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Earth Day Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
Just Eat It Food Waste Sustainability Movie Activity Print & Digital
Captivate your students with an eye-opening exploration of just how much food is thrown away in the U.S. and worldwide with this engaging documentary, Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story.This 75-minute film makes a great addition to any garbage or sustainability unit in your Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. Student materials come in both print PDF and editable digital Google files.************************************Greatness is investigating and solving real-world pr
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Japan Nigeria Population Growth Decline Movie Activity | Human World Geography
Investigate the wildly opposite population growth trends that exist in the world: the explosive growth in underdeveloped Nigeria and the population decline of an aging Japan. Using a short documentary, news articles, and population pyramid graphs, this lesson kit makes a great addition to your Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. This resource comes in printable PDF and editable Google Doc. Greatness is investigating issues closely to determine the best solutions.We t
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9th - 12th
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Greta Climate Speech Multiple Choice Quiz Close Reading & Rhetorical Analysis
PRINTABLE or DIGITAL Google Doc work packet. Ready to be assigned on Google Classroom. You will save time because an answer key and detailed lesson plan are included, and you will have a rigorous and engaging lesson aligned to standards on reading informational texts. Students will love reading about current events. This speech by Greta Thunberg on climate change is perfect activity for Earth Day or Women's History Month.In this activity, students will...1. Evaluate Greta Thunberg's argument by
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6th - 12th
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World's Most Polluted River Citarum River Freshwater Supply Movie Kit
Captivate your students with an investigation into Indonesia's Citarum River, widely considered the world's dirtiest, with this engaging documentary, The World's Most Polluted River.This hour-long film makes a great addition to your water or sustainability unit in any Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. Student materials come in both print PDF and editable digital Google files.************************************Greatness is understanding how interconnected our choic
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9th - 12th
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Last Call at the Oasis Freshwater Supply Conservation Pollution Movie
Investigate the various water issues that challenge us--our dwindling freshwater supply as well as the chemicals polluting the water available--with this engaging documentary, Last Call at the Oasis.This hour-and-a-half film makes a great addition to your water or sustainability unit in any Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. Student materials come in both print PDF and editable digital Google files.************************************Greatness is problem-solving our
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9th - 12th
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Writing Module #1 | Write a Problem-Solution Argument | Recycling | Grades 7-12
Your 7th to 12th graders got this! Got what? A final product they'll create in no time with step-by-step guidance and be so proud of: A Problem-Solution Argument Essay about "The Recycling Problem," perfect for this age group. STUDENTS READ AUTHENTIC SOURCES ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH RECYCLINGStudents read and critically think about a very important, current, relevant issue people all over the world are grappling with right now - the problem with recycling (plastics mainly) and different ways of so
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Modules | Grades 7-12 Growing Bundle | Write in Every Genre
Earth Day Webquest: Young Climate Activists - Middle & High School
This Earth Day, students can learn about young climate activists that have been fighting to protect our planet. This webquest contains five tasks with online sources to complete questions about the environmental work of Greta Thunberg, Leah Namugerwa, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Jerome Foster II, and Ayisha Siddiqa and then choose one of these activists to complete a profile on to present to their classmates.This resource downloads as a PDF document and there is a link to a Google Slides version of th
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6th - 12th
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Earth Day - Critical Thinking Text Puzzle 14 | Digital Literacy
Here's a fun Earth Day Text Message Puzzle for Middle School students! How quickly can your class figure out who is texting and what is going on? Here's part of the text message conversation: What do you want to do for Earth Day?Kick off with a challenge to reduce, reuse and recycle?And then discuss how astronauts manage waste in space?... (look at the product preview PDF to see the last line) Who is speaking? What is going on? How do you know that?This is the full Reading Comprehension lessonTh
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6th - 10th
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Pump Fossil Alternative Fuel Sustainability Movie Activity Print & Digital
Shock your students with an eye-opening look into the reason we use gasoline to fuel our cars and the multiple, cleaner alternative fuels that currently exist with this engaging film, Pump!This film makes a great addition to your renewable energy or sustainability unit in any Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. This resource comes in printable PDF and editable digital Google files. ************************************Greatness is exploring multiple options to determi
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9th - 12th
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Human Footprint Lifetime Garbage Waste Movie Activity Print & Digital
Captivate your students with eye-opening displays of the lifetime count of everyday things your students consume with this visually impactful film, NatGeo's Human Footprint. This 60+-minute film makes a great addition to studying one's eco footprint in any garbage or sustainability unit in your Current Issues, Human Geography, or Environmental Science class. Student materials come in both print PDF and editable digital Google files.************************************Greatness is acknowledging t
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9th - 12th
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Earth Day - NO PREP Critical Thinking Text Puzzle 14 | Digital Literacy
Here's a fun NO PREP (just print and go 4 page INDEPENDENT WORKSHEET) Earth Day Text Message Puzzle for Middle School students! How quickly can your class figure out who is texting and what is going on? Perfect to leave behind for Middle School ELA Sub Plans!This is the NO PREP versionDownload and print the PDF. It has the text puzzle, Bloom's Taxonomy discussion questions and answers.CLICK HERE to get the full Reading Comprehension lessonThe slideshow lesson goes through each text message clue
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6th - 10th
Using Movies as Texts: Movie/Film Guide for Any Movie
Use movies as texts: This movie guide may be used with almost any movie out there. However, the “connect with the text” questions focus on overcoming challenges and personal growth, so this resource might be more suitable for movies that somehow have an important message to convey. This viewing guide has been designed for ESL learners, but it may be useful for ELA and Special Ed students, as well. This resource is more appropriate for upper-intermediate and advanced learners. Depending on your s
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Response to Text Journals Bundle {Reading Strategies}
Earth Day WebQuest and Analysis
This no prep, inquiry-driven activity may be used in class face-to-face or virtually with distance learning to celebrate Earth Day. Students will use the provided links to nonfiction articles about the origins of and celebrations of the holiday today to answer the questions which follow. Additionally, there are opinion questions asked at the end of each section to ensure understanding and to foster critical thinking. To this end, they are asked to put the answers into their own words to help th
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9th - 12th
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HEART Humane Education: The Omnivore's Debate (Lesson 3, Gr. 9-12)
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By weighing the evidence on both sides of an issue, students will appreciate the important controversies surrounding our nation’s meat industry.
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