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AP Test Prep
College Board

2018 AP® World History Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How were the development of railroads critical to the rise of empires? Scholars delve into the relationship between the two using a documents-based question from College Board. Other prompts explore ideas such as nomadic and sedentary...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How green is your school?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read about Sidwell Friends School and the Green School concept and develop coverage for their student media. They employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How green is your school?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read about Sidwell Friends School and the Green School concept. They develop coverage for their student media. Students interview administrators, janitors, teachers and high schoolers. They present findings to the class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build an Indoor Compost Bin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write an essay to describe the contents of a compost bin.  In this composting lesson, students create a compost bin. Learners examine soil for its contents and explains in an essay the impact of the soil on the environment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Green Roof Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design a heat and water conserving "green roof". In this urban environmental instructional activity, students will design a heat and water conserving "green roof" to improve a building's energy profile.
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Curated OER

MATERIALS, Using What’s Local: Native Materials, Local Sources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars consider the development of different societies. In this environmental building instructional activity, students consider local resources and how societies choose to use them. Young scholars use their findings to design a...
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Curated OER

Spelling Race

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Learners of all ages can practice their spelling abilities by participating in a fun group game. They utilize a pile of letters written on paper to "build" a word instructed by the teacher. The fastest pair of spellers wins a point!...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crafting Models of Efficiency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build and compare models of both an energy inefficient and efficient classroom. In this energy efficiency lesson, students creatively use recycled materials to build two separate classroom models. They factor in concepts such as...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 4. Reading: A Green City

For Students 5th - 8th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the passage about a new city in Abu Dhabi. The reading is titled A Green City. They then answer the 8 questions pertaining to the passage.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build an Outdoor Compost Heap

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study how to create a compost heap. For this composting lesson, students create a compost heap. Students write an essay describing the process.
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Curated OER

Indoor Gardening by Building a Simple Hydroponics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the use of hydroponic gardening on the world food supply. In this hydroponic gardening lesson, students make a garden out of a soda bottle, grow a cilantro plant, and compare hydroponics with regular gardening using...
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Activity
Little Bins for Little Hands

St. Patrick's Day Challenge Cards

For Students 2nd - 6th
Nineteen cards offer an assortment of St. Patrick's Day-themed STEM activities. Scholars choose from a variety of cards to take part in activities such as building coin towers, growing green carnations, tying a celtic knot, and more!    
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Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

An Apple a Day

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Three apples—green, red, and rotten—exemplify character traits, negative and positive. Following a discussion about the classroom community, scholars complete an apple-themed worksheet that challenges them to read each trait, color it...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to: Build a Plant Cell

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build a 3-dimensional model of a plant cell with household objects. In this plant biology lesson, students construct replica plant cells in groups of three. After completing their projects, students share their creations with...
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Lesson Plan
Chymist

Build a Spectroscope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Assist your emerging scientists with construction of their very own spectroscopes. Individuals construct a spectroscope to identify elements used in varying lights within a particular environment. They conclude the activity with a class...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Powering a Green Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast renewable and nonrenewable energy. In this environmental science instructional activity, students discuss the importance of going green. They identify the different components in a power grid system.
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Unit Plan
Calvin Crest Outdoor School

Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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SPHE

Identity and Self Esteem

For Teachers 4th - 10th
It may not be easy to be green, but sometimes just being isn't easy. A resource packet is filled with lessons and activities designed to help kids develop a positive regard for themselves.
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Beyond Benign

Breaking the Tension

For Students 6th - 8th
The tension builds as learners experiment in your classroom. The 17th installment in a 24-part series has scholars investigate the concept of surface tension. After discovering characteristics of surface tension, they add a compound...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Green Building and Development

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment learning exercise, students find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.
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Library of Congress

Investigating the Building Blocks of Our Community’s Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
As Ken Jennings said, "There's just something hypnotic about maps." Certainly, the longer you look at them the more you can learn. In this project-based learning lesson plan, individuals study both historic and present-day maps of their...
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Activity
Reading Resource

Flower Building Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Reading can be as lovely as a walk through the garden! Sets of flowers host words that share long vowel sounds, which kids match to the correct flowerpots.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Twenty Green Gates

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore mathematics by participating in a pattern building activity. In this geometric construction lesson, 2nd graders discuss a story problem in which a gate needs to be built from triangles and trapezoids up to a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Not Easy Being Green

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the environmental costs of operating golf courses. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to study golf course needs and green design options.

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