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Interconnections
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Students will provide a range of examples illustrating how
types of government systems and technology impact the ability
to change the environment or adapt to it.
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Government
types and their impact on the environment
Grades
9-12
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Governmental
Influence on the Construction of Dams
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The
lesson is designed to help students understand how the type
of government system affects the country’s ability to change
the environment by construction of large projects like dams. |
Sue
Anderson
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Students will analyze the advantages and drawbacks of several
common proposals to change the human use of environmental
resources.
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How
humans influence the environment through garbage.
Grades
9-12
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Trash
Talkin’
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Students
will study recycling at several scales, including local, state,
national and global. Students will learn hands-on ways they
can “think globally and act locally” when it comes
to their environment.
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Jeanne
Kranz
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3 Students will understand and analyze examples of the impacts
of natural hazards on human activities and land use.
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Natural
Hazards
Grades
9-12
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Natural
Hazards Research Paper and Oral Presentation
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The
student will use a web site to conduct research on world wide
natural hazards and make an oral presentation on the findings.
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Bob
Salo
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