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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Models as Tools for Ecosystem Management

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of environmental management.  For this ecosystem lesson, 5th graders discover how models help scientists learn more about managing ecosystems. Students create their own model, make observations and...
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Website
National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health: Household Products Database

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you ever wanted to know about every household product available, from battery disposal to detergent and glue.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Environmental & Resource Management

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on the state of our natural resources and the industries that rely on them, e.g., forests, bodies of water, fisheries and aquaculture, national forests. Many of the articles look at threats to natural resources...
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson where students explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing up....
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Learning Sustainability With Sim City

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Helps educators develop SimCity-based lesson plans that will encourage students to think critically about the challenges facing modern cities. SimCity is a city-building simulation computer game where players become the mayor and design...
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Article
Government of Canada

Government of Canada: Environment: Ecosystem Initiatives

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on ecosystem initiatives and the programs in Canada that are working to preserve area ecosystems.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Issues in Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from American Institute of Biological Sciences provides a collection of articles on current issues in environmental science and human impacts on the environment. Several articles available in Spanish.