Grade Level:
6-8
Teacher Resources
Students use the engineering design process to create and test prototypes for cleaning up oil spills. Students...
Students visit the supermarket and investigate products’ containers and packaging options to determine which products would produce...
Through riddles and cooperative learning math activities, students work through problems to calculate and visualize millions and...
Students use manipulatives to explore the environmental impact of four different types of protein, and the pros...
After matching everyday products to their rock or mineral sources, students “mine” chocolate chip cookies to discover...
Students demonstrate the effects of crowding in a “jumping jack” activity, discuss the pros and cons of...
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a...
Students gain an understanding of carrying capacity when they act as predatory animals in a finite area...
Students interpret various forms of data (graphic, written, and visual) and identify relationships between factors of climate...
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"The activities not only bring out important content, but they also provide real-world context for environmental, population and sustainability issues. They engage participants in very thought-provoking and critical-thinking discussions.”
Helen de la Maza, Environmental Educator, Irvine, CA