Agriculture
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Lesson Plan: Updating ‘GMO Food Fears and the First Test Tube Tomato’ (QFT)
Students will learn how the rise of genetically modified food sparked controversy and transformed modern agriculture. They will also consider how the video could be updated to reflect more recent developments.
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Lesson Plan: The Fruit Fly That Quarantined California
Students will learn about the 1981 Mediterranean fruit fly infestation that spread through California’s Santa Clara Valley and explore the benefits and drawbacks of different methods of pest control.
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Lesson Plan: Wolves in Yellowstone
Students will learn about the reintroduction of the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park and explore whether humans have a role to play in ensuring that animals do not become endangered.
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Lesson Plan: Future of Food
Students will explore current examples of how communities respond to agricultural changes, like organic farming, and compare them food revolutions in history.
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Lesson Plan: Can Plant-Based Meat Mitigate Climate Change?
Students will assess the nutritional value, economic success and environmental impact of plant-based meats – a current trend with roots in a movement that took off in the 1970s with the bestselling book “Diet for a Small Planet.
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Lesson Plan: Amazon Rainforest Defenders Confront Violence, Encroachment and Politics (Econ.)
Students will learn about the history of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and explore the conflict between environmental interests and economic interests.
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Lesson Plan: Beekeepers and Scientists Join Forces to Protect the Pollinators
Student will learn about colony collapse disorder and explore the role that pollinators play in ecosystems.
