Students participating in this lesson will collect, observe, and record particulates from the air to contrast visible and invisible air pollution. They then complete a simulation of the damage due to acid rain to illustrate invisible pollution. The lesson plan provides essential elements, objective, focus, a list of materials, background information, procedure, and ideas for enrichment. 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.

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 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 discusses how fossil fuels are obtained from the Earth, the effect this has on the environment, means of restoring the environment after surface mining, and the effect of energy use on the environment. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches students about alternative forms of energy while they design models to show how these energy sources can be used. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity approach while incorporating themes necessary to raise the activity ... 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.

This activity has students explore the role that forests play in their own lives by listing everyday products made from trees. They use the Internet to find as many uses for trees as possible in order to develop a class list that should include foods from trees, products derived from all parts of a tree, environmental benefits of trees, and recreational uses of trees. Students are then asked to imagine ... Full description.

Most people today get their water from public utility companies, who obtain it from a natural source. Some of our water comes from surface water such as lakes and rivers. Other utility companies get water from underground sources (rock, clay, sand, gravel) called aquifers. Public utility companies must clean this water to make it safe. This process is called water treatment. This lesson has students ... Full description.

This lesson demonstrates the effect of acid on statues and buildings. Students learn the nature of acid rain, the damage it can cause, and why it can cover large areas. The lesson includes essential elements, focus, objective, a list of materials, background information, procedure and ideas for extensions. Full description.