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100th Day of School Activities

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Resources to mark the 100th day of school with math activities. Challenge students to generate 100 different ways to represent the number 100. Students will easily generate 99 + 1 and 50 + 50, but encourage them to think out of the box. Challenge them to include examples from all of the NCTM Standards strands: number sense, numerical operations, geometry, measurement, algebra, patterns, data analysis, probability, discrete math, Create a class list to record the best entries. Some teachers write 100 in big bubble numeral style and then record the entries inside the numerals.

Subject:: Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Mathwire
Author:: Terry Kawas
Date Added:: 02/16/2011

1900 Air Pollution

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1900 Air Pollution

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This article and included graphs,from the web site accompanying the FRONTLINE NOVA special What's Up with the Weather?, reveals how atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides from coal- and oil-burning power plants, cars, and other fossil-fuel-burning sources have climbed along with the world population, with as yet unknown effects on the climate system.

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Data Set; Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: NSDL Staff
Provider Set:: NSDL Science Refreshers
Date Added:: 12/26/2002

2014 National Climate Assessment

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2014 National Climate Assessment

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The National Climate Assessment assesses the science of climate change and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. It documents climate change related impacts and responses for various sectors and regions, with the goal of better informing public and private decision-making at all levels.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: United States Global Change Research Program
Date Added:: 01/01/2014

3rd Grade History Unit: Geography & Cultures of North America

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3rd Grade History Unit: Geography & Cultures of North America

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The unit is focused on the examination of geography in terms of “place.” Students dive into inquiry to answer the compelling questions, “Where are we?” and “Who are we?” Through these two questions students will understand where they live and where people around the world live. Students will also dive into the term “culture” and define it through many characteristics. Students will examine and reflect upon their own culture and research different cultures of North America.

Subject:: Elementary Education
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Provider:: Central Valley School District
Author:: Leslie Heffernan; Morgen Larsen
Date Added:: 06/15/2018

6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

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6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

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The goals of OpenSciEd are to ensure any science teacher, anywhere, can access and download freely available, high quality, locally adaptable full-course materials. REMOTE LEARNING GUIDE FOR THIS UNIT NOW AVAILABLE!

This unit on weather, climate, and water cycling is broken into four separate lesson sets. In the first two lesson sets, students explain small-scale storms. In the third and fourth lesson sets, students explain mesoscale weather systems and climate-level patterns of precipitation. Each of these two parts of the unit is grounded in a different anchoring phenomenon.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Physical Science; Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Full Course; Lesson; Lesson Plan; Module; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Provider:: OpenSciEd
Author:: OpenSciEd
Date Added:: 08/18/2020

6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling - Unit Overview

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This unit on weather, climate, and water cycling is broken into four separate lesson sets. In the first two lesson sets, students explain small-scale storms. In the third and fourth lesson sets, students explain mesoscale weather systems and climate-level patterns of precipitation. Each of these two parts of the unit is grounded in a different anchoring phenomenon.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Provider:: OpenSciEd
Date Added:: 03/19/2020

6 - E&M + Power Production

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6 - E&M + Power Production

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This unit is loaded with phenomena. The real world task of being a member of Oregon's Energy Commission that must create a 50-Year Energy Plan propels students through a learning arc that includes electricity, magnetism, power production, and climate science. After the Request for a 50-Year Energy Plan students jigsaw energy sources and power production. They need to understand the basic physics of how generators works leads us to build and explore motors (starting with speakers which also connect to the Waves & Technology unit) and inefficient generators (electric guitars). The need for large amounts of energy and efficient generators motivates us to engineer wind turbines and optimize solar cells for a local facilities use. Creating the rubric to evaluate large scale power production launches us into climate science. With all the learning of the unit students and many real world constraints student finally complete, compare, and evaluate their 50-Year Energy Plan.

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Provider:: Portland Metro STEM Partnership
Provider Set:: Patterns Physics
Date Added:: 08/01/2018

AP Environmental Science

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This course contains five projects, plus a course introduction and course closure, that are organized around the following question: “How can we rethink our use of the world’s resources?” Each project involves investigations of sustainability that help contextualize the content required by the new College Board course framework.

Subject:: Environmental Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Lucas Education Research
Provider Set:: Sprocket
Date Added:: 09/04/2019

AP Environmental Science Course Syllabus

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AP Environmental Science Course Syllabus

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This AP Environmental Science class is intended to meet the same objectives as a first-year college-based course.
However, the method of instruction for this course is unique compared to similar courses because we have adopted
a project-based learning (PBL) approach. Although PBL may take many forms, our approach involves student
investigations and simulations that require students to think like scientists, policymakers, farmers, and other adults
in real-world settings. Teachers engage students in collaborative problem solving, argumentation, and deep
exploration of the concepts and principles of the discipline. The goal for student learning is understanding rather
than relying on rote memory to create meaningful learning and knowledge that is actionable, adaptive, and
transferable.

