Apr 2, 2024
The Earth and Environmental Science quick start guide is versatile and useful for middle school to high school educators. The lessons in this guide can be used as both core and supplemental resources for an environmental course or unit. With sixteen lessons, there is something for everyone! Educators can choose which lessons align best with their curriculum and age group.
Clicking on the names of the video lessons included in the alignment guide will bring you straight to the lesson on the Switch Classroom platform. Alongside each video lesson is a suggested activity. Perfect for when educators need to make a quick decision and assign on-the-go. When time allows, teachers can dive deeper into each lesson by exploring the reviews, bell ringers, labs, and other activities included in the lesson overview.
Central concepts covered in the earth and environmental alignment guide include how we make and use energy, energy poverty and access, energy efficiency, environmental impacts, and more. There are also lessons focused on specific types of energy, including coal, natural gas, solar, hydro and nuclear. Within each lesson, you can find the NGSS and/or APES standards alignment.
Our quick start alignment guide library includes:
These guides provide teachers with a roadmap for integrating Switch Classroom activities into their course curriculum. Switch Classroom promotes inquiry-based learning and scientific literacy. For teachers who prefer a paper copy or copies of our alignment guides, please send a request to meghan.morgan@switchon.org.
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