Learner Centered Activities and Lessons

Collection of interactive student activities connected to ecological population concepts for environmental studies. Concepts in the eight unique activities are designed to get students exploring the major concepts connected to population demographics and population growth. The activities are editable Google Docs.

Students will create an If-Then Adventure Story using Google Slides. Google Slides supports branching links to build a story where different choice lead to different slides. Learning objectives include: Identify and describe the main stages of the water cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, and groundwater storage.Explain how the sun's energy drives the water cycle.Describe the different forms of water found in the water cycle (liquid, solid, gas).Identify the re

This activity is designed to get students interacting with visuals and diagrams connected to plate tectonics. Convergent boundaries can result in the creation of mountains, island arcs, earthquakes, and volcanoes.Divergent boundaries can result in seafloor spreading, rift valleys, volcanoes, and earthquakes.Transform boundaries can result in earthquakes.Maps that show the global distribution of plate boundaries can be used to determine the location of volcanoes, island arcs, earthquakes, hot sp

Objective: Explore the future of sustainable agriculture, food, and farming through videos. Topics include: Regenerative AgricultureWaste to EnergyUrban FarmingPlant Based MeatsVertical FarmingFisheriesAquaculture This is an interactive slide deck with space for students to take notes and create reflections on each video. This can be a whole class activity, done in small groups, or independently. Right now the slide deck is set up for small collaborative groups, but the directions can easily b

This document explores the use of Google Docs interactive features to create engaging activities for students and staff. It provides tutorials and resources on features such as checklists, document tabs, pageless settings, dropdown responses, smart chips, Google Drawings, and inserting Drive files and YouTube videos. The document also covers additional features like emoji reactions, Mote audio, Google Maps smart chips, and table templates. It concludes with a list of additional resources for fur

Student activity that includes readings, diagrams, and video resources. The document is organized with tabs providing a separate set of pages for each topic. The template includes dropdowns and checkboxes. This supports both student engagement and grading of the activity by teachers. Students need to own or edit a copy to use the dropdowns and checkboxes. The activity is designed to be collaborative but can be completed in small groups, as a whole class activity, or individually. Engage stude

The goal of this activity is to engage students in exploration human impacts on the natural world. Topics include: Tragedy of the CommonsEcological Footprints (Students will use a “footprint calculator” to discover their personal impact)IPAT Equation The activity includes links, readings, videos and open ended questions designed to spark conversations.  The activity is designed to be collaborative, but can be completed in small groups, as a whole class activity, or individually.  If you have que

This activity includes a notes template Google Doc with readings and links, a pdf reading, and a Google Slide Deck with videos and guiding information. This document provides teacher notes and a student activity template for a lesson on public lands. The lesson explores the intrinsic and extrinsic value of public lands, the different categories and classifications of public lands, and the government organizations responsible for managing them. It also covers state parks, NGOs involved in public

A vocabulary worksheet to help students explore essential terms connected to human population dynamics. There are 23 different terms in the word bank with definitions. Age Structure PyramidsDemographic TransitionHuman Population DynamicsTotal Fertility RatesThe style is fill in the blank. This worksheet could be used as an introduction or a review. It could also be connected to additional activities. For example, students could sketch icons for key terms to create a visual Pictionary style quiz.

A vocabulary worksheet to help students explore essential terms connected to ecosystems and biomes. There are 47 different terms in the word bank with definitions. The style is fill in the blank. This worksheet could be used as an introduction or a review. It could also be connected to additional activities. For example, students could sketch icons for key terms to create a visual Pictionary style quiz. The document contains a link to the key and also an alternate worksheet that gives the first

A vocabulary worksheet to help students explore essential terms connected to plate tectonics and the structure of the planet. There are 42 different terms in the word bank with definitions. The style is fill in the blank. This worksheet could be used as an introduction or a review. It could also be connected to additional activities. For example, students could sketch icons for key terms to create a visual Pictionary style quiz. The document contains a link to the key and also an alternate work