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Conservation 'Ad'vice for National Parks

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discuss ways that the public can damage as well as preserve our natural and cultural resources. Small groups are each assigned one of the national parks and must design a poster or TV commercial that celebrates the importance of...
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Scavenger Hunt! Exploring the Prairie

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners participate in an online scavenger hunt activity, researching the type of housing pioneers built to match the natural environment. They design and create a poster exhibit or Web page presenting information about pioneer housing.
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Give Me Back My School: A Back to Basics Approach to Ecological Restoration

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research local geography to create successful, ecological school landscaping. They determine soil type, average weather patterns and temperature graphs and use the information to select ideal plants and plant maintenance...
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Patterns on Parade

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that patterns exist in sounds, movement, and objects. In this patterns lesson, 1st graders select two items from a group  and produce an alternating pattern.
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Take the One-Tonne Challenge!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore about the One-Tonne Challenge, and work out how they could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by one tonne, through individual actions and by influencing other people. Students use a GHG emission table to...
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Travlin' Through the Basin: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to a story. In this imagery lesson, students listen to nature sounds of the Everglades, water and forest. Students listen to a reading of the Tangipahoa River guided imagery passage. Students share their feelings inspired...
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Combining Art and Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a story. For this writing and drawing lesson, students select one object and write about events from that object's perspective. Students draw pictures to go with their story.
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Biography/Autobiography Book Report

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this book report worksheet, students select a biography or autobiography to read and then use the activities on the worksheet to complete a book report.
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Kid Maps: Reading and Creating Maps with Human Characteristics

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars look at maps. In this map instructional activity, students listen to the book My Map Book by Sara Fanelli and they see the difference between human characteristics (buildings, etc.) and natural characteristics...
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The Geography of Tornadoes OR

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars learn some basic facts about tornadoes and map two selected tornado statistics by state, and observe, analyze and speculate about the pattern(s) created by the completed map.
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Chronic Conics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two activities to draw four different conic sections. One activity is of a physical nature and one is traditional paper and pencil.
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Honey Bee Language Arts And Literature

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils see how nature and honey bees are presented in literature. They find and read poetry that include references to bees. Have them write their own poetry or Haiku.
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Life Along the Ring of Fire

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research geological forces that create the Ring of Fire and its effects on cultures. They write reports on how natural disasters influence societies.
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Disco - Voices of a New Generation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze lyrics of selected Disco songs for content, theme and vocabulary. They write an extended response citing specific lyrics in response to three general themes.
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Dolphin Documentary

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils create a movie, out of paper, based on their knowledge of dolphin natural history. Students brainstorm what they know about dolphins and draw pictures of the dolphin facts. When the pictures are placed end to end they create a...
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Would You Like to Become a Millionaire?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students answer questions written by other teams about literature in an attempt to become "millionaires." In small groups they write a motivational introduction to their teams selected books, publish their questions as a HyperCard...
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Rosie's Walk

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use maps and globes to locate and describe locations, directions and scale. Using the maps, they identify man made or natural features of different environments. They practice using geographical terms to describe a specific...
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Storytime

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given an age-and stage-appropriate passage. They each read the selection and students then demonstrate their comprehension by being asked questions. Once students have completed the reading, he or she is asked questions...
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Zoo Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify different types of animals and their habitats. They compare natural habitats to habitats. They use Internet resources to gather information on animals.
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Amazing Adaptations - Probing Pinnipeds

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data about the habitats of pinniped adaptations using digital probes. They determine how pinnipeds make adaptations to their natural environment by completing an experiment to determine how human and pinniped...
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Job Shadowing

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of job shadowing. They select someone in their chosen field and schedule a day of job shadowing. They interview their selected person and report to the class including what they discovered and write a paper...
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Introduction to Biomes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use scientific skills and processes to recognize how living things depend on one another and on the environment for survival and the human use of natural resources impacts the environment. Explain how Earth's surface...
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Global Temperatures

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students analyze the global temperature record from 1867 to the present. Long-term trends and shorter-term fluctuations are both evaluated. The data is examined for evidence of the impact of natural and anthropogenic climate forcing...
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Forces and Newton's Laws Unit

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars participate in lessons on Forces and Newton's Laws by selecting activities and assignments to complete in a Layer Unit. Students select assignments and activities in the C Level, B Level, and A Level.

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