Michigan+8th+Grade+Environmental+Curriculum

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 * Reviewed by Elizabeth Anderson**

This module is part of the Michigan school curriculum. It is intended for 8th grade students. Schools are to use these lesson plans throughout the year to teach the children both traditional educational skills and environmental education. A link to the outline can be found [|here].

This module would probably be fairly fun and interesting, especially if the teacher was excited about the projects, many of which are not traditional assignments. I could see it being boring and feeling like a waste of time, too, though. It seems to be very interdisciplinary and asks a lot of good critical thinking questions.

The module was created by the [|Michigan state government]. It seems to explain issues without much bias and asks students to look into various controversies, such as the efficiency of ethanol or "Why Do We Drive?" instead of spoon-feeding them information.

This module is too long and detailed to be used in its entirety as an RPI workshop, although something similar could be implemented in local schools. Parts of this module could be used as an EcoEd workshop. There are additional ones for [|other grades].