EDSS: Carbon and the Arctic

Do Some Science, Make a Real-world Difference!

Earth Day Science Symposium challenges students to analyze and explain cutting-edge data and decide for themselves whether climate change is an important issue. The EDSS teacher’s kit comes with everything you need to do the activity, including colorful cards, 16 data sets, giant graph paper, and easy-to-use rubrics for student self-evaluation and grading. EDSS helps boost achievement across multiple applied math and science benchmarks. Grades 5-7

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Only $12.50 per kit, including shipping! An easy-to-implement, challenging science and math activity that will delight your students and boost their skills.

EDSS: Carbon & the Arctic
The Real-world Difference
Spend only $12.50 to trigger a donation for conservation. For every class that does the mini-unit (all or part), the World Land Trust-US and Nature & Culture International have pledged to raise $50 to purchase and protect an acre of El Pangan rainforest in the Colombian Chocó. Every acre offsets 66,000 pounds of carbon emissions in the United States to help combat global climate change!
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7 Days / 2 Hours Teacher Prep
Days 1-2 You and your class warm up with a quick look at amazing rainforest facts. You kick off student prep with a quick demonstration.
Days 3-4 Students work in groups of 2 or 3 to analyze data, enlarge charts, and prepare oral reports, guided by questions that include challenging critical-thinking problems.
Days 5-6 Groups make oral reports and evaluate their work using the EDSS rubric.
Day 7 Everyone participates in a quick discussion to review data and propose answers to the question, What’s happening in the Arctic? Celebrate! Reward students with an honorary certificate that acknowledges the real difference their effort has made.

EDSS: Additional Teacher Resources »
Find pre/post questions, study guides, pop quizzes and more for each EDSS. Measuring the effectiveness of the activity will help your students recognize their progress (parents and colleagues will too!).

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