2013

Colorado River Drainage Basin: Fight for Sustainability

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Description: Students will gain a better understanding of drainage basins, water scarcity, ecosystem balance, and consequences produced by population growth. Students will examine river basins and human impact on the environment in order to construct solutions.

Grade level(s): Middle                        Standards: OAS, GFL              Produced By: Heather Braucher

The Parrot Says: Save the Rainforest

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Description: Students will understand how human settlement and deforestation drove the Puerto Rican Parrot to the brink of extinction.

Grade level(s): Upper ElementaryMiddle, High School              Standards: OAS, GFL              Produced By: Lee Ann Harrelson

How are Mexico and Central America Linked?

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Description: Students will identify and locate the countries of Mexico and Central America by examining puzzle pieces of these countries and marking them on a map. Students will analyze and categorize the information on the map regarding Mexico and Central America. Students will compare and contrast the learned information and determine if any of the countries studied are “linked” and prove how they are connected using the discovered information from the map.

Grade level(s): Middle                            Standards: OAS, GFL                  Produced By: Denise Aguilar

With Whom Does the U.S. Trade, What Do They Trade, and Why?

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Description: Students will conduct a community survey to learn what adults know about the United States's trade partners and what products and resources are traded. They will analyze trade data on imports and exports to draw conclusions about trade patterns.

Grade level(s): Middle                        Standards: OAS, GFL              Produced By: Ann Kennedy