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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: Encouraging Volunteerism
Unit: Making Choices with Scarce Resources: Penny Drive
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Learners will use economic thinking to determine how to allocate their scarce resources for community service.
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Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (9-12)
Grades:
9
10
11
12
The students define philanthropy and relate it to environmental stewardship. They analyze mission statements from environmental organizations and write their own personal mission statement. They self-select a group to work with to plan and implement an environmental service...
Unit: Time, Talent, Treasure, and Economics
Grades:
3
4
5
The students will identify what natural resources, human capital, and capital equipment are needed to complete the chosen service learning project. They will also trace the origin of the pieces of clothing donated for the project and the possible trade...
Unit: "I" on Philanthropy
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Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students will conduct a service-learning project as they interview members of the local non-profit community. After gathering information from the interviews, students will create a resource that lists information and details about each of the organizations.
Unit: You Light up My Life
Unit:
Grades:
6
7
8
The purpose of this lesson is to increase the learners’ knowledge of various types of renewable energy. The learners will research those resources and develop a plan for an area to implement its energy stewardship....
Unit: Raising Resources
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
Students will recognize that nonprofit organizations compete with other nonprofit organizations for money, funding, and resources.
Unit: Alternative Energy Sources
Grades:
6
7
8
Students research and present information on the pros and cons of various types of renewable energy. Student groups make a plan to advocate for energy stewardship in the community.
Unit: Be the Change: Environment
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students utilize classroom learning and multimedia projects to identify key aspects of urban ecosystems and explore the concept of environmental justice locally and globally.
Unit: Earth: The Source of Resources
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson is intended to foster an understanding that natural resources require careful stewardship and that recycling is one of the ways we can guarantee that these resources will be able to continue to sustain life on "space station" Earth.