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Environment Common Core WHST.11-12.1 resources
Global Issues Contemporary World Problems Human Geography Course Bundle
This tightly-woven semester course combines Human Geography, Current Events, Contemporary World Issues, and Environmental Science into a must-teach inquiry-driven, real-world, project-based experience.With these thematic, inquiry-driven units that build on each other, ask students to decide for themselves where they fit in this complex, competitive, and connected global village. You will guide them in exploring everything from the human population growth to globalization to natural resource sust
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9th - 12th
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Population Growth Globalization Natural Resources Unit for Global Issues
Explore everything from increasingly concerning world population growth and decline, the recent rise of economic and cultural globalization, and ever-growing eco footprints and consumption of natural resources with this eye-opening unit. This unit is part of a thematic, inquiry-centered curriculum, Global Issues, a semester-long course that blends Current Events, Human Geography, and Environmental Science.This curriculum is intended to meet the requirements of a Current Issues or Contemporary Wo
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Global Issues Contemporary World Problems Human Geography Course Bundle
Fossil Fuels and Renewable Alternative Clean Energy Unit Print & Digital
Explore the urgent crisis growing with our world’s unhealthy and unsustainable addiction: fossil fuels. Everything from its various forms (oil, coal, and natural gas) to air pollution and greenhouse gases, and climate change to clean alternative energy like solar and wind are covered in this unit.Grab students' attention with shocking numbers, guide them to dig deeper with engaging documentaries and current issues, and inspire them with the work of clean energy activists.This unit comes in both
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9th - 12th
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Water Pollution Sustainability Conservation Unit Print & Digital
Explore the urgent crisis growing with our world’s most necessary natural resource: fresh water. Everything from shortages to river pollution to sanitation and some surprising solutions like desalination and recycled water are covered in this unit.Grab students' attention with shocking numbers, make it real with a personal audit, guide them to dig deeper with engaging documentaries and current issues, and inspire them with the work of water activists.This unit comes in both print PDF and editab
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9th - 12th
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Garbage Landfills Recycling Plastic Unit Print & Digital
Explore in this unit the increasingly urgent problem of our world’s biggest growing problem: garbage, especially plastic. Everything from single-use disposable plastic to landfills and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the myth of recycling and zero-waste living is covered!Grab students' attention with shocking numbers, make it real with eye-opening documentaries and videos, guide them to dig deeper into current events, and inspire them to make zero-waste swaps, and encourage others to do the
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9th - 12th
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World Population Growth Poster Project Activity | Human World Geography
Explore just how big the world’s population really is with this two-part activity that includes an eye-opening simulation and a creative poster project while stretching their math skills.The posters make for a fun and engaging hallway display for the whole school to learn from!These activities come as both print-and-go PDF and editable, paperless Google files and are included in the complete Human Population Growth Unit.Greatness is being able to make the incomprehensible easy to understand.A mi
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7th - 12th
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Natural Resources Sustainability Water Garbage Fossil Fuel 3-Units-in-1
Explore the increasingly urgent problem of our world’s 3 biggest environmental dilemmas: how to conserve our water, how to end our addiction to fossil fuel oils, and how to stop generating so much garbage (especially plastic waste) in this 8-9-week inquiry unit on sustainability. Everything from pollution to conservation, carbon footprints to single-use disposables, renewable energy alternatives like wind, solar, and hydrogen to landfills, and zero-waste lifestyles are covered! This mega unit is
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Global Issues Contemporary World Problems Human Geography Course Bundle
Current Events Global Issues World or Human Geography Capstone Research Project
Culminate your Human Geography, Current Events, or Contemporary World Issues course with this highly scaffolded project that lets your students research and argue for the most urgent issues of the 21st century!It's two projects in one! Students can either: Design a one-pager poster, creating a visual learning tool for others Construct an in-depth research essay, diving into the roots of the issue and thoroughly dissecting possible solutionsEverything is included, from brainstorming to final edit
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Global Issues Contemporary World Problems Human Geography Course Bundle
World Population Growth Decline Inquiry Unit | Human or World Geography
Explore everything about our world’s growing yet also declining human population in this eye-opening inquiry unit that's perfect for your Current Issues or Human Geography course.Students will master key human geography concepts likecauses of historical population growthcurrent population numbersexperts' predicted carrying capacitypopulation pyramids and the demographic transitionlife expectancy, child mortality, fertility and replacement ratesChallenge your students to wonder about the future o
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9th - 12th
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Ecosystems/Ecology Poster Project
This product guides students through the creation of a poster of an ecosystem that illustrates all of the key concepts learned in a unit on ecology. Students begin by drawing abiotic and biotic factors (plants and animals) of an assigned/chosen ecosystem and then add various symbols and labels as they go to illustrate concepts such as food webs, trophic levels, transfer of energy, limiting factors, keystone species, and more. This project assesses student understanding of how ecosystems functio
Energy Sources Environmental Science Sustainability Research Project
This research project involves proposing the best and worst energy source that can be chosen for a new power plant in an imaginary city. Students are given information on the city, such as geographical and climate data. This project suggests students choose from the following energy sources: biomass (municipal solid waste), biomass (wood residue/waste), coal, geothermal, hydroelectric, natural gas, nuclear, oil, solar, or wind. Here is the introduction to the scenario - "The imaginary city of In
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9th - 12th
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HS-LS2-7
, HS-ESS3-2
Population Pyramid Demographic Transition Activity | Human World Geography
Explore the fascinating data that population pyramids reveal about a country. Students learn about why developing and developed nations have very different pyramids and make inferences on causes and effects for every nation's unique display.Also, connect pyramids with the 5 stages of the demographic transition.These activities come as both print-and-go PDF and editable, paperless Google files and are included in the complete Human Population Growth UnitGreatness is being able to make thoughtful
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7th - 12th
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Claim Evidence and Reasoning (CER): Evidence of Climate Change
This claim evidence and reasoning (CER) activity focuses on evidence of climate change using NGSS practices. Students explore evidence of climate change such as tree rings and ice cores using a variety of resources including climate models. This CER resource guides students through the process of developing a claim, gathering credible evidence to support their claim, and persuasively justifying their claim. The CER framework helps students understand how we know the climate is changing by produc
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9th - 12th
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HS-ESS3-5
World_COP 28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai_Current Event News Reading_2023
Current Events Reading Articles for Middle / High School in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. This year's COOP 28 U.N climate summit will be held in Dubai. The main task at COP28 is a first-time assessment of countries' progress towards meeting limiting the global temperature rise.Reading passages cover contemporary issues. Great for current events journaling, reading comprehension practice, standardized test prep, enrichment courses, substitute teacher plans, home school lessons, or informally cha
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7th - 11th
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Environmental Science Journal Prompts
Carefully crafted and curated journal prompts or "Bell Ringers" for college students or A.P. high school levels. 23 questions from 10 different environmental science topics for students to write about either prior to, or as a part of an E.S. lesson. Designed to be student-centered, foster critical thinking, encourage discussion. Most questions are opinion-based and avoid yes/no or incorrect/correct answers.
