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This brief article introduces the Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps, which worked with Honeywell to clean up, remove contaminants, and rebuild habitats along the lake's tributaries and southwestern shoreline.
Students will learn about the importance of becoming stewards of the environment and the positive effects of volunteering via climate action.
The length of this article makes it an easily-prepped substitute teacher lesson resource.
Helpful sidebars illustrate bird species affected by the event in the story.
Additional Prerequisites
Vocabulary is somewhat rigorous, so a definition list or graphic organizer will be helpful.
Teachers and students can share this article via social media.
If students are unfamiliar with this area, it may help to point it out on a map before reading the article.
Differentiation
This article is an excellent introduction to a conservation field trip of a lake, river, or shoreline clean-up.
English teachers can have students read the article and research volunteer opportunities to clean up local lakes, rivers, and other shorelines.
Science teachers can have students work together in small groups to research how to be better environmental stewards.
There are links at the bottom of the webpage for readers to learn more about how they can help, so teachers can have students find the closest Audubon Center or chapter in the area to learn about local efforts.
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