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Dangerous Air
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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.

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Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Engineering
Physical Science
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TeachEngineering
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TeachEngineering
Author:
Amy Kolenbrander
Denise Carlson
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Tyman Stephens
Date Added:
10/14/2015
Democracy in Action - Student Climate Assembly
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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)

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Atmospheric Science
Social Science
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Author:
Cheryl Lydon
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Digital Age Skill: Atmosphere Unit - Empowered Learner Activities
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This is a lesson using Digital Age Skills in Science and Earth Science in Grade 8.

Original Author: Jamie O'Connor, Freeman

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Atmospheric Science
Education
Educational Technology
Physical Science
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06/25/2019
Dripping Wet or Dry as a Bone?
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Students use a sponge and water model to explore the concept of relative humidity and create a percent scale.

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Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Engineering
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
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TeachEngineering
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TeachEngineering
Author:
Amy Kolenbrander
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Denise W. Carlson
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Date Added:
10/14/2015
Ecological Interactions One Direction Music Video
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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

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Date Added:
03/22/2013
Ecology Exploration-Predator/Prey Relationships
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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.

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Date Added:
07/20/2017
For Your Eyes Only
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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.

Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Engineering
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
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TeachEngineering
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TeachEngineering
Author:
Amy Kolenbrander
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Denise Carlson
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Sharon Perez
Date Added:
10/14/2015
Garden Science: Asexual Propagation
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Biology of a Flower
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: CHNOPS
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In this 8th grade science lesson, students review the six essential elements of life and discuss how they function in the garden.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Compost Lab
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Drop in the Bucket
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Food System
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In this 7th grade science lesson, students are introduced to the food system and play an interactive game called The Wind Blows.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Garden Orientation - The Card Hike
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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.

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02/03/2014
Garden Science: Levers Lab
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In this 7th grade science lesson, students learn about levers and use them to make-work easier.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Microscope Lab
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Mushrooms
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Soil and Erosion
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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.

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02/12/2014
Garden Science: Soil pH Lab
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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.

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Date Added:
02/12/2014
Garden Science: Wood-Fired Beets
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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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02/12/2014