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Environment Common Core RI.8.8 resources
End of Year Science Activity or Summer Project on Biodiversity MS-LS2-5
This fun and engaging NGSS middle school activity and lesson challenges students to be park rangers and develop and present solutions to various real problems facing Yellowstone's ecosystem while teaching them the importance of maintaining its BIODIVERSITY! This low prep activity has student worksheets that take about five days to complete and addresses the Next Generation Science Standard's Performance Expectation MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ec
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 10th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-LS2-5
, MS-ETS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Middle School Science Activities and Lessons Growing MEGA Bundle
STEM Design for Learning: Solar Cars, Boats, Planes, and Rovers Webquest Project
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning Students become solar designers in this interactive STEM webquest that guides critical thinking and collaboration within the topics of solar energy and engineering. Working in teams, students choose to learn about either solar planes, cars, boats, or rovers and use what they have learned to design their own model of a solar powered vehicle. WebQuest project-based learning teaches children how to use essential skills for obtaining information and a
Subjects:
Grades:
5th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS3-3
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-PS3-5
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Silent Spring - Rachel Carson - Rhetorical Devices & Persuasion
As Close Reading and Annotation becomes the go to among English courses, it becomes equally important to choose meaningful non-fiction texts for the students to read and reflect upon. Rachel Carson is the forefront of ecopedagogy with Silent Spring, her attempt to open the eyes of the world to the horrors of DDT. I have created a document with embedded questions and vocabulary to be used as an introduction to persuasive devices and rhetorical analysis. Print and Go or walk students through the d
Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
Also included in: Earth Day Bundle - Persuasion, Rhetoric and Authorial Message
Fossil Fuels Debate - Human Impacts on the Environment - Grade 7-9 MYP Science
Get your middle school science class talking with this biology / environmental science discussion activity on fossils fuels, recommended for grade 7-9 students learning about human impact on the environment! Designed with MYP in mind but appropriate for any middle school, high school, international, or homeschool STEM curriculum.Students take on one of 5 character roles to discuss the environmental impacts of our continued fossil fuel use, as well as renewable energy resources and climate change
Grades:
7th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
Plastic and Pollution
1 hour, fully resourced Geography or Global Citizenship lesson which focuses on the problems presented by our excessive use and disposal of plastic and possible solutions. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.Many more Civics, So
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - Infographic Background Brief
Students need background knowledge to comprehend the novels of the EngageNY modules. Infographic Background Briefs are 1-page documents that serve as an anchor text. In visuals, they present the MOST important information students need to understand about the context of the novel. Introduce the Infographic Background Brief in the beginning of the unit, engage students in close reading of its parts, and use the brief to identify companion texts for students to read and deepen their knowledge of t
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 9th
Types:
Grades 8- 12th Grade: Climate Change for Traditional Students
This educational resource pack includes:• A reader called “Earth’s Climate Change.” • Fill in the Blanks Tests with Answers Key; • Handy Links about Climate Change (Articles, Books, Videos); • Climate Change Word Searches (5 of them); • Common Core: ELAS.R.IT.1-10 Re: Climate Change! Etc.; • Clip Art for Climate Change;• Climate Change Paragraph Guided Writing Practice; (“Why Climate Change is Important!” 1 paragraph model)• Lab Work and Easy Hands on Research Regarding Climate Change; • Common
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-4
Seismic Inequality: Earthquakes & Environmental Justice (article + discussion)
This three-part activity guides teachers and students through a day of reading about and discussing the environmental justice issue of seismic inequality. Students will begin by reading a high-school level article about the disproportionate effect of earthquakes on poor countries vs rich countries along with the high costs associated with earthquake-proofing infrastructure. Students will then reflect on the article using the free Google app, Jamboard (on a provided template). Last, students w
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-1
Deserts Differentiated Activities
This desert resource includes 3 levels of an activity about this ecosystem. I have found that integrating whenever and wherever possible is a great way to make sure that I am addressing all of the Common Core Standards and giving my students enough practice to reach mastery in each skill. With outdated textbooks and lack of resources, I created close reading passages and differentiated reading passages based on important Social Studies and Science concepts. From that, I’ve also realized that som
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Types:
Crows Vs Grade Schooler Article
This document gives information on the brain similarities that the advanced bird species, crows share with human children. The document references parts of the brain, in addition to environmental science terms that might require external instruction to explain to students.
Subjects:
Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, HS-LS2-8
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