Screenshot of video lesson plan "World of Difference" showing probability skills used to assess biodiversity
In this interactive biodiversity lesson, students work in small groups to complete a probability-based simulation that models...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Chips of Trade" showing comparison of chips to resource abundance
In this interactive classroom simulation, students take on the roles of different countries to explore how global...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "For the Common Good" using deforestation as an example of tragedy of the commons
In two interactive simulation games, students develop and apply short-term consumption strategies to maximize shared group resources...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Lesson for Life" showing a day in the life of a Senegalese schoolgirl
Students explore the global impact of girls’ education by analyzing a dialogue between two Ethiopian girls, viewing...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Like Oil and Water" showing an oily feather being cleaned by a toothbrush
In this engaging, standards-aligned STEM lesson, students use the engineering design process to research, design, build, and...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Chips of Trade" showing push and pull factors of migration
This interactive social studies and geography activity has students take part in a push-pull migration simulation to...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Who Polluted the Potomac?" showing interactive activity
In this hands-on environmental science and geography lesson, students engage with the interactive story “Who Polluted the...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Water, Water Everywhere" showing distribution of world's water between oceans, polar ice, and other reservoirs
Students begin by observing a brief but powerful demonstration of how Earth’s freshwater is distributed across the...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Timber!" showing role-play in deforestation demand and supply simulation
In this interactive forest sustainability and environmental science simulation, students take on roles within a forest management...

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