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Into the Dead Zone
Provided by: EarthEcho International |Published on: April 27, 2021
Lesson Plans Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This unit about dead zones includes a series of videos about the sources of pollution flowing into the Chesapeake Bay, lesson plans about oyster reef ecology and an urbanized water cycle, worksheets, and activities.
- There are also resources about careers in science and about youth taking action on this site.
Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Health
Authors: EarthEcho International
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- There is enough content here for an entire unit on water pollution, allowing you to pick and choose the videos, lessons, and activities that work best for your classes.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers will need to print off the included worksheets for the activities and associated lessons.
Differentiation
- The videos include closed captioning and playback speed control for students with learning differences or ELL students.
- Social studies classes could use the videos to connect many different human activities to sources of pollution that affect some communities more than others.
- Science classes could use the videos, activities, worksheets, and lessons to enhance lessons about the water cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, limiting nutrients, eutrophication, and nonpoint pollution.
- Other resources on this topic include this PBS video and this water quality activity guide.
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About the Partner Provider
EarthEcho International
EarthEcho International envisions a world where every individual has the opportunity and tools to create a healthy and thriving environment. To that end, their mission is to build a global youth movement to protect and restore our ocean planet. Their Academy is a new virtual learning space developed to provide online courses for teacher professional learning with access to fully remote, asynchronous environmental education modules for students.
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