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Unit 2: Water Footprints part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Unit 2 opens a window into water accounting and reveals intensive water use that few people think about. How much water goes into common commodities? Have you considered how much water it takes to support our ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Economics, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 1: What is Sustainability in the Context of Water? part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
In this three to four class unit, students will: Assess the case for a global water crisis and its relevance in America. Expand their understanding of sustainability as a contestable concept and movement. Consider ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation, Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Lesson 2: My Water Footprint (High School) part of Teaching Activities
Kai Olson-Sawyer, GRACE Communications Foundation
This lesson centers on a deeper exploration of the water footprint associated with food. Students learned in Lesson 1 that virtual water, especially as it relates to food, typically makes up the majority of their ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water supply/water resource evaluation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Ojibwe Lifeway: Wild Rice Harvesting part of CLEAN Collection

http://g-wow.org/en-us/wildrice/default.aspx

This website focuses on Ojibwe wild rice harvesting (manoomin). It is a celebration of the historical practice of wild rice harvesting, why it is so important to Ojibwe life, and how climate change ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), Informal
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Soils, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Regenerative Agriculture Student Design Challenge part of CLEAN Collection

https://ourclimateourfuture.org/resource/regenerative-ag...

This sustainable agriculture lesson utilizes research from the students and has them teach the class their specific technique, and then allows for creativity in solving a problem they see in a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Project Resilience: Case Studies of Coastal Change part of CLEAN Collection

https://scied.ucar.edu/project-resilience/3

Center for Science Education
Students use primary resources to investigate three case studies of environmental change, including how the combined effects of sea level rise and sinking land are projected to impact the Louisiana ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Your Place in Focus | Adaptation part of CLEAN Collection

https://vermont.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/your-place...

Shari Carswell
This lesson guides students to connect the PBS Adaptation video series on climate adaptation to their own community. Students describe their community, identify climate impacts faced by their ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Our Hungry Planet: Design Thinking Challenge part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/our-hu...

California Academy of Sciences
This activity is the last part in a series called 'Our Hungry Planet.' Students will use their understanding of food systems to choose a topic related to food system issues at different ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

How Much Water Do You Eat? part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/how-mu...

California Academy of Sciences
This lesson will help students understand water use in food production and ways to use less water.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable, Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Ojibwe Lifeway: Maple Sugaring and Birchbark Harvesting part of CLEAN Collection

http://g-wow.org/en-us/maple_birch/default.aspx

Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban (G-WOW)
In this resource, students will investigate impacts of a warming climate on sugar maple and paper birch, two trees of special importance to the Lake Superior Ojibwe. Making maple sugar and harvesting ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Biology, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary