Environmental Science

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Environmental Pollution: Understanding Natural and Synthetic Threats
Environmental Science High School

Environmental Pollution: Understanding Natural and Synthetic Threats

This lesson explores the concept of pollution, differentiating between natural and synthetic pollutants, their sources, ...

Understanding Climate Change: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
Environmental Science High School

Understanding Climate Change: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions

This lesson explores the science behind climate change, examining its causes, impacts on Earth's systems and human socie...

Earth's Atmospheric Shield: Composition, Layers, and Energy Balance
Environmental Science High School

Earth's Atmospheric Shield: Composition, Layers, and Energy Balance

Explore the composition and layers of Earth's atmosphere, track the journey of solar radiation, and understand the green...

Designing Tomorrow: Exploring Sustainable Cities
Environmental Science High School

Designing Tomorrow: Exploring Sustainable Cities

This lesson explores the principles of environmental planning and sustainable development in urban environments. Student...

Environmental Engineering: Protecting Our Planet
Environmental Science High School

Environmental Engineering: Protecting Our Planet

Explore the critical role of environmental engineers in addressing air and water quality, noise pollution, and waste man...

Conservation and Restoration Ecology: Healing Our Planet
Environmental Science High School

Conservation and Restoration Ecology: Healing Our Planet

Explore the critical fields of conservation biology and restoration ecology and learn how they are applied to protect an...

Related Educational Standards

EN.ESS3.4:[Standard] Evaluate design solutions for a major global or local environmental problem that reduces or stabilizes the impacts of human activities on natural systems.* (14) EN.LS2.7:[Standard] Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.* (10) EN.ESS3.1:[Standard] Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate effect human activity. (6) EN.ESS2.4:[Standard] Analyze and interpret data to explore how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems causes changes to the atmosphere and climate. (6) EN.ESS3.4:Evaluate design solutions for a major global or local environmental problem that reduces or stabilizes the impacts of human activities on natural systems.* (5) EN.LS2.6:[Standard] Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (4) EN.LS2.7:Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.* (4) EN.ESS2.6:[Standard] Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. (3) EN.LS2.6:Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (3) EN.LS2.4:[Standard] Use a mathematical representation to support claims for the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. (2)

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