- Use environmental data and themes to help your students apply mathematics to real-world problems. Assign environmentally-themed math problems, analyze data such as population figures, land use statistics, and pollutant levels, use data to draw inferences about changes in population and natural resource consumption, and have students explain the impacts of their analysis. Use the search function to the right to explore other ways to use environmental data in your classroom.
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The amount of dust in the Earth's atmosphere has doubled over the last century, according to a new study; and the dramatic increase is influencing climate and ecology around the world.
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In this lesson, students discover water and energy connections by learning how sources of energy require substantial amounts of water and how energy is used in the process of providing tap water to millions of homes.
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Developed by the Bonneville Power Administration in Portland, Oregon, Are You an Energy Saver Star? asks students to collect data on energy usage and perform energy audits in a number of capacities. The results are then analyzed to see where the most conservation could be achieved. Adheres to state standards in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Best suited for grad
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The Coral Reef Teacher's Guide from Reef Relief, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting living coral reef ecosystems, provides lesson plans for grades K-12 on coral reefs. The lesson plans are spirally integrated with each grade level, building upon the previous one.
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The From Shore to Sea curriculum was developed as part of the JASON Project's 2003 expedition to Channel Islands National Park in California.
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The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Central Gulf of Mexico website offers a database of lesson plans created by teacher participants with the COSEE Central Gulf of Mexico project. The lesson plans are organized under three broad subject areas: habitats and organisms, coastal processes and marine technology.
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In honor of EE Week's Carbon Footprints theme, the Earth Day Network has developed a special series of high school lesson plans on the following climate-related topics: Biodiversity and Climate; Invasive Species and Climate; Food, Water and Climate; Equity and Climate; and Green Building and Climate. These lessons are best suited for grades 9-12 and adhere to National Science Education St
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