This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students that environmental problems vary from community to community. They learn the difference between urban environmental problems and rural environmental problems, as well as possible solutions to both. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan explains how some chemicals may affect the environment. Students discuss issues relating to the use of chemicals in the environment, learn about the affect they have, and learn careful use of chemicals to protect the environment. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students about the energy that exists in our environment and how it is used. Through this lesson students learn to describe activities that require energy, match activities with their energy source, and apply this to means of transportation. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for ... Full description.

These six reminders to younger students are about bad practices that waste or pollute water. These include waiting to fix a leak, using water from the hot water tap when cooking, carelessly discarding motor oil, tossing toxic materials in the trash, watering the lawn in the middle of the day, and using the garbage disposal too much. There is also a link that leads to information about composting. Full description.

In this energy use simulation students are asked to click on the various household items to see what is draining energy and learn how to make their home more energy efficient. This simulation is not meant to be a definitive guide to energy consumption but rather a general look at how common sense can result in the saving of energy and money. Items such as electrical appliances, home heating systems ... Full description.

This activity is designed to make students aware of just how much clean fresh water is wasted while waiting for the water to become warm in our spigots. They will make predictions of the amount of time and the quantity of water wasted, collect data for the kitchen and bathroom sinks, and calculate the class average of time and water wasted per sink. They are then introduced to the concept of projections, ... Full description.

The purpose of this lesson is to examine the role of technology in identifying and tracking hurricanes. It is the second in a two-part series on the science of hurricanes and the kinds of technology being used to identify and track them. Students broaden their study by exploring how technology and science are used today to identify, measure, and track powerful tropical storms to better warn and secure ... Full description.

This lesson requires the teacher to tell a story and lead a discussion to explain how electricity causes air pollution. The story and related discussion are designed to help the student to understand why saving energy, including electricity, hot water and home heating, helps to reduce air pollution. Full description.

This lesson is the first of a two-part series on the science of hurricanes and the kinds of technology being used to identify and track them. In this segment, students examine different scientific aspects of hurricanes, all in an effort to begin to understand the nature of motion, particularly how changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces. Full description.

Students are introduced to general space science with information about astronauts, space probes, space travel, the Hubble Space Telescope, space suits, and the Columbia Shuttle accident. Biographies of important scientists and astronauts are included, and vocabulary crossword puzzles, maps, logic riddles, and coloring pages extend learning. Each page offers links to a glossary of important terms. ... Full description.