Students define community and look at their own school as an example. Students will discuss collective memory, the rules of community, and the role of the physical environment in determining community. Building an Oral History Students team up to develop oral histories about significant events in the community. Afterwards, they discuss the idea of 'truth' in storytelling and the role of the interviewer in shaping the story. This site gives an overview of the waste disposal problem and recyling alternatives, and asks stuents to investigate ways they might cut back use of non-recylable products.
Students learn about carbon-producing pollution and use vinegar to test for carbonates.
Journey to Planet Earth Investigate the effects of human activity on the world's farms, cities, rivers, and air. Students inventory their own households for hazardous materials and build a simulation of a hazardous waste spill along a lakeshore. Students design solar stills, locate the source of their drinking water, and calculate the energy needed to distill water. Students follow a team of environmental investigators to learn about the elements of sick buildings, and then conduct their own investigation of the school building. Six Billion and Beyond Explore population growth in several regions of the world and learn how population issues affect people's everyday lives.