Curated OER
Human Activity and the Environment 2004
Students brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.
Curated OER
Plugged in to CO2
Students use a meter to measure the energy used and carbon produced by electronics and appliances. In this environmental science and technology lesson plan, students use a Kill-A-Watt meter to determine the electricity used by everyday...
Curated OER
CO2: How Much Do You Spew?
Students analyze the energy consumption of a household to see the amount of carbon dioxide they add to the atmosphere each year. In this energy consumption lesson students calculate carbon emissions and discuss sources of carbon dioxide.
Curated OER
Microbiology Design Challenge
Young scholars discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water. In this water purification activity, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to drink. Young...
Curated OER
Transportation in Canada
Students investigate the effect human activities have on the environment. In this geography instructional activity, students compose an article using data analysis about the environment. This article requires some homework assignment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fossil Fuel Formation Study Guide
Understand fossil fuel formation using this review guide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fossil Fuel Formation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How fossil fuels are created.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Earth Science Quizzes: Fossil Fuels
Assess your understanding of the types, locations and formation of fossil fuels with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is available.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Biodiesels: Converting Oil Into Clean Fuel
Experiment making biodiesel from different types of oil and determine which oils give the best result. This science fair project from Science Buddies, although in an abbreviated format compared to other Science Buddies experiments, gives...
Other
American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: Coal Formation
In this four-part instructional activity, students will conduct a simulation of the coal formation process and will show the ability to do scientific inquiry. For the final project, they will use their findings they have recorded on...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation
Learn how fossils are created.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Coal is also a nonrenewable energy source because it takes...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: A Brief Guide to the Steps of the Carbon Cycle
Outlines the steps for the movement of carbon along the carbon cycle through photosynthesis, food chains, being dissolved into the ocean, the decomposition of organisms, fossil fuel formation, industrial use of fossil fuels, carbon...
Other
Accenture: Reinventing Oil and Gas for a New Energy Era
With energy systems becoming decarbonized, digitalized, and demand-driven, this report explores how disruption is changing oil and gas. Discover how oil companies can respond by reinventing and redefining their purpose to drive the...
Other
American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: How Was Coal Formed?
Two-part lesson in which students learn about when and how coal was formed. They will do research on geologic time frames and order them by eon, era, period, or epoch.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Whelmer #42 Learning Activity: Fire Sandwich
An easy to do activity if you have a Bunsen burner. The activity investigates combustion and heat conductivity. The activity is in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Chemistry of Natural Gas
Through an online slide-show format, learn about the history and chemistry behind the resource, natural gas.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Natural Gas
Learn how natural gas forms, how scientists find it beneath the Earth's surface, and how it is produced, stored, and transported.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...