Subject:: Environmental Science
Material Type:: Syllabus
Provider:: Lucas Education Research
Provider Set:: Sprocket
Date Added:: 09/04/2019

AUTO-1440 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Fundamentals

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AUTO-1440 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Fundamentals

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This three credit course offered at Macomb Community College provides an introduction to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Material covered includes alternative fuels, HEV batteries and accessories, HEV maintenance and diagnostics, regenerative braking, and safety procedures. Included educational materials for this course are crosswords, sample exams and quizzes, labs, lesson plans, pre/post assessments, and syllabus. Solutions are not provided with any materials. If you're an instructor and would like complete exams, quizzes, or solutions, please contact theCAAT. This course is composed of ten modules that may be used to supplement existing courses or taught together as a complete course. Module subjects are: Carbon Fuels and the Environment, Intro to Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Systems, Gasoline and Alternative Fuels, HEV Batteries and Service, Electric Motors, Generators, and Controllers, Regenerative Braking, HEV Transmissions and Transaxles, HEV Climate Control, and HEVFirst Resonder and Safety Procedures

Subject:: Automotive Technology and Repair
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lecture Notes; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Center for Automotive Technology - Macomb
Provider Set:: Center for Advanced Automotive Technology
Author:: Macomb Community College
Date Added:: 10/01/2012

Abrupt Climate Change

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Abrupt Climate Change

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This lesson focuses on a current issue in science in order to help students understand the process by which scientific knowledge is developed and refined. The goal of science is to advance human understanding of the natural world and that sometimes means changing long-held views. According to recent studies, many students think that changes come mainly through facts and improved observational and measuring technology. However, they often do not make the distinction that advancements or changes can come from both new observations and reinterpreting old observations.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: AAAS
Provider Set:: Science Netlinks
Date Added:: 04/29/2012

Acid Test Video: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

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Acid Test Video: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

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This groundbreaking NRDC documentary explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green. A related curriculum kit is available at: http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/acidification/files/labkit.pdf

Subject:: Environmental Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Astronomy; Chemistry; Oceanography; Physics; Economics
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lecture
Provider:: National Resources Defense Council; Our Changing Oceans and Estuaries; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Author:: Natural Resources Defense Council - written by Daniel Hinerfeld
Date Added:: 09/17/2009

Activities for Studying Tree Rings Online

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Activities for Studying Tree Rings Online

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Selected resources provide three web-based activities to complement science lessons in an issue of Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The free, online magazine for Grades K-5 teachers explores the essential principles of climate literacy.

Subject:: Education
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:: Ohio State University; Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:: Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle
Author:: Jessica Fries-Gaither; National Science Foundation
Date Added:: 05/30/2012

Addressing Links Between Climate and Public Health in Alaska Native Villages

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Addressing Links Between Climate and Public Health in Alaska Native Villages

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As emissions of heat-trapping bases accumulate in our atmosphere, Earth's polar regions are warming more quickly than at lower latitudes. The rapid environmental changes that result from this warming can have a significant impact on the physical and mental health of rural Alaskans: unpredictable weather and changes in the seasons have made harvesting food more difficult, hazardous, and stressful. The risk of physical injury has also increased, as poor ice, extreme weather, and coastal erosion bring new travel hazards. Increasingly difficult harvest conditions for fish, shellfish, berries, caribou, and sea mammals have also increased concerns about food security. Additionally, declines in snow pack, the threat of drought, changes in lake and river conditions, and damage and disruptions to community water systems have prompted concerns of water security. The climate-related challenge faced by Alaskas tribal health system is to recognize new health stressors and community vulnerabilities, and then find healthy adaptation strategies in an increasingly uncertain future.

Subject:: Environmental Science
Material Type:: Case Study
Provider:: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:: U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:: 08/09/2016

Addressing Short- and Long-Term Risks to Water Supply

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In 2012, water managers in Fredericktown, Missouri, saw their city's main source of water dwindle. They used the EPAs Climate Ready Water Utilities program to consider options and develop plans to protect their water source.

Subject:: Hydrology
Material Type:: Case Study
Provider:: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provider Set:: U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Date Added:: 08/29/2016

Adopting Sustainable Food Practices

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Hear about how respect for Earth can help us attain a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of climate change in this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College.

