Environment

World Biomes

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Description: Students will be able to recognize nine different biomes depicted in photographs and learn the locations of these biomes throughout the world.

 Grade level(s): Middle                     Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Lee Ann Harrelson

Underground Wonders: Limestone and Gypsum Caverns

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Description: Students will understand how different caverns are formed by comparing and contrasting the physical characteristics of limestone caverns and alabaster (gypsum) caverns.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Glenda Sullivan

An Oily Mess

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Description: The purpose of this lesson is to engage students in exploring the national problem of oil spills. Students will draw connections between oil use in their lives and how it connects to their lives.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Julie Guild

Physical Elements of the Eastern United States

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Click on the image above to download the lesson

Description: In this lesson, students will study unique physical elements of the eastern United States, analyze how this could have had an impact on state boundaries, and develop “memory cues” for geographic (landform) vocabulary terms.

 Grade level(s): Middle                 Standards: PASS, GFL             Produced By: Janet Hall