35 free lessons and units that use the dashboards in the classroom. Each opens on the Environmental Dashboard site.
35 of 35 lessons
Lesson. Grades 8 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics.
Level: AP, Honors, Special needs, Standard. Dashboard: BuildingOS.
Intro lesson on linear, quadratic and exponential functions, fitting dashboard data in Desmos.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Who Cares What's Trending? Curve Fitting with Environmental Dashboard & Desmos (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12 and higher education. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: AP, Standard. Dashboard: BuildingOS.
Advanced exercise using BuildingOS to ask and answer questions about building resource use, leading to student projects.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Problem Solving for Conservation with BuildingOS (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 7 to 12 and higher education. Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Community Voices.
Middle-school photography class tied to Community Voices and dashboard water and energy data.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Photography & Community Voices Content (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 10 to 12. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard.
Introduces the dashboard and systems of electricity, water and consumption.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Oberlin Dashboard - Introducing Electricity (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 10 to 12. Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard.
Ties systems thinking to measuring kilowatts, kilowatt hours and personal energy consumption.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Our Role in the Energy System (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 10 to 12. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard.
Teaches what systems are and how their parts work together, using the dashboard.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: What is a System? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 4. Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard. By Christine Hohman.
Students use the dashboard to see what everyday resources cost.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Natural Resource Economics (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 5. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Joy Harrison.
Field trip on local water and riparian ecosystems within an ecosystems study.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Bioregional Dashboard Water Systems Field Trip (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 5. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Joy Harrison.
Introduces the Citywide dashboard and places personal water use in a local watershed context.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Water Flow Introduction (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 4 to 5. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Hands-on activity to build a feel for how much a watt of electricity is.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Kill-A-Watt (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Honors, Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard, Community Voices. By Jennifer Smillie.
Scavenger hunt to learn the dashboard's features and how resource use is shown.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Dashboard Scavenger Hunt (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grade 1. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard. By Courtney Dendorfer, Kristi Walter.
Uses Building Dashboard graphics to show how resources meet community needs.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: How Do Resources Meet Our Needs? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 4. Language Arts, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Felicia Christian.
Builds an energy budget and highlights sustainable changes that conserve energy.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Creating an Energy Budget (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 4. Language Arts, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Felicia Christian.
Students track building kWh use and cost per hour on the building dashboard.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Monitoring Our Energy Use to Inspire Better Choices (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 4. Language Arts, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Felicia Christian.
Students research how much energy they use over time and what it costs.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: How Much is Energy Use Costing? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 3 to 4. Language Arts, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Felicia Christian.
Explains why and when energy is measured in kW and kWh, with a hands-on lab.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Understanding How Energy is Measured (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 7 to 10. Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Second lesson of a unit on how parts of the electricity system interact.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: The Electricity System Continued (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 7 to 10. Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
First lesson of a unit on systems thinking, brainstorming how energy parts connect.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Systems Thinking and Energy (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Honors, Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards. By Jennifer Smillie.
Builds graph-reading skills so students can use dashboard data well.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: What's Wrong with this Graph? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 7 to 10. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Jennifer Smillie.
Students find trends in data tables using Excel and the dashboard.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Storytelling with Dashboard & Excel (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson and Unit. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Jennifer Smillie.
Introduces BuildingOS, interpreting datasets, and the five-number summary.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Interpreting Graphs, Big Data, & The Five Number Summary (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Jennifer Smillie.
Introduces big data and reviews statistical vocabulary using dashboard graphs.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: What's Big Data? & Interpreting Graphs (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Honors, Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards. By Jennifer Smillie.
Students table and graph dashboard data from before, during or after Ecolympics.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Can We Learn from Ecolympics? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Honors, Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard, Community Voices. By Jennifer Smillie.
Students judge whether dashboard information is useful for saving energy.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Spending Energy to Save Energy (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 4 to 5. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Students graph how electricity use changes across the day and explain why.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Graphing Electricity (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 4 to 5. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Introduces the dashboard's electricity features (2017 version).
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Introduction to the Dashboard (Electricity 2017) (PDF, opens in a new tab)Lesson. Grades 4 to 5. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Introduces the dashboard's electricity features.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Introduction to the Dashboard (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 5 to 12 and higher education. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: BuildingOS.
Hands-on assignment on patterns and magnitude of utility use and its environmental impact.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Electricity and Water Use Signature Assignment (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 10 to 12. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard.
Unit on how building choices affect community and environment, using systems thinking.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Thinking in Systems (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 3 to 5. Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Joy Harrison.
Introduces the Citywide dashboard and local watershed water use across a lesson sequence.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Water Systems (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 4 to 5. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Elementary unit on electricity and circuits with the dashboard.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: 4th Grade Electricity Circuits Unit (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 4 to 7. Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, Citywide Dashboard. By Shane Clark, Danny Rosenberg.
Two-lesson unit on how individual actions affect the wider community's electricity use.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Systems Thinking & Electricity (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 3 to 4. Language Arts, Mathematics, Science.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS. By Felicia Christian.
Unit on resource units, choices, consequences and budgets using the dashboard.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Understanding Resource Units and Choices, Consequences, and Budgets (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards. By Jennifer Smillie.
Unit on whether and how people can change resource-use habits, using dashboard data.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Can We Change Our Habits? (PDF, opens in a new tab)Unit. Grades 9 to 12. Integrated STEM, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.
Level: Standard. Dashboard: Building Dashboard, Storyboards or Cards, BuildingOS.
Unit on big data and the five-number summary applied to dashboard datasets.
Open on Environmental Dashboard: Big Data & The Five Number Summary (PDF, opens in a new tab)Community engagement is community building.
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