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1rst grade Cultivating Genius Framework science "How do human interactions negatively affect sea turtles and how can we help the turtles and other animals survive? "

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1rst grade Cultivating Genius Framework science "How do human interactions negatively affect sea turtles and how can we help the turtles and other animals survive? "

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Details: This lesson can be added to the Amplify first grade science unit: Animal and Plant Defenses: Spikes, Shells, and Camouflage. It can also be used with any unit on animal defenses and structures.Amplify Chapter 3 Driving Question: How can Spruce the Sea Turtle’s offspring survive where there are sharks? Pursuit addressed:Toward the pursuit of Skills: Students participate in a class reading of an informational text. Students use the information outlined in the text to develop their knowledge of plastic pollution and its negative impact on sea turtles and the environment. They then use this knowledge to inform others or take other steps to help with reducing plastic pollution.Toward the pursuit of Intellect: In this lesson students learn about a topic that affects the environment and specifically how plastic waste affects sea turtles which they have been studying. They can better understand an environmental problem and turn their understanding into action.

Subject:: Biology; Character Education; Civics and Government; Ecology; Elementary Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science
Material Type:: Lesson
Author:: The genius group from Madison Wisconsin
Date Added:: 07/31/2022

2022 WL BEETLES & Nature Journaling

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2022 WL BEETLES & Nature Journaling

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Running Slide Deck from WL BEETLES & Nature Journaling Online Sessions

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Learning Task
Author:: Tiffany Lodholz; skylar primm; Sandy Benton
Date Added:: 02/09/2022

2023-2024 Advancing EL Through Culturally-Relevant Texts

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2023-2024 Advancing EL Through Culturally-Relevant Texts

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This is a brief overview of the collaboration, the timeline of activities, and participation and project requirements.

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Victoria Rydberg; rick erickson; Sandy Benton
Date Added:: 01/02/2024

The 4 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink Lesson Plan

The 4 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink Lesson Plan

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This resource is a lesson plan focusing on teaching the 4 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink. This lesson aims to demonstrate how an understanding of these 4 R's can play an important role in conservation efforts. Also that there many different things everyone can do to incorporate the 4 R's into your life. This lesson plan includes the objectives, standards, teacher background information, time guide, material list, literacy books, vocabulary, directions, and resouces.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Education; Elementary Education; English Language Arts; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Literature; Reading Informational Text
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson; Lesson Plan; Reading
Author:: Enviornmental Defenders Program
Date Added:: 03/26/2024

5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Handouts

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5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Handouts

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These handouts accompany the 5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan. The handouts give criteria for identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, slope and soil suitability criteria for situating the rain garden, and data collection procedures for phosphate testing. The handouts also include guidelines and criteria for the final poster presentation design and Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, as well as rubrics for scoring and guidelines for peer feedback.

5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan

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5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan

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This lesson engages 5th grade students in identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, making a claim on the most suitable site to locate a rain garden by conducting field tests on slope and soil type, and testing
for the presence of phosphates in waterways on school forest property. Students then compete in a rain garden design challenge using their data to create a poster presentation, including a map and claim evidence reasoning, for the best rain garden design plan, scored using a rubric.

6. Humans Affect Climate

6. Humans Affect Climate

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This resource is for teachers who want a lesson on environmental impacts on the climate due to humans for middle school, high school, and college grades. There are various activities, readings, and videos for each of the different schools.

Subject:: Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Higher Education; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson; Lesson Plan; Reading
Author:: CLEAN Committed to Climate and Energy Education
Date Added:: 03/08/2024

AIM: Linking political and environmental action with history

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AIM: Linking political and environmental action with history

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Author: The Genius Group of MadisonGrade Level: fourth/fifthContent Area(s): Social studies, First Nations history, literacy, environmental literacyContext: Students will learn about the American Indian Movement in the United States. The unit is divided into three sections in which primary source images and texts drive inquiry and understanding of this time in history. A slide deck featuring these sources is used in each of the three sections.Section One is a learning provocation with opportunites for rich discussion and wonderings.Section Two is history of the AIM protests and demands, with extra attention to the environment issues revealed.Section Three is for further study, some supplemental resources to investigate the Embridge pipeline dispute with Ojibwe BadRiver Tribe and the history of protests in northern Wisconsin about treaty rights regarding spearfishing.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Social Studies
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Author:: Sandy Benton; The genius group from Madison Wisconsin; Rick Erickson
Date Added:: 06/04/2024

AIM: Linking political and environmental action with history : Through Culturally Relevant Texts

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AIM: Linking political and environmental action with history : Through Culturally Relevant Texts

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Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Other; Primary Source
Author:: The genius group from Madison Wisconsin
Date Added:: 04/06/2024

Aadizookaan (Winter Only)

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Aadizookaan (Winter Only)

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Storytelling is an important part of traditional Native American culture. It is important to remember that some stories can only be told in the Winter out of respect for the names that can only be told when the snow is on the ground. Please use the references shared on this page in accordance with the respectful practice of Winter only storytelling. As always, it is best to have the guidance of an experienced elder and / or storyteller when planning best use in the classroom. This unit blended the use of traditional knowledge with textbook based science concepts to show the interconnection between them. Many traditional stories give an explanation of plant and animal adaptations that have a scientific benefit for the organism.

