Curated OER
Understanding Biodiversity Via Ecological Footprints
Sixth graders investigate the ways in which human beings impact the environment and ecology through the calculation of their own ecological footprint, discussion questions pertaining to biodiversity and potential imbalance hazards, and...
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"Garden Springs Gardeners"
First graders ponder the question of how plants help their lives. They observe and compare properties of several different plants. Differentiate between living organisms and nonliving objects.
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Monarch Migration
Third graders investigate the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. They experiment with various tools to simulate the mouth parts of insects, conduct research, record their observations of butterflies hatching, write a play, complete...
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Watersheds: The San Francisco Bay Watershed
Sixth graders make a model of a watershed. For this geography lesson, 6th graders view a shaded relief map of California and locate landmarks. Students examine the San Francisco Bay Watershed by following the journey of water...
Curated OER
Who Will Care for the Water?
Students discover how humans impact natural resources. In this environmental lesson, students identify water resources in the local area and construct a T-chart to compare the positive and negative effects humans have on water resources.
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Working for Water
Students examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats lesson students view a video and plan a school restoration project.
Curated OER
Pros and Cons of Hydroelectric Power
Students develop arguments for and against the construction of hydroelectric power plants. Poll the groups to determine which view dominates in the class and students write a summary of their conclusions.
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Beaver Ecology
Students explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 11
In this sentence completion worksheet, middle schoolers fill in the blank for the correct words for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.
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The Debate Over North Shore Road
Students examine the impact of the North Shore Road Project in North Carolina. In this environmental science lesson, students share their views regarding this environmental issue. They compare and contrast the map of the Great Smoky...
Curated OER
Science Excursion: Cover Mapping Land
Students study remotely sensed images and topographic maps to classify land cover types in their watershed area. They take samples in the watershed area to interpret the images.
Curated OER
I Depend on You, You Depend on Me!
High schoolers explore the interdependency between humans and the ecosystems. They examine how uncontrolled development threatens the rain forests. They discuss how human actions affect the rain forest.
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DID YOU HELP CREATE THIS
Students examine whether their actions are positively or negatively affecting organisms and their habitats. They choose an animal to study then create a multimedia presentation including charts and graphs of data logger information and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dams
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Why Do We Build Dams?
Students are introduced to the concept of a dam and its potential benefits, which include water supply, electricity generation, flood control, recreation and irrigation. This lesson begins an ongoing classroom scenario in which student...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Grand Canyon
For this lesson, learners will learn about the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, the impact it has had on local ecology, and what happens when a dam is opened for controlled flooding. After researching the Glen Canyon Dam controlled...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dam Impacts
While the creation of a dam provides many benefits, it can have negative impacts on local ecosystems. Students learn about the major environmental impacts of dams and the engineering solutions used to address them.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Cost/benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam
This instructional activity will allow students to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this instructional activity is to encourage students to look at a complex issue...
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Rand Corp.: Gifts of the Muse: Reframing Debate About Benefits of the Arts [Pdf]
With schools cutting costs, often times arts educators must justify why what they teach is important. This study in pdf format addresses many of the positive outcomes of arts education for students. Many of the benefits relate to 21st...
McGill University
Mc Gill University: What Is a Dam?
Informative site explaining the benefits of building a dam to help humans adapt to the environment.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Clean Energy: Hydropower
Hydropower generation is introduced to learners as a common purpose and benefit of constructing dams. Through an introduction to kinetic and potential energy, students come to understand how a dam creates electricity. They also learn the...
Other
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Hydropower [Pdf]
Chapter 19 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at hydroelectric power, its history, and how it is used. Hydropower in Texas is described, its economic impact, how it is produced and its availability. The costs and...
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Basics: Renewable Energy: Hydropower
Find out about renewable energy resources using hydropower technologies. Learn the history of use, and read about the benefits of utilizing water as a power source.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: The Three Gorges: Should Nature or Technology Reign?
This is a site that will combine science and current events. Students will learn about the Three Gorges hydroelectric project on China's Yangtze River then develop arguments on the benefits or disadvantages of the Three Gorges project....