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Environment Common Core W.8.1 resources
Global Warming BUNDLE
158 printable or digital pages for students to explore global warming. Students learn about:the food we eat and where it comes from, how we produce electricity, the effects of buildings on the climate, the increasing magnitude and frequency of storms, how changing weather harms plants and the animals that consume them,questions and writing prompts inspired by Greta Thunberg, and more.PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or a
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4th - 10th
Conversation Starters Package on Bad Habits- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bad habits.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bad habitsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on Netflix.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of NetflixActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on sitcoms.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of sitcomsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Global Warming- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on global warming.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of global warmingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Environmental Issues
Get your middle/high school students thinking and speaking with our newest thought-provoking no prep debates on the topic of environmental issues.Our debate packages encourage critical thinking and allow students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gat
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - Infographic Background Brief
Students need background knowledge to comprehend the novels of the EngageNY modules. Infographic Background Briefs are 1-page documents that serve as an anchor text. In visuals, they present the MOST important information students need to understand about the context of the novel. Introduce the Infographic Background Brief in the beginning of the unit, engage students in close reading of its parts, and use the brief to identify companion texts for students to read and deepen their knowledge of t
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6th - 9th
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Project Based Learning: Plastics | Microplastics | Oceans | Pollution
Are you looking for a unit on the environmental impacts of plastic pollution? Having trouble finding a unit where students are actively engaged through inquiry? We've got you covered! Our FREE mini unit on plastic ocean pollution and microplastics is the perfect supplement to your curriculum. In this unit, students will be introduced to an incredible, real innovator who created a way to reduce plastic ocean pollution using technology. Students will engage in inquiry, research, and collaborative
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5th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
Plants - Writing Prompts
27 printable or digital pages to engage your students in thinking about flowers, trees, bushes and grass: How are BIRDS and PLANTS connected to each other? Which plants ITCH your legs and feet? How does a tree GROW? Why might you SIT on the GRASS? What might you FIND in an old tree? Why are there PLANTS on Earth? Where do animals HIDE? How are plants DIFFERENT from each other? and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use i
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3rd - 8th
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75 Questions for Kids - Back to School Writing
75 printable or digital writing prompts to engage students in thinking about wildlife on their first few weeks of school: Why are people afraid of spiders? Which parts of nature are pointy? Can plants feel pain? How do plants find water? What does an insect think about? Is a mountain alive? Do insects talk to plants? Why are some plants poisonous? What are little animals afraid of? What is a tree made of? and more... Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you would l
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4th - 10th
Darwin's Delights Argumentative Writing: Protecting Organisms from Extinction
Students choose an endangered organism facing extinction before researching its significance to its ecosystem and the consequences of its decreasing population.Students then draft correspondence to a chosen audience (letter or e-mail) before sending it in the last session.The pack includes different graphic organizers, resources for lower ability pupils, as well as lesson plans and rubrics.In the past, this resource has been used alongside Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman, but can be used
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Darwin's Delights Themed Bundle
Spring - Hypothetical Situations (Seasons)
20 printable or digital pages for students to explore hypothetical situations. Students imagine and write about how life would be different...as a roly-polyas a lizardas a duckas a butterflyas an elephantas a mushroomas a cloudas a spideras a ladybugas a dogand many more...Use these writing prompts during the Spring season to promote divergent thinking and creativity. Take a look at the Preview to see a few pages from this packet. If you would like more of this activity, here are the FOUR SEAS
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Lizards and Iguanas - Writing Prompts
This packet has 10 pages of writing prompts about lizards and iguanas for students of compare and contrast, descriptive writing, narrative writing, hypothetical situation, opinion vs facts, internet research, and more. Use in class or as homework. All photos were taken by me while wandering around Puerto Rico on vacation. Enjoy!
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3rd - 8th
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Wildlife Prompts (Fall)
11 printable or digital pages of writing prompts to use in the Fall Season: How is a bridge that takes you across a stream similar to school?What is it like to walk in a forest?Are spiders scary?Does a leaf have a birth and a death?How does a tree keep from falling over?How does a moth know to hide on a tree that it looks like?Are bugs dangerous?Why are flowers blue and yellow and red and pink?Do bugs deserve the same respect that we show elephants and eagles?Does a tree feel pain when a branch
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: October BUNDLE
Return Flight Classroom Study Guide
A new Classroom Study Guide is now available to accompany the PBS documentary, Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands. (Watch a short clip of movie here: http://youtu.be/gnjXsW0AMxs)
This resource was developed for middle school, high school, and community college teachers allowing them to delve deeper into the topics introduced in this educational film. The study guide features seven lesson plans that emphasize the relevant concepts of the film and the pressing environ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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CER Writing | Impact Analysis | Free Climate Change Lesson
This lesson teaches how to write a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph. Students learn about climate change and its impacts on the Earth. Then students choose one impact of climate change and write a paragraph, explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change. Step 1 - Inquire: Teacher shares a video summarizing climate change for context.Step 2 - Investigate: Students take notes while watching four videos of the impacts of climate change. Then the teacher explains how to writ
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
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