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Middle School Earth Science In-Class Programs

In-Class Programs for Middle School Earth Science

These websites support the NGSS standards at this grade level and are labeled by the type of website that it is (Student or Teacher Background, Student Online Activities, Teacher Activities, Student or Teacher Videos).

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Provider Name Resource Link Provider Location Abstract
Big Break Regional ShorelineNaturalist in ClassOakleyCan’t make it to Big Break? They'll come to you and bring Delta animals, plants, science, and history to life in your classroom.
East Bay Regional Park DistrictMobile Visitor CenterOaklandImagine a “closet on wheels,” filled with materials for teaching any range of nature-related topics. And it even comes with a professional nature educator! Groups of up to 30 students at a time engage in topics including: ~ Watersheds ~ Local Mammals ~ Reptiles and Amphibians
Greater Farallones AssociationOcean Acidification: A Sea of ChangeSan FranciscoYour students can explore the emerging science of ocean acidification right in your middle school or high school classroom. Students will observe live plankton samples and learn how increasing acidity affects ocean food webs and larval stages of organisms. This program will introduce your class to the process behind the changing chemistry and biology of the earth's oceans. Group size: minimum 12, maximum 32. Length: 60 minutes.
Kids for the BaySchool Wide Urban Wilderness Classroom ProgramBerkeleyKftB works with every teacher and every class of students at a school to design, create, study and maintain the Urban Wilderness Classroom, an outdoor wilderness habitat located on the school campus. Working with KftB, each grade level is responsible for the design of a different habitat of the wilderness. Once the wilderness is developed, KIDS for the BAY leads lessons for each class to study the various habitats of the wilderness and to cultivate and maintain them. School-Wide Programs are a partnership between KIDS for the BAY and the entire elementary school, including the principal, teachers, students, and students’ families. These long-term, in-depth programs engage each grade level in environmental science and action while providing professional development in science education for each classroom teacher. KftB also provides curriculum, training, and an equipment resource center for the school to continue the program in future years. The lessons and activities for each grade level are directly tied to many California State Content Standards in science, language arts, social studies, and math. After a three year period of support for the school, the principal, teachers, students, parents and community partners continue the program independently as a completely integrated part of their school curriculum and culture.
Kids for the BaySchool Wide Watershed Action ProgramBerkeleyKftB partners with a school for three years to engage the school community in connecting with their local watershed, inspiring the protection and restoration of their watershed, and increasing academic achievement. Students learn about their personal connections with their local creek, San Francisco Bay, and ocean watersheds and the local National Marine Sanctuaries through classroom lessons and field trips. Each class also implements action projects that positively impact the health of their watershed. Our School-Wide Programs are a partnership between KIDS for the BAY and the entire elementary school, including the principal, teachers, students, and students’ families. These long-term, in-depth programs engage each grade level in environmental science and action while providing professional development in science education for each classroom teacher. KftB also provides curriculum, training, and an equipment resource center for the school to continue the program in future years. The lessons and activities for each grade level are directly tied to many California State Content Standards in science, language arts, social studies, and math. After a three year period of support for the school, the principal, teachers, students, parents and community partners continue the program independently as a completely integrated part of their school curriculum and culture.
Kids for the BayEnvironmental Action ProjectsBerkeleyEnvironmental Action Projects provide the exciting, empowering opportunity for teachers and students to take action to help solve environmental problems in their communities. Each project includes engaging hands-on activities that focus on a particular environmental problem and the solutions to that problem. Each Environmental Action Project is three hours of instruction and action. Environmental Action Project options: ? Reducing Plastic Marine Debris – School Campus Clean-Up ? Reducing Plastic Marine Debris – No Waste Lunches ? Our Watershed and Water Conservation ? Environmentally Safe Pesticides ? Safe Bay Food Consumption ? Ocean Acidification and Energy Conservation ? Creek Restoration ? Creek Water Quality Testing ? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot
Kids for the BayWatershed Rangers ProgramBerkeleyIn the Watershed Rangers Program, students will learn about the importance of the San Francisco Bay watershed and how we can all play a part in keeping it clean and healthy. In this exciting, hands-on program, students will take direct action to prevent storm drain pollution and divert our solid waste stream through reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Kids for the BaySchool Wide Creek Education ProgramBerkeleyKftB works with the school community to adopt, clean up, and restore a local creek habitat. The creek becomes an outdoor classroom for hands-on learning and environmental stewardship. Students learn about their connection to their local creek and discover reasons to care for their creek watershed. School-Wide Programs are a partnership between KIDS for the BAY and the entire elementary school, including the principal, teachers, students, and students’ families. These long-term, in-depth programs engage each grade level in environmental science and action while providing professional development in science education for each classroom teacher. KftB also provides curriculum, training, and an equipment resource center for the school to continue the program in future years. The lessons and activities for each grade level are directly tied to many California State Content Standards in science, language arts, social studies, and math. After a three year period of support for the school, the principal, teachers, students, parents and community partners continue the program independently as a completely integrated part of their school curriculum and culture.
NASA Ames Research CenterSpeakers BureauMoffett FieldVolunteers from Ames Research Center are available to speak to your group about NASA, earth and space science, space technology, life sciences, and aeronautics. (does not include astronauts) huong.nguyen@nasa.gov.
Roots and ShootsRoots and Shoots Service Learning ProjectsBerkleyRoots and Shoots helps your classroom improve the environment by supporting groups that are doing service learning projects. You can start your own projects or join existing projects in your area.
San Francisco ZooZooMobile: Shifting the BalanceSan FranciscoThis lesson explores the effect that altering nature’s delicate balance has on wildlife populations. Issues addressed include the pet trade, misunderstood animals, introduced species, and habitat destruction. Students will learn how they can help save habitats every day.
StopWaste.orgThe 4Rs Student Action ProgramOaklandBring fun and educational action projects into your classroom. Engage your students in addressing real environmental issues at your school and in their community by putting the 4Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot/Compost) into practice.Over the course of three, two-hour visits, students will: 1) examine and analyze their waste, 2) design and implement a 4Rs action project, and 3) communicate their results to their community. Teachers may select an action project from one of three thematic focus areas: The 4Rs & My Watershed, The 4Rs & My Wasteshed, The 4Rs & My Foodshed,
The Gardens at Heather FarmsGeology Rocks In-ClassWalnut CreekLearn to read stories hidden in stone as we meet a famous rock group (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary), take a spin on the rock cycle, bone up on fossils, and discover rocky resources we rely on everyday. (Also available as a field-trip)
West Contra Costa Waste Management AuthorityClassroom PresentationSan PabloThis is an in-person interactive presentation for your classroom by Republic Services Recycling Coordinators. Available Grades: Available for grades K – 12 Duration: Classroom presentations are around 30-45 minutes long

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