Science
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Lesson Plans
Magnetic Minds
This lesson was designed for high school or college science courses. Students will conduct an experiment and discuss the historic and current role of hypnosis in the medical landscape.
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Lesson Plans
Climate, Land Rights, and Water Lesson Plans
These lessons present close reading, writing, discussion and hands-on activities that explore reporting on climate change, land rights debates and water issues.
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Lesson Plans
Jewell: Climate Change, Archaeology and the Arctic: Using details to write persuasive letters
Students explore how climate change is affecting the work of archaeologists in the arctic using Eli Kintisch's project "Thawing Arctic Soils: A Tenuous Present and Dangerous Future.”
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This lesson asks students to compare the water crisis facing Flint, Michigan to a water crisis in China. Students use digital resources and practice cooperative learning and writing skills.
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Lesson Plans
Climate Migration Resources
Teach students about the factors affecting climate migration.
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Lesson Plans
Exploring Downstream: Water Resources
Through this webquest, students use several different projects on the "Downstream" web portal to examine the impact of water resources on a wide range of communities around the world.
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Education Resource
Meet the Journalists: Daniel Grossman and Alex MacLean
Daniel Grossman and Alex MacLean traveled to northern Europe to report on the low carbon footprint...
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This global affairs lesson plan outlines reflection exercises and research projects connected to Esha Chhabra's reporting on environmental sustainability practices in India's fashion industry.
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Lesson Plans
Rearming: Critics vs. Backers
This lesson plan uses current debates surrounding U.S. defense policy to help middle and high school students practice the Common Core Social Studies standards.
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Lesson Plans
Recycling as a Cultural Issue
Students are asked to read two articles related to religion's take on pollution and two articles from nations where there is an attempt to make recycling a part of the culture.
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Education Resource
Roger Thurow Discusses New Book on Early Childhood Nutrition
In this short video, Pulitzer Center grantee Roger Thurow discusses his new book, The First 1,000...
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This lesson was developed for an English language Chinese afterschool curriculum. The lesson deals with policy regarding climate change and climate change "refugees."