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Environment Common Core 4.MD.A.1 resources
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
What Do Plants Need to Grow? introduces students to the important role plants play in sustaining life as we know it. Plants are among the most important resources on Earth, providing us with food to eat and oxygen to breathe. In addition to adding beauty to our surrounding environment, plants also keep our soil healthy through decomposition, provide habitats for animals, and are the source of many materials we use every day—including wood, clothing, medicine, plastic, and more. In this unit, stu
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 2-LS2-1
, 3-LS3-1
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Graphing Using NASA Data: The World Is Heating UP
Teach graphing skills using real NASA data about climate change. This module integrates common core math skills with science standards. Students will amaze you with their ability to learn from real world data. Become familiar with the NASA resources for your classroom at "climate.nasa.gov".
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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Juice Box Nightmare
This investigation allows students to dive into surface area and volume with an environmental focus. It's a hands-on and practical activity that gives mathematical calculations a real-world context!
The Problem: Juice boxes are convenient and easy to drink, but they leave tons of trash in our environment that can be harmful to wildlife.
The Investigation: You were hired by a juice box company to help out with their mission to reduce waste in the environment. To do so, you need to figure out w
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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SPONGE CITY - ENGINEERING DESIGN
Students will understand the importance of water conservation and of the saying, “Every Drop Counts”, as they build a model city to capture water, not shed water, and will learn the difference between an aqua duct and an aquifer. Students will learn that when a city is built to harness water, store and reuse it, the architecture and design of that city will need to change. Students will learn the crucial importance of designing a waterproof city vs. a water capturing city, or rather, a “sponge
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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Endangered Animals: Reading, Writing and Projects —all about orangutans
This program is intended for use with the ResQ series of middle grade novels about rescuing endangered species. While the books are fictional adventures, they are heavily grounded in factual background. The books are well suited to classroom use, particularly for teachers who want to take an integrated approach to science, social studies and language arts. The protagonists are young people with special skills in natural and physical sciences. They use these skills to devise tools for solving t
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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