Apple slices represent different areas of the Earth: water, inhospitable land, used arable land, and arable land for farming
Written and scaffolded for ELL, an apple is sliced into pieces to model the amount of agricultural...
Student contemplates eco-dilemma
Written and scaffolded for ELL, students consider environmental dilemmas in small groups and discuss how they would...
Written and scaffolded for ELL, students construct a word web to show the possible cause and effect...
In this interactive elementary economics lesson, students simulate global resource distribution by competing for limited resources and...
In this fun and interactive lesson, elementary students role-play as pandas living in a bamboo forest affected...
In this engaging elementary lesson, students conduct a classroom census – they collect data about their schoolmates’...
In this interactive environmental literacy lesson, students first listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and discuss...
In this engaging two-part elementary lesson, students first explore the impact of outdoor environments on their mood...
In this interactive lesson, elementary students work in small groups to design and build 3-D model communities...

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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