• Do you want to teach your students how to reduce the human impact on the Earth?
• These NGSS lesson plans will help students learn about how people's use of plastics impacts the environment.
• This resource has seven lessons.

Lesson 1: What Impacts Do Humans Using Plastics Have on Our Environment?

Lesson 2: Positives and Negatives of Plastics

Lesson 3: Plastics in Our Daily Lives

Lesson 4: A Call to Action: How Can We Reduce the Amount of Plastics Using in Our

Classroom, School, or Community?

Lesson 5: STEAM Activity - Building an Animal or Plant out of Plastic Waste

Lesson 6: Review of the Four Spheres

Lesson 7: Other Human Impacts on the Earth

• Included are a standards poster, photos for stimulating discussion, task cards with QR codes, links to data, an informational article about plastics, animal reports, note-taking sheets, 13 essential vocabulary cards, and more!

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This Webquest is perfect for St. Patrick's Day! Students will complete a Webquest and find out how math and science can increase a person's probability of finding a four-leaf clover! Links to an article to read and a video to view are included. Answer Key is provided.

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Students will learn about the life cycle of the periodic cicadas! These amazing insects only appear every 17 years! There is an article, questions with an answer key, suggested videos, and more!

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With this earth science lesson, students will learn about their carbon footprint and the impact it has on our planet. There is a link to the EPA's carbon footprint calculator for students to use, as well as a sheet for them to fill out. There are also links to videos and other sites. Students will also talk about their carbon handprint and what they can do to have a positive impact!

*This lesson is part of the MS-3ESS-3 Unit.

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