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The purpose of this lesson is to acquaint the learners with the four different types of desert regions and their physical characteristics.
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Unit: Global Health: Hunger and Food Around the Globe (3-5)
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Students identify the USDA food guide as a source for guidelines about eating a nutritionally balanced diet. They identify foods and categorize them by food group in a game. My Plate and the guidelines were designed for consumers of food in the United States and might not be an appropriate guide...
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Unit: Farm to Table and Food Production
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6
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Discuss concepts of public, private, and civic responsibility, and set the stage for explaining the project criteria. Students begin working in groups to discuss ideas for their projects.
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Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (3-5)
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3
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5
Students learn about the issues of plastic in the ocean. They learn the effects of plastic garbage on the environment, including the lives of animals....
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Grades:
3
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The students take action by determining ways to reduce their own use of plastic bags and by advocating for ways to reduce the use of plastic bags in their own households, the community, state and nation. To take further action, the students may propose ways to influence...
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Unit: Philanthropy—A Day at the Beach
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3
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The teacher and a representative from the local environmental agency prepare the class a couple days in advance of their philanthropic project of volunteering their time and effort to clean up for the common good. ...
Unit: Where's The Sand?
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Grades:
6
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The purpose of this lesson is to acquaint the students with the four different types of deserts regions and their characteristics.
Unit: My Water, Our Water
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Unit: Food for Thought: Hunger—Around the Block, Around the World
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Learners will describe what constitutes good nutritional practices, compare their own eating patterns to these practices and encourage others to improve their own eating habits. They will determine the value of acting on behalf of others and decide if their actions can make a difference in the...
Unit: One Person's Trash
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Grades:
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The purpose of this lesson is to help learners understand what happens to trash that is generated.