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Understanding Sustainability
Understanding Sustainability is a flexible 1-2 week curriculum unit for Washington state middle school science educators to teach sustainability issues. This curriculum features hands-on activities that explore sustainability issues, such as energy consumption, water scarcity, and transportation choices, and potential solutions. Understanding Sustainability is aligned with Washington state middle school science GLEs and includes updated previously released Facing the Future lessons, as well as new lessons and supplementary readings. The unit includes a sequence of activities for each day, student readings, homework assignments, critical thinking questions, and assessment rubrics. Lessons link to relevant and easy-to-implement action projects, including a sustainability audit in which students investigate and make recommendations about the school’s energy, water, trash, and transportation use.
Written material(s) (e.g. curriculum guides, unit plan, lesson plan, etc)
Student skill developed include critical thinking, collaboration, and outreach to the school community.
By Age
K-12 teacher
www.facingthefuture.org
Free
Olympic Peninsula Region, Mason and Thurston Counties, Lewis County, Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, and Wahkiakum Counties, Kitsap County, Snohomish and Island Counties , Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties, King County, Tri-Cities Region, Pierce County, Kickitat and Skamania Counties, North Central Washington, Kittitas County, Yakima County, Colville - Lake Roosevelt Region, Central Eastern Washington, Spokane County, Southeastern Washington
Central South (Kittitas, Yakima, Klickitat, Benton, Grant), Columbia River Gorge to Coast (Benton, Klickitat, Skamania, Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific), Far Eastern Corridor (Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Whitman, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin), North Cascades (Whatcom, Skagit, Okanogan, Chelan), North Central (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas), Olympic Peninsula (Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Mason), Puget Sound (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, Island, San Juan), South Cascades (Kittitas, Pierce, Yakima, Lewis), Southwest (Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania)
All of Washington
Earth Science, Ecology/Biodiversity, Energy, Society, Waste , Water, Technology