Earth and Environmental Science · Week 34 · Sustainability and Civic Action
Green Careers
Researching environmental careers in the valley and setting next steps toward a future path.
- Students will
- Students research environmental careers in the valley, compare two paths, evaluate one solution a career produces against criteria, tradeoffs, and impacts, and set next steps toward a future.
- SEL skill
- Turn an interest into a small next step with a date
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by turning interest into a small next step.
- Content focus
- Green careers
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ETS1-3: High School Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC4 Systems and system models
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.8 Gather relevant information from multiple sources and assess each source's usefulness.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
More self-management activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Rain Shadow Self-managementModeling how mountains wring water from the air before it reaches the valley and noticing what drains or protects our emotional reserves.
- Groundwater Overdraft Self-managementComputing aquifer withdrawals and recharge and planning a personal habit that stays in balance like a budget.
- From Worry to Action Self-managementExplaining how human activity and Earth systems interact and practicing a worry to action routine for climate stress.
- Biodiversity on the Edge Self-managementDesigning a solution to protect Coachella Valley fringe toed lizard habitat and sticking with a complex problem.
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