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AH-CHOO! A Case Study on Climate Change and Allergies
AH-CHOO! A Case Study on Climate Change and Allergies
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You work for ScienceSpeak, a public relations firm that educates the public ...

You work for ScienceSpeak, a public relations firm that educates the public about scientific issues. Your company has won a contract with the World Health Organization (WHO) to supply materials for their new multimedia public health campaign about climate change. The WHO is specifically interested in the relationship between climate change and the increasing prevalence of allergies and asthma worldwide.
Your boss calls a meeting to discuss the contract. She gives you a set of Data Tables prepared for you by two expert scientists that summarize recent evidence on the effects of increasing carbon dioxide and temperature on allergenic plants. Your job is to design and produce a communication product such as a brochure, poster, web page, or television program that informs the public about potential links between climate change and allergies.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Biology
Material Type:
Interim/Summative Assessment
Lesson Plan
Rubric/Scoring Guide
Provider:
University at Buffalo
Date Added:
12/02/2015
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Adaptation And Mitigation
Adaptation And Mitigation
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This animated video distinguishes the roles of mitigation and adaptation in responding ...

This animated video distinguishes the roles of mitigation and adaptation in responding to climate change. The video offers examples of actions that humans can take as individuals and a society to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change on natural and built environments

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Physical Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
Wisconsin Media Lab
Date Added:
09/14/2016
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Animal Classification
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No Strings Attached
Animal Classification
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This is a resource to classify different animal species. See pictures and ...

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

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Learning Task
Reading
Reference Material
Provider:
National Geographic Society
Date Added:
02/09/2017
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Bird Island: What is Biodiversity?
Bird Island: What is Biodiversity?
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Through spatial and graphical analysis of bird populations on a fictional island, ...

Through spatial and graphical analysis of bird populations on a fictional island, students learn the meaning of biodiversity, species richness, endemism, and abundance. With the teacher acting as a facilitator, students use an interactive PDF map to explore various ways to represent and compare biodiversity across ecoregions. Students manipulate information layers to identify, describe, compare and graph bird distribution patterns in the island's different ecoregions. Rather than being given a list of vocabulary words, students grapple with the material to discover the meaning of these words and concepts. Through this experiential process, they combine the newly acquired terminology with complementary skills to evaluate and communicate their findings on bird biodiversity. This lesson prepares students for the more complex use of spatial and graphical analysis in our GIS-based Amazon unit.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Physical Science
Geology/Earth Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Date Added:
06/16/2015
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Birds, Beaks, and Adaptations
Birds, Beaks, and Adaptations
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Students will investigate bird adaptations first-hand by rotating through a series of ...

Students will investigate bird adaptations first-hand by rotating through a series of feeding stations. Using a tool that simulates one style of bird beak, they will learn how adaptations connect birds to certain habitats and behaviors.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Biology
Material Type:
Interactive
Lesson Plan
Simulation
Provider:
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date Added:
06/21/2016
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Birkebeiner
Birkebeiner
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This video follows John Kotar through the 2010 American Birkebeiner cross-country ski ...

This video follows John Kotar through the 2010 American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race from Cable to Hayward, WI. Having skied every 'Birkie' since it started in 1973, John shares his experience and how the race is being threatened by climate change

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Physical Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
Wisconsin Media Lab
Date Added:
09/14/2016
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Connect, Explore, Engage Template
Conditions of Use:
Remix and Share
Connect, Explore, Engage Template
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This template is to be used in the Connect, Explore, Engage professional ...

This template is to be used in the Connect, Explore, Engage professional learning series. Sign into WISELearn to create your own copy of this resource and update the template and this abstract.

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Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Victoria Rydberg
Sandy Benton
Date Added:
02/01/2019
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Contested Places
Contested Places
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Contested Places is a Siftr-based activity that engages students in exploring their ...

Contested Places is a Siftr-based activity that engages students in exploring their school, neighborhood, or city as a contested place. You can view and comment on other people's examples or upload your own. 
In this activity your task is to locate places and spaces that are contested. You might ask: How do different people view and use this place? What uses cause conflict? How are these conflicts enacted and resolved? Who has power in this place? Who and what is excluded from this place? You may want to look at how people behave or act in the place, but don't forget to also pay attention to what you don't see.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Social Studies
Civics and Government
Economics
Geography
Sociology and Anthropology
Material Type:
Interactive
Learning Task
Lesson Plan
Other
Provider:
Field Day
Date Added:
02/29/2016
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Dr. Carter discusses enabling discovery and design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy
Dr. Carter discusses enabling discovery and design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy
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Professor Carter is a theorist/computational scientist first known for her research combining ...

