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Information Technology Associates

Cia World Factbook: Slovakia Geography 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
General geographic information on Slovakia, including natural resources and environmental issues.
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Website
Other

University of East Anglia: Climatic Research Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from a university page of the University of East Anglia that is focused on climatic research. It offers links to information sheets, research areas, publications, and other climate links. Each of the information sheets...
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Other

Environmental Atlas Berlin/traffic Hydrocarbons

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphics and text in English for airborne hydrocarbons.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Renewable Fuels

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short quiz on the different types of renewable energy sources.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ozone Depletion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the ozone hole forms and what are its effects.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Ozone Depletion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the ozone hole forms; what are its effects.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
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Unit Plan
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: What to Do With Trash?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the pros and cons of placing trash in landfills or incinerating it.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's Really Heating Up in Here!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create and observe a greenhouse effect model and discuss the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves and the Earth.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The No Zone of Ozone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the causes and effects of the Earth's ozone holes through discussion and an interactive simulation. In an associated literacy activity, students learn how to tell a story in order to make a complex topic (such as global...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Composition of the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the gases that the atmosphere is made out of.
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Article
Other

Rocky Mountain Institute: Climate Protection for Fun & Profit [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The first article in this newsletter talks about a speech made by Former President Bill Clinton and his stance on the environment. (Published 1997)
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Article
Other

Wards Auto: Auto Maker Fuel Economy, Emissions Improvements on Track

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses where the automotive industry was at in 2013 in addressing the problem of carbon dioxide emissions. Smaller car manufacturers face more stringent rules than larger models, while auto makers with lower sales volumes have...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Smog

For Students 9th - 10th
Kim Preshoff details the science behind smog.
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Activity
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learn: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the greenhouse effect, with explanations about Earth's atmosphere gases referred to as greenhouse gases, and the factors that influence the heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse. All information is reinforced...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Ozone Destruction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How banning CFCs helped protect the ozone layer.
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Other

Alliance to Save Energy: Educator Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of teacher lesson plans for various grade levels. Topics pertain to insulation (among other things) and other energy conservation and energy efficiency topics. Can be easily adapted for a student project or lab investigation.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
The ways in which an element or compound such as water moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere is called a biogeochemical cycle. All of the atoms that are building blocks of living things are a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Acid Rain Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the make-up of and effects of acid rain.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Natural Resources Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Understand what natural resources are, and how important they are to Earth.
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Handout
Other

Reducing Climate Change Emissions From Motor Vehicles [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights new legislation in California which is designed to create new regulations that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by cars and trucks. The background to this proposal gives a summary of the manner in which...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 2

For Students 5th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 3

For Students 5th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Weather Systems: Lesson 1

For Students 5th - 8th
This lesson will discuss the effects of the weather on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Weather Systems."

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