+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thermal Stratification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use video, research and experiments to investigate and replicate thermal stratification in a lab. They prepare a report, poster or multimedia presentation showing the results of their work.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Recycling - A Job Everyone Can Do

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research recycling effort that take place in the US. They play an online game and complete handouts using Internet research.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Observation: It's A Natural!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students play the role of naturalist in their own community just as Thoreau was in his. They observe their communities looking for positive and negative aspects on the environment. They work together in groups to complete a model for...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trash City

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners work together to build a trash city. They collect items that would go into a landfill to help them build their city. They discuss ways to cut down on garbage.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Designing for Salmon and Steelhead

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create designs for salmon habitats. They work in groups to design a tank habitat that mimics the requirements for salmon in various phases of its life cycle. Students may also raise salmon eggs as part of this unit.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conservation and Environmental Protection

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of environments and animals from around the world that need protection. They then design and create a slogan about an animal or environment and an environmental protection poster.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nature and Fintess Trail

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate how humans impact the environment and compile an organism database into an e-book field guide. They name muscle groups and develop specific exercises to strengthen these groups. Students utilize technology for...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Toxic Torts

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the role of courts in environmental law enforcement. Using examples, they identify civil cases brought against large corporations for violating environmental laws. They define new vocabulary and discuss the...
+
PPT
Curated OER

All I Really Need Song by Raffi

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this children's song learning exercise set, students see the illustrated words to the Raffi song, "All I Really Need." There are no questions associated with this song book.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Business of Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part One

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners analyze the purpose of a social entrepreneur. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students create a "help wanted" advertisement and graphic organizer to provide information on how a social entrepreneur seeks long-term change by...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the work of social entrepreneurs. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students research a specific entrepreneur and create a presentation introducing him or her to the class. Students design a seminar on social...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Every Object Tells a Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read the story behind objects in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and create a story about an object in the exhibit. For this design lesson, students explore the "Design for the Other 90%" exhibition and create a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science TV: Making it Real

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the ways science is presented in a children's television show. Students conduct internet research, and then create and design a skit that highlights the problem-solving process.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When Getting There is More Than Half the Battle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the 'Design for the Other 90%' exhibition about low-cost solutions to give the "other 90% of the world's population" access to services and amenities many of us take for granted. In this technology design lesson,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environmental Jobs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students evaluate whether particular jobs have a positive or negative impact on the environment. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a worksheet in pairs to determine if and why various jobs impact the environment.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Costs of Providing for animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the necessary costs of animals shelters and taking care of one pet. In this providing for animals lesson, students calculate the costs of keeping a pet. Students understand the need for outside funding for animal shelters.
+
Interactive
Curated OER

English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 8 - Exercise 4b

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fashion Forward, Fashion Functional

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners consider the implications of waste. In this waste streams lesson, students learn what waste streams are and identify their impact on the environment. Learners also recycle waste materials to create functional objects.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Supermarkets, Sustenance and Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  In this sustainability lesson plan, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students create a...
+
Interactive
Curated OER

Trees and Plants of the Wetlands

For Students 4th - 8th
In this trees and plants of the wetlands worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about trees and plants to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 27 questions total.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mighty Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the names and features of macroinvertebrates found in Turtle River.  In this ecology lesson students use digital microscopes and take pictures of invertebrates. 
+
Organizer
Curated OER

Public Goods and Common Resources

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics activity, students respond to 3 short answer questions and complete a graphic organizer about public goods and common resources.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Urban Complaints Guided Conversation

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this urban complaints worksheet, students fill out a chart about places around town about what they want and don't want to find there and create a short conversation about it. Students complete the chart for 4 places.

Other popular searches