Concrete Without Quarries
A sustainable chemistry lab inspired by ocean corals that allows students to create concrete through a reaction using car exhaust and seawater.
Posts from the ‘High School (ages 14-19)’ Category
May 7
May 7
Apr 30
Waiting For Rain or Seeding the Clouds?
Lesson planning using poetry and creative writing to teach essay writing principles, and scientific ecological knowledge.
Apr 30
Our Community Geoscape: Living Sustainably
Two sustainability education activity plans, including a role playing/scenario game and "green" design challenge. For students in grades 6 - 9.
Two-Eyed Seeing in a School District
A description of how one school district is embracing the challenge of integrating Native and Western world views in environmental education programming.
Apr 30
Money From the Sea: A Cross-cultural Indigenous Science Activity
This activity introduces grades 5-12 students to the technical sophistication of west coast Native peoples. Students are asked to design a shell-harvesting device and then compare it with the design used by one First Nation/tribe more than a century ago to harvest a special shellfish that lives 70 feet below the surface.
Apr 30
Mother Earth, Grandfather Sun
A “two-eyed seeing” activity for 10-15 year olds that integrates Western and Aboriginal world views while teaching about solstices and equinoxes
Apr 30
Earth Alive!
In this activity, students in grades 6-10 deify ecosystems based on their physical characteristics, and consider how adding subjectivity to our perceptions of ecosystems might affect our treatment of them
Apr 30
Traditional Legends: Meanings on Many Levels
An introductory lesson for teenagers in astronomy, using an Indigenous legend as a guide for observing celestial changes through the seasons
Traditional Medicines: How Much is Enough?
An integrative science activity for 9-15 year olds which describes how to measure vitamin C levels in teas made from the needles of coniferous trees.
