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Alabama Gifted Education Programs--Standards and Student Outcomes Manual

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Teacher Edition Pg 175-177

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Teachers Edition Pg 168-169

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Teacher Edition pgs 155-156

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Goes with coastal clean up and garbage patch. To be used in a campus or community clean up walk.

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Great to analyze top 10 items found globally and in Alabama. Good resource to use for Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Teacher Edition Pgs 144-145

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The complicated history of surfing - Scott Laderman

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Today, surfing is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, with tens of millions of enthusiasts worldwide. For some it's a serious sport; for others, just a way to let loose. But despite its casual association with fun and sun, surfing has a richer and deeper history than many realize.

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Teacher Edition Pgs 139-140

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Ch 3 L1 pgs TE 138-9 WHATS YOUR QUESTION

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Student Journal Pg 33-51

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Music in this lesson by Kevin MacLeod.
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Proceedings from the International Caulerpa Conference in early 2002 in San Diego convened Mediterranean scientists with California agency staff and scientists along with others from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and elsewhere to understand the threat of Caulerpa and how to mount an eradication effort, which unfortunately was not done in the Mediterranean Sea.

NOVA produced a video on this topic in 2003 and aired on PBS. This is a link for the Transcript and the video can be purchased through their website.
Link for an excerpt to the book Killer Algae, written by French biologist and scuba diver Alexandre Meinesz, who first detected its presence in Monaco. The book is available from Amazon and others online.

Australian government website for the fisheries agency of New South Wales with information and warnings regarding Caulerpa taxifolia.

Link to online report about the presence and threat of Caulerpa taxifolia within Sydney Harbour, Australia.

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Attack of the killer algae - Eric Noel Muñoz

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As benign as it may look up close, the tiny seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia can wreak quite a bit of havoc on coastal ecosystems. This super algae is very adaptable; it also grows fast and spreads easily.

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Arts-centered, standards-based resources for in and out of school

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water pollution mystery

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Environments and Ecosystems - Lesson - TeachEngineering

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design a life vest for a can of soup

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Biodomes are Engineered Ecosystems_ A Mini World - Lesson - TeachEngineering

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Patterns-Escher Kernel Ideas for Talents Unlimited Activities

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Australia Kernel Ideas for Talents Unlimited Activities

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Australia Animal Adaptations TALENTS UMLIMITED LESSON PLAN

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Summary Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and non-renewable natural resources, they see how people use our planet's natural resources and the many resulting environmental issues that exist in our world today. Topics include: solid waste disposal; the concepts of reduce, reuse, recycle and compost; the causes and effects of water pollution and the importance of water treatment and clean-up methods; air pollution and air quality and the many engineering technologies to prevent it and clean it up; land use and community planning, seeing how decisions made by people have a long-term impact on our natural world; and renewable energy sources, seeing how solar, water and wind energy can be transformed into electricity. In the hands-on activities, students: create a yarn "web" to identify environmental interactions, which they tally and graph; use Moebius strips (loops of paper with a half twist) to demonstrate the environmental interconnectedness and explore natural cycles (water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen); conduct an environmental issue survey to gather and graph data and use an opinion spectrum; brainstorm ways that they use and waste natural resources; use cookies to simulate the distribution of nonrenewable resources; collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom solid waste for a week; build and observe a model landfill; evaluate alternative product packaging; use models to investigate the process and consequences of water contamination; design and build water filters; observe and discuss a balloon model of an electrostatic precipitator; build particulate matter collectors; observe and discuss a model of a wet scrubber; dig into the newspaper's daily air quality index; act as community planning engineers to determine optimal structure placement in a community; investigate the thermal storage properties of sand, salt, water and paper to evaluate their suitability as passive solar thermal mass; design and create models for new waterwheels within time and material constraints; build model anemometers; and create publications to communicate what they have learned.
This engineering curriculum meets Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Engineering Connection

