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Additional Lessons 11 - 20 of 150 for Ecuador
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11. Exploring the History of Oil
...assroom. Download the Flash plug-in, available free at http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/ download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P5_Language=English, to each computer in your classroom. Cue Extreme Oil Episode 2, "The Curse of Oil" to where you see a low-income urban neighborhood in Ecuador, and you hear the male narrator say, "Petro Ecuador was also supposed to have cleaned up a number of Texaco's old oil pits." Cue Extreme Oil Episode 3 "The Wilderness" to where you see the BP facility through the truck windshield, and you hear a male voice say, "Oil companies are really caught betwe...
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Grade Level: 9-12
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12. Art and Geology
...Art Access Kids+Families Students + Teachers Modern and Contemporary Art Picasso Kandinsky Matisse O'Keefe Wood Magritte Hopper Pollack Warhol Orozco Nauman Fritsch Art and Geology Suggested Grade Level: 6-8 Estimated Time: three to four class periods Introduction: Frederic Edwin Church traveled to Ecuador in 1853 and 1857, training his artistic eye on the region's mountains and its volcano, Cotopaxi. He asked some of the same questions that scientists of the period were debating: how were mountains and volcanoes formed? Do they grow? During the 19th century, volcanoes were seen as isolated marvels, b...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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13. Community Forum
...e School Basic Concepts: Activism, Conservation, Interdependence Content Areas: Social Studies, Science Time: 1 1/2 hour Objectives Students will understand how conservation laws affect the interests of different involved parties. Activity 1 Phase 1: Provide the students with a copy of the article "Ecuador Passes New Law to Protect Galapagos Islands: WWF Hails Move as "Gift to Earth." (See the following copy or the "Resources" section below for the web address.) As a class, read through the article. What initial impressions do the students have? What do they think of the Galapagos Conservation Law? Ma...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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14. Rainforest Alliance Learning Site
...nts 4. Be a Savvy Consumer 5. Where Your Donation Goes 5. About Us 1. Our Mission 2. Values and Vision 3. Integrity and Transparency 4. Conservation Benefits 5. Timeline 6. Board of Directors 7. Experts on Staff 8. Corporate Support 9. Annual Report 10. Jobs & Internships Learning Site Fourth Grade Ecuadorian Rainforest hoatzin Lesson 2 Why Does the Cocoa Tree Need a Tropical Rainforest to Grow? Sign up here for our free monthly e-newsletter. Concept Cocoa plants have specific requirements to survive. Plants thrive naturally in different biomes. Growing conditions and requirements can be affected by h...
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15. La Copa Mundial
...cus on la Copa Mundial. B. Students will have a list of countries and students will have to check off which countries are participating in the World Cup. Germany England Argentina Angola USA Japan Costa Rica Paraguay Holland Portugal Brazil France Poland Trinidad & Tobago Mexico Italy Croatia Korea Ecuador Switzerland Iran Ghana Australia Spain C. Students will break off into groups of two. One student (A) will have a color picture of a uniform of one of the Spanish-speaking countries participating in the World Cup. Their partner (B) will have a blank outline of a t-shirt on a clipboard with some cray...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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16. CoBaLTT Lesson Plan: South America: Its Spanish-speaking Countries and Capitals
...OTE: Prior to beginning the personal dictionary portion of this unit, the students will have already learned to recognize and say the entire alphabet in Spanish! Objectives: Content: Students will... begin to recognize the Spanish-speaking countries and respective capitals of South America know why Ecuador (equator) has its name Cultural: Language: Content Obligatory Students will... know the Spanish word for country (el país), capital (la capital) and South America (Sudamérica). begin to recognize the following countries and respective capitals: COUNTRY/CAPITAL Venezuela/Caracas Colombia/Bogotá Ecuad...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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17. EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | Making Cents out of Centimes
...one euro. Introduction:world Would you like to take a trip to Europe? It might surprise you that your dollar bills and coins would not be accepted in the stores in Europe. In fact, the dollar is not normally accepted except in the United States. If you went into a McDonald's in Japan, South Africa, Ecuador, or even Canada you would not be able to spend your American money. In this lesson you will discover that Europe has a new currency unit called the Euro. You will also find out that one dollar does not equal one euro. Webster's Online Dictionary (http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary) defines ce...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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18. The Galapagos Islands: A Geological Wonder
...anic island chain called the Gal pagos Islands, which was created in much the same way as the Hawaiian Islands. Have students look at photographs of the Gal pagos Islands on the National Geographic Channel Gal pagos micro-site. Explain that this island chain is part of the South American country of Ecuador. If you have a world map in the classroom, ask a student volunteer to point out South America and to locate Ecuador. Can he or she find the Gal pagos Islands? (They lie along the equator about 600 miles west of Ecuador.) As an option, you may have students find the Gal pagos Islands on the National...
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Grade Level: 6-8
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19. South America Field Trip
...- Countries The web site from "LatinWorld" server introduces most Spanish-speaking coutries in Latin America from different perspectives like general information, culture, education and research, Internet resources, and news. The countries are as follows: o Argentian o Bolivia o Chile o Columbia o Ecuador o Paraguay o Peru o Uruguay o Venezuela + Bolivian music This site offers some sound files for PC version to have readers have chance to listen to the musical variety and richness of the music from Bolivia. + The Bolivia Music Page The web site offers Bolivian interesting musical inforamtion as well...
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20. The Galapagos Islands: A Special Place
...features of the Gal pagos, including how the islands were created and what they are made of. They will also learn about some of the animal life on the islands. Ask a student volunteer to locate South America on a world map and to point out its location to the rest of the class. Help students locate Ecuador by explaining that Ecuador means "equator" in Spanish. Ask them to first find the equator and to then find the country of Ecuador. They can then look along the equator to the west of Ecuador to locate the Gal pagos Islands. As an option, you may have students find the Gal pagos Islands on the Nation...
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Grade Level: 3-5
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