Ecology
Project Learning ... pp.5-9.
by Julie Tracy with Kathleen Glaser
In this integrated "nature immersion" program, K-5
students meet all curriculum outcomes through investigating,
monitoring and restoring schoolground habitats and local
ecosystems.
Streams ... pp.10-12.
by Frederick R. Wilson
STREAMS curriculum uses outdoor lessons about watershed
management as the integrating context for cross-curricular
studies in language arts, math, science, and social studies
lessons for grade six students.
A Matter of Debate ... pp.13-15.
by Ruth Ann DePitera, Joe Rossow and Gretchen Lange
In this integrated unit linking social studies, science and
language arts, grade six students get first-hand experience of
legislative processes by writing and debating environmental
protection laws..
Two Rivers Project ... pp.16-19.
by Loris Chen
Thematic units on "backyard" environmental issues
provide a focus for seventh graders' attention during a year when
many adolescents are easily distracted.
Integrated Studies in Systems ... pp.20-24.
by Pam Martin
The Integrated Studies in Systems programs is a two-year
interdisciplinary program that uses the characteristics of
ecosystems as a framework for learning, in which grades 9 and 10
students earn credits in science, social science and language
arts.
Community Environmental Involvement ... pp.25-27.
by Wayne B. Pikal and Ben Lindquist
Combining English, social studies and science, the CEI program is
engaging students in award-winning river studies from the banks
of banks of the Mississippi to the Miass River in Russia.
The Earth Community School: A back-to-basics model of
secondary education ... pp.30-31.
by Fans C. Verhagen
Secondary education model that uses environmental education, with
a focus on an "Earth Literacy Module", as the basis for
a multidisciplinary curriculum.
The Dhammayatra: Walking for Environmental Education in
Thailand ... pp.30-35.
by Peter Burt
Annual pilgrimage in southern Thailand connects rural villagers
and urban middle-class, furthering community efforts toward
improving environmental conservation and rural development.
North America's Environmental Education Organizations ...
pp.36-37.
Planet Earth Pages: Humane Education ... pp.39-40.
by Sheilal Schwartz
Twenty-one activities for K-12 classes that help to raise
awareness of other people and places, with a focus on issues
related to development.
