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Lesson Plans - Science

Principles of Kwanzaa Plaque

Celebrate traditional African values-including family, community, and self-improvement. Display the nguzo saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Environment Part 1: Climate Change

The science of climate change.
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Objectives:
• Distinguish scientific, ethical, and political claims, and identify examples of each that are related to the issue of climate change.
• Understand the difference between opposing particular political responses to climate change and arguing that climate change either does not exist or is not caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
• Recall and

Environment Part 2: A Macro Response to Climate Change

Objectives:
• Identify and explain realistic target reductions in carbon emissions set by climate scientists for avoiding disastrous effects from climate change by mid-century.
• Identify and explain options that could be implemented in order to achieve these target reductions.
• Explain what role government could play in stimulating innovations that could allow us to achieve these target

Environment Part 3: A Personal Plan for Climate Change

Personal solutions to climate change.
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Objectives:
Students will develop a personal and family plan for reducing their carbon footprint.
Approximately __1__ Instructional Hour
Skills Addressed: gathering information through online research
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Assessment:
Students will create posters explaining how personal consumer choices can reduce one’s carbon footprint.
Students will complete a carbon reduction plan for reducing their family carbon footprint.
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Resources:
Access to in-class computers for

Environment Part 4: Our Waterways

The Water Pollution Problem.
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Objectives:
• Explain causes and effects of pollution running into major estuaries in the U.S.
• Identify potential solutions to this problem.
Approximately __1.5-2__ Instructional Hours
Skills Addressed: Analyzing complex concepts, note-taking, critical thinking
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Assessment:
Formative Assessment: Students will complete and discuss notes that identify causes of pollution in our estuaries, effects of the pollution, and potential solutions.
Formative