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12th grade Earth Day handouts for Microsoft Word
El Medio Ambiente: Spanish Worksheet on Environment: Earth Day / DÃa de Tierra
This worksheet features two parts: 18 Matching and 7 Short Answer questions with environmental based vocabulary. Activity Idea: After completing the worksheet, have students write three sentences on how they help the environment.Level: Spanish 2+Editable word file. Answer key included. Vocab Includes: reciclar proteger reducir el medio ambiente la lata la basura la caja el vidrio el daño el/la ambientalista el cambio climático el
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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TED Talk Viewing Guide: Are We The Last Generation Or The First Sustainable One?
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the importance of Sustainability!Sustainability has been a hot topic in schools for years now, but it almost always comes at the expense of our students feelings of safety and wellbeing. But is that the right approach?In this TED Talk, Hannah Ritchie addresses the anxiety among young people about climate change. She challenges the belief that past generations were sustainable and presents data showing that recent advancements in technology have de
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â THE TED TALK BUNDLE
PBS FrontLine- "Plastic Wars" Video Questions
These questions follow along with PBS Frontline's "Plastic Wars" that can be found on the PBS website. With the plastic industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/plastic-wars/
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â PBS FrontLine & NOVA Video Questions Bundle
Anthropocene Reviewed / "Big Yellow Taxi"- Joni Mitchell song writing prompt
This version ties directly to The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. It fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 3
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â The Anthropocene Reviewed Bundle
Calculate your Ecological Footprint Activity
Every year my students find this activity very interesting & enjoy seeing their calculated results. This activity guides the students through calculating their own Ecological Footprint by answering a series of questions on the website link provided, once they obtain their results they can answer the questions.
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7th - 12th
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Viewing Guide -Andy Goldsworthy Rivers and Tides Documentry
This four page viewing guide will help students stay on task and get the most out of the excellent documentary on the work of sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.
Guide is split into two handouts of two pages each, as the documentary will take two class periods to view.
Students consistently enjoyed this film. It is mesmerizing, and Goldsworthy's work appeals to students of all ages.
This guide would work well for home-school as well as in the classroom.
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6th - 12th
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Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet Documentary Movie Guide
Guide your students through David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström's timely documentary, Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. wIth our 88 question Documentary Guide that helps guide students through the film as it examines Earth's biodiversity collapse and teaches how this crisis can still be averted.Link is provided for the film on the Guide. Movie is available on Netflix.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Earth Day - "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell song journal writing prompt
If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. Fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 30 years. I do at least one a week, and for sure one on every Friday and h
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â Over 50 Song Inspired Writing Prompts for English Class
Before the Flood
Before the Flood is a movie that can be a helpful resource in teaching high school students about climate change. This worksheet is a good companion exercise that helps the students to interact with and think critically about the movie and the issue of climate change.
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9th - 12th
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Spanish Reading Activity: ¿Qué pasó en las Noticias?
Provide your students with Spanish Reading Comprehension practice and cover important Current Events at the same time.
I originally created this reading activity for my Spanish II class after reading about the recent earthquake in Ecuador. Not only does this bundle of materials support reading in the target language, it provides a great opportunity to discuss current events in the Spanish-speaking world, challenge students to think globally and environmentally, as well as making authentic conne
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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National Park Essay
This is an essay assignment I give the students in Geography. Students research a national park in the US, and then write an essay on it. Included are instructions, essay outline, and list of national parks.
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6th - 12th
Also included in:Â North America Geography Bundle
Microplastic investigation
This activity explains microplastics and the problems associated with them. It challenges students to look into common household items to see which of them contain ingredients that cause microplastics to enter the environment. It allows for them to see their direct impact and how to make more informed choices.
Can be done in class as a lab or as homework.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Cornell Notes on Arrangement of the Universe
These are guided Cornell Notes designed to be used with Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy Textbook (5e).
In addition a FREE graphic organizer is included on structure and objects in the universe. Graphic organizer can be used as teacher-led activity, group sharing, or individual.
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8th - 12th
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Ecological Levels
Have students organize the ecological levels from individual up to the Biome Level. They must justify their answer with a short narrative. This would be a great exit ticket or small Formative assessment as a check in.
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6th - 12th
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Comparison and Contrast Environmental Assignment
While I created similar compare-contrast papers for one of my classes, this assignment takes the method a step further by having students give a persuasive speech based on their comparisons. I had to read the assignment a couple of times to get it, but it makes sense in this way: if your boss someday tells you to research alternatives, compare them, and then offer a best choice, it's pretty much the same. In essence, she created an assignment that is more true-to-life than most high school writi
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8th - 12th
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Earth Day - "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye song writing prompt
If you want to find a creative way to teach Social Studies content and get your students to enjoy writing, this is your answer. Your students to enjoy writing mini-essays by combining it with the joy of music. This ties nicely into the Social Studies and English curriculum. Fits perfectly for Earth Day.I have found these song journal writing prompts to be an amazing way to start ELA or Social Studies class for the last 30 years. I do at least one a week, and for sure one on every Friday and h
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in:Â The Anthropocene Reviewed Bundle
Amazon Rainforest Fires 2019 Study
This resource provides instructions and questions that allow students to learn about and gain a deeper understanding about the Amazon Rainforest fires in 2019. Students will visit 3 separate websites (of their choice) and answer a series of questions, they will use each website to answer the same questions over and over again to help them understand how media can manipulate information. They end the assignment by creating a social media post that helps summarize everything they learned.
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5th - 12th
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Leadership questions about "NOAH"
This one page will acompany the movie "NOAH" in order to teach highschoolers about leadership
PG-13
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9th - 12th, Staff
Earth Day wordsearch - SECRET MESSAGE INSIDE!
A word search based on the theme of Earth Day with a secret message hidden inside!Once your students have found all the words on the list, the remaining letters reading from left to right/top to bottom, will spell out a secret message. The message in this word search is: "make every day Earth Day"The word search:* is created on a 10 x 10 square grid* contains 13 Earth-Day wordsThe words are hidden in all directions, including diagonally and diagonally/backwards.This product contains a word searc
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Trees and Carbon Class Discussion
A great way to introduce the carbon cycle or the importance of trees
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6th - 12th
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