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Students explore, evaluate, and communicate personal and scientific investigations to understand the nature of science. Students also identify and evaluate the relationships and ethical implications of science upon technology, environment, and society. Students will learn the importance of all three principles of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" with emphasis on natural resources.

These two units of study - Unit #98 and Unit #99 - from the South Dakota Teacher's Curriculum Bank are designed for K-2 students. The students will recognize that there are many ways we can protect resources.

This unit of study will provide children the opportunity to learn ways to take care of their environment and the consequences if they do not. The children will know what it means to use an object again, to use it in a new way, and to create new objects from old. Various activities are planned to facilitate this learning.

Whether you are a nature enthusiast, book lover, young conservationist, student, teacher, or Refuge friend, you are invited to join America's Wild Read community.

Over the next 11 weeks, the US Fish & Wildlife Service will be guiding a national virtual book club. You are an important part of the adventure!

This week long unit examines the seminal work by Rachel Carson, as an example of scientific writing. Silent Spring was the first book to bring pesticides and the wide spread use of chemicals in the environment to the public's attention. Students will read selected chapters for both scientific content and literary analysis.

If you are looking for supplemental resources for your ecology unit or are looking to give your students an in-depth look into biomes and ecology, this website provides numerous lesson plans and ideas regarding how to approach the subject.

This Unit Outline allows students to explore a local watershed, where they learn basic ecological concepts, conduct scientific inquiries, understand the interdependence between science, technology, and mathematics in an urban community, develop competency in the use of technology equipment, and develop cooperative working relations.

Include a multitude of subject areas in a study of biodiversity. Project Learning Tree provides lessons on ecology, conservation, invasive species, endangered species, government issues, and geography. It is easy to take a multifaceted approach to teaching about biodiversity, and lessons about biodiversity can be included in an array of classes.