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Business_California Sues Oil Companies for Climate Change_Current Event_2023
Current events news lesson plans for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.The state of California on Friday filed one of the most significant cases against major oil companies for what it sees is their role in perpetuating climate change. Features:· 2 difficulty levels for differentiation· target vocabulary with visual aids· 5 - 6 reading comprehension questions· open-ended questions to facilitate classroom discussion· student-friendly and age appropriate language· av
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7th - 11th
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INDEPENDENT Fracking Research Project / Debate Speech Prep / Earth Science
Download and START this project in only 2 minutes - NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE on fracking necessary. Set up AN INDEPENDENT WORK PROJECT, A Class Debate, A Research Project, Persuasive Speech Writing, or Group Presentations using this easy, ALL-THE-WORK-IS-DONE-FOR-YOU, comprehensive guide.Contains: - 2 pages filled with 20 questions to spark student's exploration of knowledge - 4 trusted, scientific website links to factual information- 4 pages of ANSWER KEY information for teachers grading (You don't
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-2
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
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The Lion King 2019 Movie Study Guide
This packet includes two versions of the same movie guide. The first guide consists of 75 short answer questions and the second guide consists of 65 multiple choice questions. The short answer is perfect for upper elementary, middle, and high schoolers because it challenges students to think for themselves and comprehend the concepts. The multiple choice questions are perfect for elementary school students still working on comprehension and inferring skills or for differentiation for any student
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-LS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS2-6
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Insolation and the Seasons Learning Activities (Distance Learning)
This zip file contains many different activities (61 pages of student handouts and a 2 PowerPoints with a total of 138 slides) which can be used to compose a unit involving Insolation and the Seasons. Concepts addressed but not limited to include the insolation interactions with the earth's surface, global warming, ozone depletion, angle, duration and intensity of insolation, seasonal influences, water as a climate moderator, heat lag, factors influencing atmospheric transparency and several oth
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8th - 11th
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HS-ESS2-4
, HS-ESS2-6
, HS-ESS2-7
, HS-ESS2-2
Energy in Earth Processes Learning Activities (Distance Learning)
This zip file contains many different activities (66 pages of student handouts and a 2 PowerPoints with a total of 122 slides) which can be used to compose a unit involving energy in Earth processes. Concepts addressed but not limited to include the electromagnetic spectrum, five interactions of solar radiation with the environment, methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation), specific heat, Heat of Fusion, Heat of Vaporization, latent heat and several other concepts. The
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8th - 11th
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HS-PS3-2
Deposition Learning Activities (Distance Learning)
This zip file contains activities (37 pages of student handouts) which can be used to compose a unit involving Deposition. Concepts that are addressed include but not limited to include; factors influencing deposition, erosional-depositional stream systems, glacial deposition, wind deposition and wave deposition. The learning objectives and specific contents of this set of materials is listed below. This set of activities is suited for many earth science, environmental science or physical scien
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8th - 11th
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HS-ESS2-5
Ecosystems/Ecology Project: Nature Documentary
This product guides students through the steps of creating a nature documentary about a specific ecosystem, including explaining all key concepts learned in an ecology unit. The final product of this project is a roughly 5 minute nature documentary movie including video clips from the student’s assigned/chosen ecosystem (out of a list of 9 possible ecosystems found in North America) and voice-over narration from the student explaining the ecology concepts happening in each video clip. Students
Clean Water RAFT Writing
Clean water is an important topic. Writing about it can be challenging. I have found that by using the RAFT format it becomes much easier for them to write. Students will write in different formats in a series of longer length prompts. By using different formats it allows students to build their strengths in writing as the assignment progresses. This format of writing assignment is very helpful with my English Language Learners and students who find writing in content to be difficult. This assi
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9th - 12th
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Travel and Climate Change Educator Guide from MIT's TILclimate Podcast
The future of transportation includes multiple modes and ways of thinking about how we get around. Students learn about Complete Streets, tackle urban street design, and design their own transit system for an imaginary city.SWBATDescribe different modes of transportationUnderstand that there are design solutions to make streets safer and more accessible.Explain a case study related to transportation and mobility.SkillsReading case studiesInterpreting design suggestionsCommunicationVisit https://
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
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