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Grades:
6
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8
The purpose of this lesson is to have learners explore and implement ways they can contribute to protecting the natural environment. ...
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Unit: Global Garbage
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students participate in a trash clean-up and analyze the issue of pollution due to trash, especially plastics. They discuss who should be responsible for preventing or cleaning up pollution - government, business, charitable organizations, and/or individuals....
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Unit: Your Place in the Community
Grades:
9
10
11
12
This lesson will introduce learners to the procedures used in the compilation and organization of data provided for the Lesson Two: Developing a Sense of Self surveys concerning values. It will expose learners to the use of Microsoft Excel...
Unit: Community Health and Safety
Grades:
3
4
5
Students gain exposure to how citizens organize in response to a need. They observe the benefits of group cooperation. Students review data they have collected from surveys and work in collaborative groups to identify focus areas for the service-learning project....
Unit: Earth Connections
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Grades:
3
4
5
The purpose of this lesson is to analyze the data observed in the experiments, compare the results with the students' predictions and draw conclusions about the environment.
Unit: Welcome Home
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
Students learn about the Habitat for Humanity ReStore as a community resource for affordable housing materials for building and home repair. Students use comparison shopping skills and plan a service project that addresses a need in their community.
Unit: Bullying Prevention Plan
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students define bullying and observe and describe some of the consequences to victims, bystanders, and the whole community. Students recognize that bullying behavior is a civil rights issue that must be addressed for their community to be fair and safe for all. They create a survey and poll...
Unit: Take a Stand on Bullying
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
In the first lesson of this three-lesson unit, the students define bullying and identify the effects of bullying behavior on the individuals involved and the larger community. The students create a survey or use another method to collect and report on the perceived status of bullying behavior at...
Unit: Animal Shelters
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Grades:
3
4
5
The learners will be introduced to the concepts of philanthropy, common good, volunteer and donate. Animal shelters need many volunteers and many items donated to help their organization run smoothly. Learners will participate in deciding what they wish to do...
Unit: Kids Can Make a Difference
Grades:
3
4
5
Students write to pen pals in a different community and discuss ideas related to a service project. For example, the pen pals may plan and monitor a canned-good donation project.