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Goal 7

The learner will build an understanding of environmental decision making.

Objective 7.03

Recognize significance of major environmental laws and regulations: regional, national and international.

Clean Air Act.
Clean Water Act.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Endangered Species Act.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Control Act.
Kyoto Protocol.
Lacey Act.
Mining Act.
Montreal Protocol.
National Environmental Policy Act.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Wilderness Act.

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About a tree: The life and work of Emerging Explorer Mark Olson: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about National Geographic Emerging Explorer Mark Olson's efforts to identify extinct or nearly extinct plants and the reasons for the plant losses. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Alarming frogs: The life and work of emerging explorer Tyrone Hayes: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about the ways National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tyrone Hayes uses a combination of laboratory and field study to learn about changes in frogs' appearances as they relate to chemical contamination of water. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Crossing boundaries: The environment, disease, and conflict in Asia: In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about boundaries as they apply to matters of pollution, disease, and conflict within the continent of Asia, between Asian nations, and between Asian nations and members of the international community. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies and Science); Provider: National Geographic

Defining drought: In this Science NetLinks lesson, students examine drought from a variety of perspectives. The lesson focuses first on the scientific definition of drought, including weather patterns, water cycles, water requirements by plants and animals, and physiological responses by plants and animals to drought. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Estuaries: Finding the balance: In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the conflict between development and the environment, and the attempt to find a sound compromise. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Making the grade: Health indicators in the Chesapeake Bay watershed: In this Xpeditions lesson, students use online tools and resources to examine data concerning key indicators of the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the factors that affect them. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Natural resources extraction: This Xpeditions lesson encourages students to think about where the natural resources we use come from and the processes by which these resources are extracted. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Preserving biodiversity: Students examine maps and then create a map that shows where some endangered species live around the world. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Sprawl: The national and local situation: In this Xpeditions lesson, students investigate how urban sprawl impacts the environment, people's daily lives, and the local and regional economy. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies and Science); Provider: National Geographic

Water resources in Asia: Change and challenges: This Xpeditions lesson uses China's water issues as case studies to examine the delicate balance between using resources to improve the standard of living for citizens and preserving resources to protect natural biodiversity and environment. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Water, water everywhere: In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine differences in the availability of fresh drinking water around the world. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); Provider: National Geographic

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