The purpose of this lesson is to increase students' awareness of the need for solid waste management. They will become aware of the types of materials discarded in the environment, identify and classify types of materials, learn to predict and evaluate information, work cooperatively in groups to process information, and make decisions about further actions to be taken concerning solid waste management. ... Full description.

This lesson is designed to help students recognize and deal with bias which may be found in scientific studies. Students will discover that because human values deeply influence terminology, the questions asked, and the criteria for choosing among theories, science incorporates procedures intended to eliminate (or at least reduce) the influence of natural biases we all have. One of these is the requirement ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students that our Solar System is composed of many objects which revolve around a star, the Sun. In this lesson students learn about the Earth-Moon-Sun system, satellites, orbits, rotation and revolution. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors ... Full description.

In this lesson, students will: locate the park they are visiting on a map; compare land cover and land use on a map to the land use today; and make predictions about land cover and land use based on topography, resources, history and demographic trends. This lesson plan is designed to accompany the Digital Shaded-Relief Map of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Land Cover Map, both ... Full description.

This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the concept of pollution prevention (P2). Instead of trying to clean up pollution after it has been created, P2 focuses on reducing the generation of pollution and waste by changing or modifying plans, practices, or habits. P2 also includes activities that protect natural resources through conservation or more efficient resource use. Pollution ... Full description.

In this project, students will pretend to be experts called on to describe the acid precipitation problem in the fictitious city of Ramford. Their presentations will cover the following: the types and causes of acid precipitation; the trends over time for pH levels of surface-water and precipitation in Ramford County; the point and non point-source contributors to acid precipitation for Ramford County; ... Full description.

This lesson will examine the conflict between development and the environment, and the attempts for a sound compromise while still helping the earth sustain the economic growth, expansion, and pressure we are exerting on its natural resources. Using estuaries as a case study, students will be encouraged to consider the interaction between environmental and economic demands, and to seek a balance that ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 9-12. It focuses on how astronomers use light properties, and the doppler-effect (redshift), to determine that stars are moving away from the Earth and the universe is expanding. It includes objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions, evaluation ideas, performing extensions, suggested readings, and vocabulary. ... Full description.

This contrived natural selection simulation has students build and modify simple paper airplanes (Origami Birds). They demonstrate that: mutations occur randomly; selection is based on the immediate needs of the organism; inherited characteristics (whether mutated or not) are contingent; divergent evolution may occur when sub-populations face different environments; convergent evolution may result ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan for kindergarten students is designed to teach about rocks as part of the composition of the Earth. Students will explore characteristics, uses, and classification of rocks. This 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 ... Full description.