Features
Casting Light on Light Pollution by Mike Hansen
More than just an energy-wasting nuisance, artificial night
lighting is proving to have serious consequences for our health
and environment. Mike Hansen provides educators with activities
that raise awareness among students about the extent and effects
of light pollution in their schools and communities.
Light Pollution: Causes and Cures
by Cliff Haas
Light pollution is the only form of environmental pollution that
can cost much less to cure than it costs society to perpetuate.
Cliff Haas addresses the causes of light pollution, and offers
simple ideas to reduce light pollution in your environment.
Recipes for Success: Integrating
Environmental Education into Home Economics
by Robin Ruff
Robin Ruff's article demonstrates how environmental education can
be easily integrated into common home economics topics such as
food and textile studies, consumer education, and family studies.
Confronting Violence in Entertainment:
The Youth Vote and TV-Free Challenge
by Jacques Brodeur
Schools can help young people resist the influence of violence in
entertainment, and to wean themselves from the tube. This article
provides two powerful activities that can be used in all grade
levels to help students think more critically about the role of
television and violence in their lives.
Worm Composting Revisited by Jennifer Kusmanoff
If the term "worm bin" makes you think of bad smells
and pesky fruit flies, think again. New vermiculture systems and
strategies make it easy to succeed with classroom worm
composting.
Inquiry Learning: Teaching for
Conceptual Change in EE
by Fletcher Brown
Revisiting the term inquiry, the author describes the
"learning cycle", a teaching model that examines
current thinking on what inquiry learning is, and how best to put
into practice in the classroom.
Investigating Ants: Projects for Curious
Minds
by Harriett Stubbs, Rita Hagevik and Edward Hessler
Familiar to most students, ants are so numerous as to represent
10-15% of total animal biomass on the planet – more than the
weight of all humans combined. This article provides teachers of
all grade levels with a plethora of inquiry-oriented teaching
ideas and activities related to ants.
Inside
the Internet: Ethical Consumerism (available online) A column by Katharine Isbell.
And as
always, over 20 new educational resources are profiled and
evaluated in this issue of Green Teacher.
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