitat and read Fireflies. Students create...
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Going Green School Campaign
Students explore ways to make their school's interior and exterior environmentally 'green.' In this environmental concern lesson, students work in groups to examine their school's interior and exteriors to make them 'green.' Students...
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Save the Trees
In this recycling learning exercise, students conduct a brief investigation regarding the recycling of paper in their classroom and respond to 5 questions that enable them to see the number of trees they are saving.
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Progressive City Planners
Students plan cities. In this environmental racism lesson, students design imaginary cities taking into consideration the amenities and environmental hazards that exist. Students discuss city planning challenges.
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Water Wise
Students calculate their family's water consumption. In this water usage lesson, students discuss the water they use in their homes. Students complete the 'water wise' worksheets to tally their family's use of water. Students answer...
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Understanding the Indoor Environment
Young scholars create and deliver speeches about why their school should have an Indoor Air Quality team. In this speeches lesson plan, students make presentations to school board members about having an IAQ team.
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Polar Day: Arctic Clean Up
Students explore the concept of pollution. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students examine primary sources to research the complexity of pollution and its effect on the Arctic.
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The Earth's Rain Forests
Students study the importance of the world's rain forests. In this rain forest instructional activity, students read about the role of the rain forests in the world's environment. Students then write a formal letter to a member of...
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Investigations in Aid: Identifying the Need
Young scholars investigate the needs in emerging nations. In this emerging nations lesson plan, students research the conditions for needs in the given countries. Young scholars are assigned to the country groups of Honduras, Nigeria,...
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Talking Trees: Earth Day
Students complete a tree poster activity to learn about Earth Day, stewardship, and the environment. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students read The Story of the Tree and discuss stewardship with trees. Students act out tree...
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Keep it Beautiful
Learners explore the meaning of Earth Day. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students research conservation topics and use their digital photography skills to snap shots of people making conservation efforts.