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The Use of a Piece of Land (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/education/lessons/act02.pdf
Duane Leavitt
This activity is designed to engage students in a practical exercise in land use planning; to make the students aware of the positive and negative aspects of land use laws and local zoning ordinances ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/
This site houses a compilation of curricular materials. Dozens of courses are listed, representing a broad spectrum of topics in the sciences and humanities. Most of the material was written for ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience, Biology, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Education
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Collection

Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/
Jean Beard, Craig Nelson, Martin Nickles
This is a collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers more effectively teach basic concepts in the areas of evolution and the nature of science. They were developed and ...
Subject: Education, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Biology, Evolution
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity

Water-Borne Illnesses

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/lessons/HShea...
In this curricular unit, students learn how water becomes contaminated with specific water-borne diseases, read personal accounts of unsafe water, and work together to brainstorm solutions to the ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Human Population:Developing/Developed Countries, Geoscience:Hydrology, Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Water Management and Policy, Environmental Science:Policy:Global Policy
Resource Type: Activities:Project, Classroom Activity

Water-Borne Illnesses

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/lessons/HShea...
In this curricular unit, students learn how water becomes contaminated with specific water-borne diseases, read personal accounts of unsafe water, and work together to brainstorm solutions to the ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Human Population:Developing/Developed Countries, Geoscience:Hydrology, Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Water Management and Policy, Environmental Science:Policy:Global Policy
Resource Type: Activities:Project, Classroom Activity

Webshaker

http://webshaker.ucsd.edu/index.html
The UC San Diego Webshaker is a live earthquake experiment conducted over the internet. The user can select a historic earthquake or design an earthquake by specifying the frequency, amplitude, and ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities

The Use of a Piece of Land (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/education/lessons/act02.pdf
Duane Leavitt
This activity is designed to engage students in a practical exercise in land use planning; to make the students aware of the positive and negative aspects of land use laws and local zoning ordinances ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute

http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/
This site houses a compilation of curricular materials. Dozens of courses are listed, representing a broad spectrum of topics in the sciences and humanities. Most of the material was written for ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience, Biology, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Education
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Collection

Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/
Jean Beard, Craig Nelson, Martin Nickles
This is a collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers more effectively teach basic concepts in the areas of evolution and the nature of science. They were developed and ...
Subject: Education, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Biology, Evolution
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity

Event-Based Science: Remote Sensing Activities

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/rs.in...
Event-Based Science is a new way to teach science by using newsworthy events to establish the relevance of science topics. Interviews, photographs, web pages, and inquiry-based science activities ...
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Wildfires, Floods/Fluvial Processes, Volcanism, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Classroom Activity