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Race to Displace
In this ESD board game students assume the characteristics of native or introduced plants to experience first-hand the influence of species interactions and changing environmental conditions on ecosystems. It also provides an excellent framework for exploring...
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The Invaders: Video
This short video explores the issue of invasive species. Focusing on the zebra mussel, the film effectively demonstrates the environmental and economic damage that can result from the introduction of this and other non-native species. Attention...
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Rain Check: A Guide For Stormwater Action
This guide for taking action provides an opportunity to engage students in a service learning project. They investigate how storm water run-off can effect the water cycle, ecosystem preservation, flooding, pollution and the quality of their drinking water....
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Tracks in the Snow....in the Classroom?
This resource offers a number of engaging activities in which students identify and interpret animal tracks left behind in the snow. The learning can take place in a near-by natural area, the schoolyard and the classroom. The resource provides direct...
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Snow Characteristics
In this outdoor inquiry students investigate how the depth and composition of snow can determine its insulating effects. After digging a snow pit, the air temperature is measured and the temperature and composition of the snow are recorded at regular...
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Providing a Backyard Feeding Station for Birds
This easy to implement activity provides students and teachers with a blueprint for building a winter bird-feeding station. Using readily available and inexpensive materials, students create different types of feeders to attract a variety of over-wintering...
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Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution or Just Another Fossil Fuel?
Students explore current information about natural gas and compare its greenhouse gas emissions to those of other fossil fuels. They take positions and debate the question: Should we expand our use of natural gas as an energy resource, using it...
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How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate
The internet and other media offer an over abundance of information and opinions about climate change. The challenge is to ensure our youth are provided with authentic evidence that supports informed decision making. This book introduces young...
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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks
Through the personal stories of six remarkable women this book teaches young people that taking the time to observe our natural world will reward us with amazing discoveries. From the lesser known Maria Merian to the well-known Jane Goodall, all...
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Global Water and Sanitation Curriculum
Global Water and Sanitation Awareness Curriculum consists of a number of activities (water usage survey,creative writing, art projects, simulations,action plans) designed to raise student awareness of the unequal availability and use of water, the...
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Why Care About Water?
The aim of the video is to convey a simple, urgent message. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the dinosaurs roamed. Just less than one percent of the planet's water is available to meet the daily drinking water, sanitation...
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Water: The Drop of Life
The video aims to make two essential points. First. the global well is threatened. While the amount of water in the well has remained constant, the claim is that water is increasing to meet the demands of the growth in agriculture, industry and population...
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Nature's Partners - Pollination, Plants and You
This comprehensive set of seven learning modules introduces students to the fascinating relationship between plants and pollinating insects. Throughout the detailed biological investigation of bees, moths and butterflies there is an emphasis on...
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Biodiversity and Climate Change
The video explores the chain of cause and effect that links climate change to a loss of biodiversity and concludes with an outline of possible responses aimed at mitigating this effect. The link between cause (climate change) and effect (loss of biodiversity)...
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The Hidden Beauty of Pollination
Louie Schwartzberg introduces some "nectar' from his film, The hidden beauty of pollination. The images that follow illustrate his description of pollination as a dance between plants and animals, a love story that feeds the world, a magic moment where...
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What is a Dead Zone?
Viewers will dive into the Chesapeake Bay with Philippe Cousteau and team to learn how a 'dead zone' forms and investigate one of the most ecologically important Bay inhabitants, the Eastern Oyster. Scientist and students explain the criteria used...
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Declining Fish
Declining Fish is included in a larger unit of study developed by National Geographic to help students identify the issues and terminology related to fisheries sustainability. The video focuses on a study that identifies overfishing as the biggest...
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Herring Hazards
Herring Hazards is included in a larger unit of study developed by National Geographic to help students identify the issues and terminology related to fisheries sustainability. The video explores the herring population and suggests that while the...
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Eco Footprints
This resource introduces the "eco footprint" concept by involving students in a series of activities designed to develop a sense of personal responsibility for energy use. Environmental citizenship skills are also fostered through a student-led...
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Monarch Migration-Elementary
A combination of stirring music and spectacular time lapse photography captures the Monarch butterfly life cycle from egg to adult. This remarkable audio-visual experience also includes footage of the seasonal migration of these delicate creatures...
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