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Life Science; World Languages
Material Type:: Primary Source; Reference Material; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Sandy Benton; Tammy Moncel; Rick Erickson
Date Added:: 05/30/2023

About Climate Wisconsin – Climate Wisconsin – PBS Wisconsin Education

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About Climate Wisconsin – Climate Wisconsin – PBS Wisconsin Education

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Climate Wisconsin is an educational multimedia collection featuring stories about the impact of climate change in Wisconsin.
LEARNING GOALS:
Expand understanding of how climate change impacts life in Wisconsin.
Connect personal observations to the study of climate and environmental science.
Identify actions that may impact changes to our climate.

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Adams County

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Through a series of three learning experiences, taking place across multiple weeks, students will participate in inquiry-based learning about the county in which they live and learn. Students will write informative pieces to teach others about the natural and cultural communities of Adams County.

Subject:: English Language Arts; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Date Added:: 02/21/2019

Adaptation & Mitigation | Climate Wisconsin

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Adaptation & Mitigation | Climate Wisconsin

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How do we respond to changes in our climate?
Changes in the climates we live in are part of our lives today, and will continue to be part of them in the years to come. Discover what the concepts of adaptation and mitigation have to do with climate change and what the strategies they include may mean for us and our communities.

This resource is part of Climate Wisconsin, a collection of educational media resources for middle and high school classrooms from PBS Wisconsin Education.

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Other
Provider:: PBS Wisconsin Education
Author:: PBS Wisconsin Education
Date Added:: 07/27/2023

AirNow.gov Air Quality Monitor for your location

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AirNow.gov Air Quality Monitor for your location

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AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. Our recently redesigned site highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state, national, and world views. A new interactive map even lets you zoom out to get the big picture or drill down to see data for a single air quality monitor.

AirNow reports air quality using the official U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), a color-coded index designed to communicate whether air quality is healthy or unhealthy for you. When you know the AQI in your area, you can take steps to protect your health.

AirNow is a partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Park Service, NASA, Centers for Disease Control, and tribal, state, and local air quality agencies. Complete list of AirNow partners. Agencies all over the country send their monitoring data to AirNow for display. The Department of State provides data from U.S. Embassies and Consulates to inform personnel and citizens overseas, and the U.S. Forest Service and NOAA provide fire and smoke data.

AirNow’s centralized data system provides quality control, national reporting consistency, and the ability to distribute data to the public, researchers, businesses, educators, and to other data systems. In AirNow, you’ll find:

Current and forecast air quality maps and data for more than 500 cities across the U.S.
Current and historical data for U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world
Current fire conditions including fire locations, smoke plumes, and air quality data from permanent and temporary air quality monitors
Air quality data for Canada and Mexico
Enviroflash emails, apps, widgets, and an API
Health and air quality information for
the public
healthcare professionals
teachers and students
weathercasters

Air Quality from Space Satellites

Air Quality from Space Satellites

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This resource is for students and educators who want to learn about how satellites can collect data on Earth’s air pollution and greenhouse gas levels from space.This is a lecture video from NSF NCAR Scientist and Associate Director Dr. Pieternel Levelt.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Global Education; Higher Education; Life Science
Material Type:: Lecture; Primary Source
Author:: NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Date Added:: 03/09/2024

American Indian Curriculum Links by Lucille Burr.pdf

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American Indian Curriculum Links by Lucille Burr.pdf

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Recommended resources that Lucille Barr has used in her classroom. Lucille has graciously shared them with the Advancing Environmental Literacy through Culturally-Relevant Text Sets group.

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Social Studies
Material Type:: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: Lucille Barr
Date Added:: 04/11/2022

Animal Classification

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Animal Classification

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This is a resource to classify different animal species. See pictures and facts about animals around the world. Search specific landscapes and animal types.

Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Learning Task; Reading; Reference Material
Provider:: National Geographic Society
Date Added:: 02/09/2017

Animals: Their Bodies and Behaviors Help Them to Survive

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Animals: Their Bodies and Behaviors Help Them to Survive

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In this short unit of study, kindergarten students will learn about adaptations and behaviors that both domesticated and wild animals implement to protect themselves and their young. This unit is a series of 3 video lessons and 2 field-based lessons.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Life Science
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Author:: Sandy Benton; Katelyn Pauling
Date Added:: 09/21/2022

Anung Masinaaigan (star map), Giizis (moons), and Phenology

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Anung Masinaaigan (star map), Giizis (moons), and Phenology

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As a high school science educator at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe school, indigenous culture and teachings are incorporated into my instruction as much as possible. This text set was incorporated in my Astronomy class tying in Ojibwe Moons and seasonal constellations with northern Wisconsin phenology. A discussion of text set implementation is also included in this OER.Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School is a Bureau of Indian Education/Tribally controlled school catering to students who are themselves tribally enrolled or descendants of a tribal member.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; World Cultures; World Languages
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Primary Source; Unit of Study
Author:: Sandy Benton; Wendy Fuller; Rick Erickson
Date Added:: 05/30/2023

Apostle Island Indian Pageant

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Apostle Island Indian Pageant

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Subject:: Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Information and Technology Literacy; Social Studies
Material Type:: Lesson; Unit of Study
Author:: Sandy Benton; Liz Bodin
Date Added:: 06/01/2022