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Lesson Plan: “Belleville” Coal Ash Dumping
In this problem-based learning exercise, students become community members of the town of Belleville, a fictional town in North Carolina where …
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Lesson Plan: Hope After Hurricanes
For classrooms whose communities have been impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The activity allows students to share their experiences and …
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Activity: Mapping Air Pollution in Oakland, CA
In this NGSS-aligned lesson, students learn to make a heat map by drawing contour lines of air pollution in Oakland, CA …
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Activity: Here Comes the Solar Oven
Nachos, anyone? This short experiment leads students through creating a basic solar oven, then using it to make nachos. Yum!
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Lesson Plan: Is Ice, Ice Baby?
In this short experiment, students create a model of land ice and sea ice to learn the different impacts that the …
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Activity: Turbine in the Wind
In this experiment, students apply engineering skills to build a Savonius wind turbine out of cardboard and test its efficiency.
Student Reading
Student Reading: Cleaning Up Coal
Coal is the most powerful fossil fuel, but that comes at the expense of our health.
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Student Reading: El Niño
Changes in weather are observed from day to day. Changes in climate is observed throughout thousands of years. What are those …
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Student Reading: Global Temperature and the Oceans
Climate change doesn't just affect our atmosphere. Read on to see how oceans play an integral role in keeping earth systems …