Environmental engineers are involved in a wide range of projects due to the countless intersections between the natural and human-made environments. Their challenges may involve pollution, waste disposal, recycling, land use, saving wilderness areas, product packaging, new energy sources, and how we use the planet's natural resources. Engineers find innovative ways to conserve our air, water and land resources, sometimes in the form of improved fuel and energy efficiencies. Engineers use their understanding of natural cycles to design and build systems that provide clean water and protect water supplies. This may take the form of gigantic infrastructure or creative "low-tech" solutions for remote communities. Some engineers devise better ways to get rid of our everyday garbage - a challenge that includes everything from reducing initial waste to transforming existing trash into usable materials. Engineers clean up contaminated soil, water and air; as well as modify systems to prevent future environmental destruction. They create landfills that don't add to pollution, devise recyclable materials and better industrial processes, and create smarter packaging. Engineers contribute to community land use design, planning neighborhoods, water treatment facilities, traffic flow and public transportation systems, striving to minimize harm to the environment. Engineers apply their understanding of energy to harnessing renewable solar, wind and water resources to create electricity. For example, designing wind turbines requires consideration of the Earth's surface, wind direction, average outside temperature, the impact by and on birds and insects, and extreme forces on the turbines. Engineers usually work as part of teams, and need to communicate and listen well. They consider all viewpoints, weigh pros and cons, investigate solutions, and propose strategies. Engineers also suggest behavior and policy changes. They document their work in the form of drawings, prototypes and test results, and explain technical concepts to various audiences.

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Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and non-renewable natural resources, they see how people use our planet's natural resources and the many resulting environmental issues that exist in our world today.

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Each TeachEngineering lesson or activity is correlated to one or more K-12 science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) educational standards.

All 100,000+ K-12 STEM standards covered in TeachEngineering are collected, maintained and packaged by the Achievement Standards Network (ASN), a project of D2L (www.achievementstandards.org).

In the ASN, standards are hierarchically structured: first by source; e.g., by state; within source by type; e.g., science or mathematics; within type by subtype, then by grade, etc.

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In this unit, students explore the various roles of environmental engineers, including: environmental cleanup, water quality, groundwater resources, surface water and groundwater flow, water contamination, waste disposal and air pollution. Specifically, students learn about the factors that affect water quality and the conditions that enable different animals and plants to survive in their environments.

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Anansi Puppet Show TALENTS UMLIMITED LESSON PLAN

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You Wouldn't Want to be a British Convict sent to Australia

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You Wouldn't Want to be a British Convict sent to Australia

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Teacher Edition pgs 126-127

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Lesson - TeachEngineering

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Teacher Edition PG 103-104

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African Myths TALENTS UMLIMITED LESSON PLAN

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Teacher Edition pg 103-104

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Ch 2 L 1 Hint & Think Beyond Cards: Exploring Rate

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Ch 2 L 1 Hint & Think Beyond Cards: Exploring Rate

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AIR DROP To the Rescue0 engineering journal

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This is what happened when an Australian city gave trees email addresses

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This is what happened when an Australian city gave trees email addresses

This is what happened when an Australian city gave trees email addresses

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They provide shade and air to breathe. Not to mention an undeniable sense of grandeur. But would you ever write a letter to a tree?

Officials in Melbourne, Australia have discovered that for many, the answer is a resounding yes.

The Guardian's Oliver Milman reported that when they rolled out a program that assigned email addresses to trees. This was in a bid to help identify damage and issues. But what was discovered was that city residents preferred to write them love letters instead.

The city calls it "an unintended but positive consequence" of their attempt to help citizens track tree damage. On their urban forest data site, Melbourne assigned ID numbers and email addresses. They went to each of the city's trees. This made it easier to catch and rehabilitate damaged trees.

Then the emails began to arrive. Milman wrote that instead of damage reports, people wrote fan mail to trees. The writers complimented their looks and leaves. Some told tales of how they'd helped them survive during inclement weather. Some trees even wrote back.

The effort was part of a larger initiative. That was to protect Melbourne's 70,000 city-owned trees from drought and decline.

It turns out Melbournians have always been arboreal enthusiasts. The city council noted that in the 1880s, residents wrote begging for the planting of blue gum eucalyptus trees to "absorb bad gasses" emanating from a nearby manure depot.
Source URL: https://www.tweentribune.com/article/tween56/what-happened-when-australian-city-gave-trees-email-addresses/
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION

What is the benefit of the trees writing back, and how do they do it?

Write your answers in the comments section below

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The National Library preserves Australian heritage for the past, present and the future, so that we can discover and understand our Australian story.

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Bio Poem for Animal Adaptations template

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Bio Poem for Animal Adaptations template

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The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with milllions of students having participated.

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Once a year, starting in early October and running through mid-November. Due to the time commitment, this is only a once a year project, however, two fantastic spin-off projects run at other times; the New Zealand Read Aloud and the French version of GRA, Ecouter Lire le Monde.

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Nearpod Virtual Field Trip: Sydney Opera House

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Nearpod Virtual Field Trip: Sydney Opera House

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