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Earth Day Common Core RI.7.1 lessons
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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Earth Day STEM Reading Comprehension Escape Room
Collect the mystery numbers to crack the code while reading about 5 environmental heroes. Perfect for Earth Day! The 6 escape room challenges will have your students returning to the text and using reading comprehension skills. They will be motivated to find mystery 4-digit code. Best of all, this activity is No Prep! Print and Go!HOW IT WORKSAfter reading an article about 4 scientist and 1 environmental activist, students will complete six challenges that utilize a variety of reading compre
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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
Grades:
6th - 10th
Garden Unit
This is a full unit which allows for you to make it as long, or as short, a unit as you choose. It contains 42 pages of sample lesson plans, center instructions, supporting documents, graphic organizers, and writing papers. There are also additional resources and websites listed for your reference.
HEART Humane Education: Behind Closed Doors (Gr. 6-8, Lesson 4)
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Students will examine the lives of farmed animals, specifically egg-laying hens living in battery cages. Students will be presented with proposed legislation banning battery cages and opposing viewpoints on the bill. Students will decide which viewpoint best represents their own, and write a persuasive paragraph based on the bill and their knowledge of factory farming.
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6th - 8th
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HEART Humane Education: The Cost of a T-Shirt (Gr. 6-8)
By looking at the way a t-shirt is produced, youth will consider the impact that low-cost, low-quality, mass produced clothing has on people, animals, and the environment. Youth will explore the current impact the clothing industry has on others and the planet through readings and small group work. Students will examine various stakeholders within the t-shirt business to determine who they think is responsible for the negative
practices of the manufacturing industry.
This lesson explores the im
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6th - 8th
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HEART Humane Education: The Dirt Behind Diamond and Gold (Gr. 6-8)
Students will evaluate the impact the diamond and gold mining industries have on people and the environment. They will first brainstorm their initial impressions of diamonds and gold. After a short reading about these mining industries, they will compare and contrast the new information they learn about these gems to their initial impressions. The lesson will culminate with a creative project in which students create an informational brochure about diamond and gold mining to share with peers tha
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Grades:
6th - 8th
HEART Humane Education: What Are We Wearing? (Gr. 6-8)
Students are challenged to consider how responsible they are for the impact of their consumer choices. They will explore the impact their clothing choices have on others, specifically animals. They will imagine that they are co-owners of a clothing store and present a “material brief ” to their “colleagues” about the way animals are raised for clothing products, such as fur and leather. As a group, they will consider the ethical and environmental implications related to selling the various mater
Grades:
6th - 8th
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