Sustainability Initiative – School Level Report
This presentation resource reports on King Intermediate’s Sustainability Initiative during one school year. It provides an overview of goals, lesson development, topics, activities, standards, and…
Resource Topic: Earth Science
Watershed Water Quality Investigation
This in-depth lesson plan explores local watershed water quality through a hands-on investigation comparing samples from drinking water and a local stream. Instructional resource includes…
Water Quality Challenge
This 5-week lesson uses problem-based learning strategies to explore local water quality and features an experiment that uses backpack filtration units to test for contaminants…
Hawaii’s Endemic Birds: Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) Discovery Forest Bundle
This in-depth lesson collection includes everything a teacher needs to help students learn about endemic birds of Hawaii. It can be used on its own…
Generating and Measuring Earthquake Epicenters and Magnitudes
This in-depth lesson explores how to map earthquakes using geophones and sensitive recording instruments. Students explore related concepts including epicenter and magnitude. Materials include student…
Engineer a Bird Beak: Our Endemic Hawaiian Birds
This in-depth lesson package includes everything a teacher needs to help students learn about endemic birds of Hawaii and use the Engineering Design Process to…
Energy and Sustainability at Home
This multi-day lesson helps students understand how electrical energy is made and how important it is for us to conserve energy. The students will also…
Electromagnetic Spectrum and the Chemical Composition of Stars
Learn how to identify the chemical composition of stars using the spectralines of their light. This activity includes background and a worksheet to to help…
Earth Week and Beyond: Earth Science Lesson Collection
This in-depth collection of lessons, vocabulary, and resources can be used for Earth Week or to support Earth Science activities throughout the year. Topics include,…