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Handout
Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Yellow Crowned Night Heron

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, behavior, and conservation status of the yellow-crowned night heron.
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Handout
Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Black Crowned Night Heron

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the appearance, diet, habitat, behavior, and conservation status of the black-crowned night heron.
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Handout
Saint Louis Zoo

Saint Louis Zoo: Narrow Headed Softshell Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover fun facts and learn about the appearance, diet, breeding, habitat, behavior, and conservation status of the narrow-headed softshell turtle.
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Activity
Other

Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Houston Affects the Earth

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a mayor who worked to reduce pollution in Houston, Texas in 2008. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Marilyn J. Brackney

Imagination Factory: Art Is More Than a Pretty Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
With this art activity, individuals or groups can use a wide variety of objects to create a collage of America. The example collage is made of garbage, and is intended to be a commentary on our problems with trash.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies:from Your John to the School Lawn:is Recycled Water Really Safe?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out whether reclaimed water is really safe by following the guidelines of the Science Buddies project.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Evolutionary Biologists Protect Madagascar's Wildlife

For Students 9th - 10th
Madagascar is a haven for biodiversity and therefore admired and heavily researched by scientists. Check out how researchers are working to protect the environment of this African island.
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Website
My Science Site

Life Systems: Cells, Tissues, Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...
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Handout
Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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Activity
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Carbon Footprint

For Students 9th - 10th
After completing the first part of this activity, students will be able to explain individual carbon footprints and list the means for reducing them. The second part of this activity helps students to visualize climate as a system with...
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Website
Other

Earthworks: Jobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in an environmental career? Explore current environmental job opportunties in the Earthworks database.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Where's the Heat? [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners will work alongside the school caretaker to determine ways in which their school loses heat, and learn about strategies that can reduce or prevent this.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Types of Lights [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studying what kinds of lighting are used at school and what the routines are for using them will enable students to understand the challenges in reducing energy use in a large building. In the process, they will develop strategies for...
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Let's Convince Council! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Urban building developments and even the construction of parks result in the removal of trees. Learners will investigate the issues around a development scenario. They then present an argument to the class, who pose as a town council,...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Eco Challenges

For Students 9th - 10th
Research and report on two pressing environmental concerns in Africa: the scarcity of clean water and the desertification of farmland. Respond to these issues through activities involving art, drama and journalism.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Saw Whet Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, similar species, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, conservation status are the topics examined in this thorough site. You can also listen to the sound of this species on this site.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Northern Saw Whet Owl

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, similar species, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, conservation status are the topics examined in this thorough site. You can also listen to the sound of this species on this site.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Willow Ptarmigan, Male, Breeding Plumage

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Will Ptarmigan

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Willow Ptarmigan, Adults, Nonbreeding Plumage

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Willow Ptarmigan, Female, Breeding Plumage

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Will Ptarmigan

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Will Ptarmigan

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, conservation status and more are topics discussed on this detailed site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.