Units on many aspects of this topic (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 1997-2020)

The online exhibition shows how humans produce, move, and conceive of waste. Objects, texts, videos, and podcasts display the life of waste in six chapters (Environment & Society Portal: Simone M. Müller 2019).

This video from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences not only shows the recent global carbon-dioxide trend, but also that humans have increased carbon-dioxide levels rapidly, and to their highest levels in at least 800,000 years (USA 2014-20).

ʺHottest, Driest, and Lowest National ParkIn this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet, each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers. Lush oases harbor tiny fish and refuge for wildlife and humans. Despite its morbid name, a ...

In this New York Times lesson, students learn about current research on social structure and personality attributes in a type of communal spider, then design their own research questions meant to investigate traits in humans like shyness, boldness or fear of the new (2014).