By tracing the movement of radiation released during an accident at the …
By tracing the movement of radiation released during an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, students see how air pollution, like particulate matter, can become a global issue.
The Student Climate Assembly Toolkit describes how we design and implementation of …
The Student Climate Assembly Toolkit describes how we design and implementation of the program. This is not a plug and play unit plan. Instead, it is a guide with options and resources for teachers to adapt this model to their own region and classroom. The primary audience for this toolkit is high school civics teachers, but it may be of interest to other educators.This toolkit includes: a description of SCA preparation, components and how they were presented (section 1); background information about climate science, deliberative democracy, climate justice and social emotional learning (sections 1 & 3); learning standards & student assessment (section 2); sources for teacher and student research (section 3); and examples of SCA teaching tools (section 4)
Get your students interested in learning about ecological interactions with this One …
Get your students interested in learning about ecological interactions with this One Direction music video parody. The engaging visuals and educational lyrics ensure the subject matter is remembered by all who watch. As part of the Ecology and Environment topic from The Virtual School. Music - ';Live While We're Young' by One Direction. This video is distributed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
This resource is about exploring how relationships are formed in an ecological …
This resource is about exploring how relationships are formed in an ecological system. Whether it be in a community, population, or even in a predator/prey situation. Energy flows through chains, webs, and pyramids in an ecological system. Understanding this energy flow helps us to see the diversity of the ecosystem and its inhabitants.
Air is one of Earth's most precious resources, and we need to …
Air is one of Earth's most precious resources, and we need to take care of it in order to preserve the environment and protect human health. To this end, students develop their understanding of visible air pollutants with an incomplete combustion demonstration, a "smog in a jar" demonstration, and by building simple particulate matter collectors.
In this 7th grade science lesson, students identify desirable traits in plants …
In this 7th grade science lesson, students identify desirable traits in plants and take cuttings from parent plants to facilitate asexual propagation and produce offspring with identical DNA.
In this 7th grade science lesson, students review the structures and processes …
In this 7th grade science lesson, students review the structures and processes that allow flowering plants to reproduce, and then pick a flower from the garden to dissect and diagram.
In this 6th grade Science class, students learn how to build a …
In this 6th grade Science class, students learn how to build a compost pile, learn about organisms needed for decomposition, and begin to understand the purpose of compost in the garden.
In this 6th grade science class, students consider how they use water …
In this 6th grade science class, students consider how they use water in their daily lives and learn that water is a nonrenewable resource in a closed system.
In this 6th grade science lesson, students are introduced to the garden …
In this 6th grade science lesson, students are introduced to the garden as a classroom. They meet the garden staff, tour the garden, learn the basic systems and routines of the garden classroom and are introduced to the Edible Schoolyard life skills and values.
In this 7th grade science lesson, students deepen their understanding of pollen …
In this 7th grade science lesson, students deepen their understanding of pollen and pollinators by practicing the use of microscopes to observe pollen and bee species from the garden.
In this 6th grade science class, students observe mushrooms growing wild in …
In this 6th grade science class, students observe mushrooms growing wild in the garden, handle examples of common edible mushrooms and learn about the lifecycle of fungi.
In this sixth grade science lesson, students will learn the main components …
In this sixth grade science lesson, students will learn the main components of soil and discuss how soil is created in nature as well as how we can conserve it in the garden.
In this 8th grade science lesson, students test the pH levels of …
In this 8th grade science lesson, students test the pH levels of soil from three different sites in the garden to determine the level of acidity in the garden soil.
In this 7th grade science lesson, students harvest, prepare and eat beets …
In this 7th grade science lesson, students harvest, prepare and eat beets cooked in the wood-fired oven while reflecting on their second rotation in the garden.
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