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Pollution
Third graders investigate pollution. They discuss pollution and its effects. They create a Venn diagram of pollution and people polluting. They create a landfill and predict what will occur over a week's time. They create two air...
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Estimating For Reasonable Answers
For this estimating for reasonable answers worksheet, learners interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about estimation, then click to check their answers.
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Plastic Identification Lab
In this plastics learning exercise, students experiment with an unknown plastic and determine the polymer name and resin code by using a flow chart of various tests. They answer five questions after they collect their data.
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Circuit Boards
Students explore circuits. In this electricity science lesson, students build a circuit board after viewing a related PowerPoint presentation. Detailed instructions are included.
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The Water Cycle
Students create terrariums in containers in order to study the Water Cycle. They examine how the terrarium maintains life in the closed environment.
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Polymer
Students investigate polymers by completing 3 experiments. In this polymer lesson plan, students mix plastic with acetone, they create polyurethane foam, they make slime and build a polymer model once their polyurethane foam is set. ...
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Making a Mini-Landfill
Students create a mini-version of a landfill. They examine the materials they use everyday and determine if they decompose or not. They identify the materials as renewable or nonrenewable as well.
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Making a Mini-Landfill
Students examine the materials that comprise the products they use. Students describe whether these materials are renewable or nonrenewable resource. Students observe what happens to materials when placed in a landfill.
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Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Students identify renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this earth science lesson, students construct a T-chart of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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Giving Back
Learners research the start of the March of Dimes and discuss the benefits of their actions when contributing to a charity. Students continue the lesson by calculating how much money would have been collected in a week, month, and year...
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Environmental Event: Earth Day Activities
Learners identify solid waste and water pollution concerns. They discuss how to prevent water and air pollution as well. They describe any behaviors they have that would be considered environmentally irresponsible.
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Cling On's
Students define the term static electricity and how to it. In this electricity instructional activity students design and implement an experiment to show how static electricity affects their daily lives.
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From the Heights to the Depths
Students create a relief map of Asia and Australia. They work in small groups on sections of the map to make one complete map of the continents.
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Rainsticks
Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.
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Compost Tag
Students identify biodegradable items. In this environmental lesson, students participate in a game of tag. A student's name is called out along with a biodegradable item and the student is tossed a ball.
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Marvelous Magnets
Students identify and classify magnetic and nonmagnetic materials and metals. After determining which materials and metals are magnetic, students create a data table and classify items by two different criteria. Students e-mail various...
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Waste, Then and Now
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.
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NECESSARY WRAPPERS?
Students bring in a packaged item to unwrap. They weigh the pile of packaging and pile of product and determine which weighs more. They identify the source of raw materials for packaging and discuss ways to reduce packaging and overall...
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Pronoun Reference
In these pronouns and antecedents worksheets, students read the sentences and the underlined portions for each example. Students fix the underlined errors in pronoun reference.
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The Aluminum Association, Inc.
A great site about aluminum with facts about the industry, recycling and much more. Get current events info here.
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Recycle Runway
With a stress on saving and protecting the environment, these clothes are handmade from materials such as aluminum cans and glass.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Picture a Perfect Environment
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), recycling aluminum cans will be explored. Students will also create a set of stilts made from cans. This instructional activity is one from the...
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Teach Engineering: Trash to Treasure!
Student teams use the engineering design process to create a useful product of their choice out of recyclable items and "trash." The class is given a "landfill" of reusable items, such as aluminum cans, cardboard, paper, juice boxes,...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Dumptown Game
This fun game helps students learn ways to recycle, reduce waste, and compost. You can also create your own Recycle City Scavenger Hunt.