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Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will enable the learners to better understand the effects of oil spills on the living organisms in an ecosystem.
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Unit: Oil Changes Everything
Unit: Environmental Groups and the Three Economic Sectors
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students investigate and share information about environmental organizations to compare and contrast how the three sectors differ in their purposes, goals and achievements.
Grades:
9
10
11
12
Students research and present on the effectiveness of a modern environmental nonprofit of their choosing. They reflect on their personal commitment to addressing environmental issues financially or with action. ...
Unit: Sharing Our World
Unit:
Grades:
3
4
5
Students conduct Internet research to gain a better understanding of the changes that have occurred in the environment and animal habitats since the 1700s.
Unit: Disaster Relief - Power, Generosity and Leadership! (6-8)
Grades:
6
7
8
Learners research problems caused by a natural disaster and give examples of aid to help those devastated populations. They learn the roles of the four sectors in responding to the needs. They participate in a collection campaign or other service project ...
Unit: Our Air: The Quest for Quality
Grades:
6
7
8
This lesson will serve as the final learning piece, and the accumulated knowledge will be used to assist the learners in utilizing a role play scenario to come to a consensus plan of action that moves “their community” toward compliance with Air Quality Standards (AQI).This unit is also intended...
Unit: Environment: Sustaining Our World (K-2)
Grades:
K
1
2
This unit helps students recognize that they belong to a global community that shares resources and interests. Learners define "commons" and understand the difference between common resources and private property. The learners define stewardship and environmental stewardship. They will compare...
Unit: TeachOne for Earth Day
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Grades:
K
1
2
3
4
5
Students get outside and play in nature and recognize the beauty of diverse living things in their environment. Their service project is to share nature with someone else in a creative interaction. ...
Unit: Helping Others to Feed Themselves
Grades:
K
1
2
To raise awareness of the needs of others who are unable to provide a balanced nutritious diet for their own families. Also to introduce the Heifer Project, which provides families with resources and education so they can have nutritious food and earn a living...
Unit: Diverse Community: Who Is My Neighbor? (3-5)
Grades:
3
4
5
Students identify on a map and in discussion the geographic location and culture of their ancestors. They explore reasons that people moved to the U.S. and discuss the importance of keeping their culture, like a mosaic, rather than losing their culture in order to "fit in."