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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
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Other

Save Our Seas Organization: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page of the Save Our Seas Organization which seeks to protect all the oceans of the world.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Protecting Our Planet Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn that they can make choices that can reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Life and Environment Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
In this amazingly comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about the characteristics and features of the different biomes on our planet.
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Lesson Plan
Province of British Columbia

Government of b.c.: Teacher's Guide to Clean Air: The Clean Air Crusaders [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The 'Clean Air Crusaders' help teachers work with learners to educate them about all kinds of air pollution and ways to improve our environment.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: The First Earth Day

For Students 3rd - 8th
You would think that the environment has always been a priority but that's not the case. In 1970, a U.S. Senator was disturbed by the lack of concern for our environment and proposed the first Earth Day. Use this site to learn more from...
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Other

Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Use a Reusable Water Bottle

For Students 2nd - 6th
Did you know that used bottles and cans often end up in landfills or worse, in our lakes and oceans or on the ground as litter! This pollution hurts birds, turtles, and other wildlife. These are some of the reasons why we should use...
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Environduck

Enviroduck: Green Transportation Environmentally Friendly Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how green transportation such as cars, autos, busses, and trains can help our environment.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigation Erosion in Our World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lab activity, students will look for evidence of erosion in river or streams. This activity should take place after students have observed erosion in a model.
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Other

K 3 Learning pages.com: Earth Day Links

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you celebrate Earth Day in your classroom? This collection features several downloadable Earth Day worksheets including word searches and coloring pages. Students and teachers can plan the perfect way to recognize the environment.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Earth Day Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Bringing Coastal Dead Zones Back to Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Increased amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous are leading to "dead" areas on our coastlines. Delve into the details and how to get involved with stopping this from happening.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biodomes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the biosphere's environments and ecosystems, learning along the way about the plants, animals, resources and natural cycles of our planet. Over the course of lessons 2-6, students use their growing understanding of...
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National Institutes of Health

Nih: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Three great ways YOU can eliminate waste and protect your environment!Waste, and how we choose to handle it, affects our world's environment-that's YOUR environment. The environment is everything around you...
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NOAA

Noaa: Office of Response and Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand,.the effects of oil and hazardous materials in our waters and along our coasts. Links to oil/chemical spill information and photos....
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Other

Sierra Club

For Students 9th - 10th
Find factsheets and other information on clean water, commercial logging, urban sprawl, wildlands, and other environmental priorities, as well as review the environmental records of politicians, get involved, and much more.
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Other

Natural History Magazine, Inc: Natural History Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
The natural history of our planet and universe are addressed in this on-line version of Natural History Magazine. Topics are widely varied yet current and topical, with photos & illustrations included.
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Other

Population Education: Homepage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: River Flow Rate

For Teachers 5th - 9th
In this activity, students utilize their understanding and feel for flow rate from the Faucet Flow Rate activity to estimate the flow rate in a local river. The objective is for students to relate laboratory experiment results to the...
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PPT
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Green Tips: Conserve Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here are some quick tips to help you conserve our natural resources. Make sure you check the related content on the right side of the page.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Cold Room? Heat It Up With a Homemade Solar Air Heater

For Students 3rd - 8th
Humans need food, water, and warm shelter to survive. But a lot of humans depend on fossil fuels to supply gas and electricity to heat our homes. But burning fossil fuels to create energy is harmful to the environment. In this science...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Oil Spill

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson will allow young scholars to explore an important role of environmental engineers: cleaning the environment. Students will learn details about the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which was one of the most publicized and studied...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus) Sketch

For Students 9th - 10th
This sketch shows what an Apatosaurus (also known a Brontosaurus) might have looked like living in its environment during the Jurassic Period, around 150 million years ago. The illustration shows the Apatosaurus and two smaller dinosaurs...