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Buy, Use, Toss? is an interdisciplinary unit that includes ten fully-planned lessons. This unit is correlated with national science and social studies standards and will lead your students through an exploration of the system of producing and consuming goods that is called the materials economy. Students will learn about the five major steps of the materials economy; Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, and Disposal. They will also be asked to analyze the sustainability of these steps, determining how consumption can benefit people, economies, and environments.
- Grades: 9-12
- Subjects: Science, Social Studies
- Two-Week Curriculum Unit: 105 pages
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This two-week curriculum unit encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
- Grades: 6-8
- Subjects: Science, Social Studies
- Two-Week Curriculum Unit: 128 pages
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This two-week curriculum unit for grades 9-12 encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
- Grades: 9-12
- Subjects: Science, Social Studies
- Two-Week Curriculum Unit: 125 pages
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This interdisciplinary 1-2 week unit was developed in collaboration with the Snow Leopard Trust. It includes five dynamic lessons and culminates with a service learning project. The unit is designed for 5-8th grade students in science and social studies. Though the lessons are designed as a comprehensive unit, each lesson can stand alone.
- Grades: 5-8
- Subjects: Science, Social Studies
- Two-Week Curriculum Unit: 86 pages
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This series of five lessons is available in PDF and SMART Board format. This engaging unit leads your students through an exploration of the significance of Puget Sound and the impact humans have on this valuable resource. Students creatively use technology throughout the unit and the culminating lesson is an action project in which students create a digital public service announcement to educate others about the significance of the Sound and ways to address pollution.
- Grades: 6-8
- Subjects: Science, Social Studies, Technology, Language Arts
- One-week curriculum unit: 50 pages
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