Professor Carter is a theorist/computational scientist first known for her research combining ab initio quantum chemistry with dynamics and kinetics, especially as applied to surface chemistry. Her research into how materials fail due to chemical and mechanical effects led to new insights into how to optimally protect these materials against failure. Her current research is focused entirely on enabling discovery and design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy.

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Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Technology and Engineering
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
US NSF
Date Added:
12/23/2015
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Drinking Water Treatment 1 - Technology
Conditions of Use:
Remix and Share
Drinking Water Treatment 1 - Technology
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The course provides the technological background of treatment processes applied for production ...

The course provides the technological background of treatment processes applied for production of drinking water. Treatment processes are demonstrated with laboratory experiments.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Physics
Material Type:
Full Course
Lecture Notes
Reading
Provider:
Delft University of Technology
Provider Set:
Delft University OpenCourseWare
Author:
J.C. van Dijk
Date Added:
03/05/2016
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Endangered Species
Conditions of Use:
No Strings Attached
Endangered Species
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This website is a list of threatened & endangered species of Wisconsin. ...

This website is a list of threatened & endangered species of Wisconsin.  You will be able to determine how to identify these species and find out about their habitat, breeding, and sounds.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Reading
Reference Material
Provider:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Date Added:
02/09/2017
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Engineering a Difference
Engineering a Difference
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Engineering a Difference follows three teams of engineering students and professional engineers ...

Engineering a Difference follows three teams of engineering students and professional engineers as they work with communities in Ghana, Kenya and Nicaragua to build critical infrastructure. Together, they develop a clean water supply, electricity and a bridge to help these isolated communities thrive. Here are colorful, compelling stories of how engineers make the world a better place.

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Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Technology and Engineering
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
US NSF
Date Added:
12/23/2015
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Environmental Preservation in the Progressive Era
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No Strings Attached
Environmental Preservation in the Progressive Era
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This collection uses primary sources to environmental preservation in the Progressive Era. ...

This collection uses primary sources to environmental preservation in the Progressive Era. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
U.S. History
Material Type:
Primary Source
Provider:
Digital Public Library of America
Provider Set:
Primary Source Sets
Author:
Ella Howard
Date Added:
04/11/2016
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Farming
Farming
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Kyle Niedfeldt Zenz, a fourth generation farmer in Bangor, WI, is the ...

Kyle Niedfeldt Zenz, a fourth generation farmer in Bangor, WI, is the farm manager at Old Oak Family Farm. Watch as she describes the diverse crops and animals raised on the farm and the challenges they face from climate change, including pests and disease

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Subject:
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Life Science
Physical Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
Wisconsin Media Lab
Date Added:
09/14/2016
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Field Day Lab
Field Day Lab
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Are you a dreamer, risk-taker, and experimental mess-maker? Are you interested in ...

Are you a dreamer, risk-taker, and experimental mess-maker? Are you interested in new media and how technology can transform learning experiences? If so, we want to talk with you! Visit our website to learn more about the workshops, free educational tools, and teacher fellowships we provide.

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Subject:
English Language Arts
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Information and Technology Literacy
Biology
Chemistry
Geology/Earth Science
Physics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Other
Provider:
Field Day
Date Added:
02/17/2016
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Find an Event – Wisconsin Science Festival
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No Strings Attached
Find an Event – Wisconsin Science Festival
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Humans are curious, and humans are problem solvers. These are key components ...

Humans are curious, and humans are problem solvers. These are key components of science. Now, you can join youth scientists at schools across the state to follow your curiosity about what is happening in your school lunchroom. Along the way, you can identify improvements that could be made to reduce or redirect food waste.

This is a statewide field research project using Field Day Lab’s online siftr.org tool. The project is intended to build bridges and generate questions for youth scientists to investigate throughout the school year. The statewide data will be available for you to view at https://siftr.org/lunchroomWI/. You can form a team as a school, a classroom or an environmental club.

UW-Oshkosh’s Sustainability Institute and UW-Madison’s Office of Sustainability will provide video responses, posted two weeks after the festival, for teachers and youth scientists to view and react to as ideas for further investigations. These optional extension projects could be part of a school showcase or science fair project. More information about getting started with community science showcases and science fair projects can be found at https://dpi.wi.gov/science/science-fairs.

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Field Day Lab
UW-Madison Office of Sustainability
Wisconsin Science Festival
Date Added:
11/26/2018
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Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing
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Follow Peter Cozad, a fly fishing guide in Viroqua as he explores ...

Follow Peter Cozad, a fly fishing guide in Viroqua as he explores a few of the many trout streams in southwestern Wisconsin. Learn why fly fishing is important to the economy of the region as well as to him personally, and how it may be threatened by climate change

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Subject:
Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
Physical Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Provider:
Wisconsin Media Lab
Date Added:
09/14/2016
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