Give Water A Hand is a national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects. Following the steps in the Give Water A Hand Action Guide, your youth group or class plans and completes a community service project to protect and improve water resources. The free action guide is available for download here. Give Water A Hand program activities are ... Full description.

This on-line project is part of the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) program, which has developed internet activities for the elementary, middle, and high school level student. This project involves comparing the water quality of local rivers, streams, lakes or ponds with other fresh water sources around the world. The focus is to assess the quality of water based on physical ... Full description.

Project Oceanography is a live television program designed for middle school science students. Each week during the school year, students can learn about a variety of ocean science topics. Some of the topics covered include: Antarctic oceanography, marine debris, tsunamis, plankton, hydrodynamic flow through seagrass beds, channel islands, kelp forests, cold seeps, pollution, and water quality. Programs ... Full description.

This activity allows students to explore the roles of oil and water in the Middle East, especially in Iraq. Students will use maps to look at the distribution of oil in the Middle East and discuss what it means for the different countries in the region. They will also examine how water has influenced the region historically and politically. Finally, they will study specific aspects of Iraq's struggles ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on the seasonal changes that affect life in a temperate forest ecosystem and how organisms in a temperate forest are dependent on one another for proper nutrition. Students describe the three major types of organisms that live in an ecosystem, three types of consumers, food webs, and food chains. They ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan dicusses the role of predators in ecosystems. Students learn the terms prey and predator, define the relationship between these two, discuss the effects of a lack of predators in an environment, define scavenger and separate the role of scavenger from that of predator. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches about the relationships of organisms in ecosystems. Students construct models of ecosystems, recognize different trophic levels, recreate food chains, and differentiate energy flow and nutrient cycling. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on the coasts of the United States. Students learn about primary and secondary coast characteristics and how they form, then do research in groups on a particular region of the U.S. to create a visual presentation to the class. Included are objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions, evaluation ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on adaptations that desert animals must make in order to survive in the harsh desert environment. Each student studies a certain creature and reports on specific adaptations it has made, and then a game is played to introduce students to these concepts. Included are objectives, materials, procedures, ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on biodiversity within ecosystems and within species. Students visit a local area and collect leaves to demonstrate how diverse life can exist within a small area. Included are objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions, evaluation ideas, suggested readings, and vocabulary. There are videos ... Full description.