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Lessons & Activities
Through discussion and brainstorming, students will learn about the destructive impact of environmental factors on man-made artifacts and structures in this classroom activity. Upon completion of one or more activities, students will gain a concrete understanding of the complexity of the science
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials
In this post, students will learn about the concept of eco-cities (cities designed to be in balance with nature) and their impact on the sustainability movement. Written by Art Molella, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, thi
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Addresses the creation, growth, and future of cities.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Lasky's picture-book sketch of naturalist's John Muir focuses on Muir's special love of California's snowy Sierras and Yosemite Valley and his successes in founding Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School,Early Elementary School
A biography of Lady Bird Johnson, who, as the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, reminded citizens about the importance of conserving natural resources and promoted the beautification of cities and highways by planting wildflowers.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, here is a biography of Rachel Carson, the pioneering environmentalist. She wrote Silent Spring to wake people up to the harmful impact humans were having on our planet.
Reading Level:
Pre-School,Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School
A lyrical reminiscence for the time before electrical illumination made the natural beauty of the night sky so hard to see.
