Educator Resource - Language arts
Resources
Air Pollution: What's the Solution
 | Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Web site |
| Summary: Air Pollution: What’s the Solution? is an educational project for students, grades 6 - 12, that uses online real time data to guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of ground level ozone. Core activities include The Ozone Betwee... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - School Projects |
| Summary: Asthma. Rising cancer rates. Viruses we have never heard of before. Just a few of the incredibly complex health problems that confront society today. What part does our environment play? That's the question EnviroMysteries sets out to answer. Through intrigu... |
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Contaminated Water, What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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Energy Audit: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary - School Projects |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Glossary - Science Fair Projects - Web site |
| Summary: Resources are provided for new and experienced educators who teach environmental science. These resources have been developed and compiled by experienced environmental science teachers. A wide range of resources are provided including data tables, examples,... |
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Exploring the Environment Through Children's Literature: An Integrated Approach
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) |
| Summary: Non-fiction
AuthorsButzow, Carol M and John W. Butzow, illustrated by Rhett E.Kennedy ISBN1-56308-650-6 Fifteen chapters provide suggestions for literature use for topics that include air pollution, solid waste and recycling, effectos o... |
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Fuel Cells: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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IDEM Air Quality Environmental Education Lesson
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: These lessons provide teacher preparation, presenter preparations, lessons and activities, extensions, standards, glossary of air quality and air pollution terms and additional resources. These are designed for K-3 and 4-6. |
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Lanuage Arts and Environmental Awareness: 100+ Integrated Books & Activities for Children
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Non-fiction, lesson and activity book
AuthorsRoberts, Patricia L ISBN0-208-02426-1 Lanugage arts consists of language, listening, folk literature, reading, speaking, and writing and techniques and resources for involving students ages 5... |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: This lesson is designed for grades K-3 and can be used in social science, math and English. Students will take a first-hand look at excess packaging and determine ways to reduce waste. |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: This lesson is designed for grades 4-5. Students will recognize the impace of humans on natural systems; make predictions about the impace of certain behaviors and how personal or cultural perspectives affect these behaviors; assess factors that affect consum... |
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| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: This lesson is designed for grades K-3 and can be used in Social Science and English. Students will be able to discriminate between wants and needs, quantiy and quality, necessities and luxuries; evaluate their own motives for buying things; think about the l... |
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On the Trail of the Missing Ozone
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report |
| Summary: This book provides an introduciton into why we need the ozone layer, the causes of ozone depletion and some actions to correct the problem. It is available in several formats including text and pdf. Links within the text illustrate definitions. |
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| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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Solar Cars: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Designed for grades 4-5, this lesson will help students recognize that there is no "away" in "throw it away"; identify the destination of the waste they generate at home and at school; identify the negative aspects of dumping or burning trash; learn the "solid... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities |
| Summary: This is a collection of plays that are often used for enriching pollution prevention and waste reduction lessons. Throwaway Three is a classic skit found in many locations but was originally developed by the Atlanta Clean City Commission. |
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Watersheds: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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Wetlands: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) |
| Summary: Fiction
Author, Shel Silverstein ISBN 0060256672 Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout will not take the gargage out is only one of many excellent poems that can be used to teach many topics including waste management.One example, Where is Away, ca... |
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