Subject:: Environmental Science; Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture
Material Type:: Lesson
Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:: NASA; WGBH Educational Foundation
Date Added:: 03/19/2012

Advanced Energy Policy

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Advanced Energy Policy

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Energy policy is typically evolutionary as opposed to revolutionary. We can look to historical policies to understand how we've inherited the policies governing our energy use today. But looking backward only tells us part of the story. In the face of climate change, we need to look ahead and instead envision a more revolutionary change to our energy systems and the policies that govern them. This class takes you on that journey to energy policies past, present, and future. We look at the political realities of addressing climate change at various scales of governance and work together to craft our own ideal scenarios of what a responsible energy future will be.

Subject:: Business and Communication; Environmental Studies; English Language Arts; U.S. History; Economics
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (http; Penn State University
Provider Set:: // e-education.psu.edu/oer/)
Author:: Brandi Robinson
Date Added:: 10/07/2019

Advancing Change through Public Awareness

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Advancing Change through Public Awareness

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As diseases become stronger in nature, currently available antibiotics are no longer strong enough to suppress and cure said diseases. Therefore, what factors contribute to diseases becoming resistant to drugs and what public policies should be developed around them? In this problem-based learning module, students will work with partners or in groups to first assess the increasing problem of drug-resistant diseases and the toll they are taking on the American public. Additionally, students will work to investigate what hospitals and lawmakers are doing to address this problem. Once students understand and are familiar with the current state of affairs, they will then work to further understand and research exactly why this issue needs to be brought to the attention of the general public, in order to promote change to current hospital procedures and policies. Further, students will determine the current political climate and support (or lack thereof) for policy, and will analyze the interest in keeping, changing or removing said policies altogether. Once the group has a full understanding, students will then work to determine their position on the issues surrounding antibiotic resistant diseases and the policies associated with these diseases. As soon as the group reaches a consensus, students will work to research and determine a professional way in which to present their goals and objectives for curbing the issue of drug-resistant diseases.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Social Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Author:: Blended Learning Teacher Practice Network
Date Added:: 11/21/2017

Agent Based Modeling of Complex Adaptive Systems (Basic)

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Agent Based Modeling of Complex Adaptive Systems (Basic)

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Our human society consists of many intertwined Large Scale Socio-Technical Systems (LSSTS), such as infrastructures, industrial networks, the financial systems etc. Environmental pressures created by these systems on EarthŰŞs carrying capacity are leading to exhaustion of natural resources, loss of habitats and biodiversity, and are causing a resource and climate crisis. To avoid this sustainability crisis, we urgently need to transform our production and consumption patterns. Given that we, as inhabitants of this planet, are part of a complex and integrated global system, where and how should we begin this transformation? And how can we also ensure that our transformation efforts will lead to a sustainable world? LSSTS and the ecosystems that they are embedded in are known to be Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). According to John Holland CAS are "...a dynamic network of many agents (which may represent cells, species, individuals, firms, nations) acting in parallel, constantly acting and reacting to what the other agents are doing. The control of a CAS tends to be highly dispersed and decentralized. If there is to be any coherent behavior in the system, it will have to to arise from competition and cooperation among the agents themselves. The overall behavior of the system is the result of a huge number of decisions made every moment" by many individual agents. Understanding Complex Adaptive Systems requires tools that themselves are complex to create and understand. Shalizi defines Agent Based Modeling as "An agent is a persistent thing which has some state we find worth representing, and which interacts with other agents, mutually modifying each otherŰŞs states. The components of an agent-based model are a collection of agents and their states, the rules governing the interactions of the agents and the environment within which they live." This course will explore the theory of CAS and their main properties. It will also teach you how to work with Agent Based Models in order to model and understand CAS.

Subject:: Engineering; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Assessment; Lecture Notes; Reading
Provider:: Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:: Delft University OpenCourseWare
Author:: Dr. Ir. I. Nikolic; Dr.ir. I. Bouwmans
Date Added:: 03/03/2016

Agriculture in a Bottle

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In this seventh grade science Atmosphere and Weather Unit, students will explore the atmosphere, air and water quality, the water cycle, the greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change, and human-environment interaction through a number of experiments, interactive webquests and projects. They will be exposed to the STEM practices behind growing and agriculture in a hands-on, experiential and experimental life science growing project. They will create terrariums in two-liter soda bottles and will focus on the importance of understanding meteorology and the cycling of water and gasses in and out of the Earth and atmosphere in order to effectively plan, grow and harvest.

Subject:: Agriculture
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: North Carolina State University
Provider Set:: Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development
Author:: Illana Livstrom
Date Added:: 03/03/2016