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Cleaning with Dirt
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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.
Composting
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In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.
You Can't Take It With You
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This activity models the necessary balance of creating power and cleaning up its associated waste. Learners participate in a game where they attempt to move forward toward a goal.
Biodomes Engineering Design Project
In this design-based activity, learners explore environments, ecosystems, energy flow and organism interactions by creating a model biodome. Learners become engineers who create model ecosystems.
A Degrading Experience
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In this activity on page 27, learners perform an experiment to learn about how different types of marine debris degrade and how weather and sunlight affect the rate of degradation.
Power Up!
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In this online game, learners must purchase power plants for their city.
Going Green
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In this activity, learners conduct a waste audit and use their findings to implement a plan for reducing trash.
Pollution Patrol
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers design devices that can detect the presence of pollutants in the air.
Oil Spill Solutions
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In this activity, learners explore how environmental engineers might approach solving the problem of an oil spill.
What Does Life Need to Live?
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In this astrobiology activity (on page 11 of the PDF), learners consider what organisms need in order to live (water, nutrients, and energy).
Sink or Swim?
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In this activity, learners identify different plastics in a mystery bag. Learners discover that plastics are classified #1 through #7.
Cleaning Air with Balloons
Learners observe a simple balloon model of an electrostatic precipitator. These devices are used for pollutant recovery in cleaning industrial air pollution.
Energy Choices Board Game
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This board game teaches learners about energy decision making. Players select cards that determine the transportation and home design that will influence their expenses as they play.
2-Liter Landfill
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In this activity, learners gain a better understanding of how household/school waste breaks down in a landfill. Learners collect trash and then create miniature landfills in 2-liter bottles.
Zoo Calendar
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Use the Zoo Calendar (page 1 of PDF) to involve learners in interdisciplinary, whole language, and writing activities about ecological concepts.
Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
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In this activity, learners practice the steps involved in a scientific investigation while learning why ice formations on land (not those on water) will cause a rise in sea level upon melting.