Gallery walk activity that relies on students' prior knowledge of environmental issues as an introductory activity in a general education, large-lecture format environmental science class.

Plant water relations are presented in this learning activity to help participants understand the components of water potential, explain how water moves through plants, provide examples of plant adaptations to water stress, and have a general understanding of how water potential can be measured.

This activity from the Department of Energy provides background information about solar ovens and instructions on building a simple model solar cooker.

This video discusses how methane digesters turn waste from dairy cows, food garbage, and other organic matter into usable gases and other fuels.

In this activity, students play the role of energy consultants to a CEO, assessing and documenting the feasibility, cost, and environmental impact of installing solar power on 4 company facilities with the same design but in different geographical locations.

This activity is a biology lab investigation where students create habitats to observe decomposers in a controlled setting.

In this role-play activity, students take the roles of various important players in the climate change policy negotiation including politicians, scientists, environmentalists, and industry representatives. Working in these roles, students must take a position, debate with others, and then vote on legislation designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Can be used in a variety of courses including writing and rhetoric, and social sciences.

This activity focuses on applying analytic tools such as pie charts and bar graphs to gain a better understanding of practical energy use issues. It also provides experience with how different types of data collected affect the outcome of statistical visualization tools.

In this video segment from NatureScene, observe some methods of plant identification with regards to the diversity of hardwoods at the Congaree Swamp.

This video segment from NOVA: A Desert Place describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome.

Title Image "Figure 1" by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Survey Staff is in the Public Domain. The Soil Features section gives a basic introduction to general concepts of soil including soil properties, profiles, and levels of saturation and how those features allow soil to interact with plants. Did you have an idea for improving this content? We’d love your input. 

Using quadrats along line transects in two different habitats, students will gather data which will provide evidence that shows the interrelationships between vegetation types and small mammal populations

This activity is a field exploration where students observe, record and share their findings of plant and animal life on the prairie.

This is a field investigation in which students test water quality in 2-3 areas using their own testable question.

Students learn where certain crops are grown in Wyoming and hypothesize reasons for some areas being better suited for growing crops than others (water availability, elevation, and topography).

Students will understand that we must be stewards of Wyoming. Throughout the course of the unit, students will develop this idea of stewardship.

Students will understand that livestock face multiple challenges and many people are involved in solving those challenges.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous.

Students are presented with examples of the types of problems that environmental engineers solve, specifically focusing on water quality issues. Topics include the importance of clean water, the scarcity of fresh water, tap water contamination sources, and ways environmental engineers treat contaminated water.