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3. Environmental Science
3. Environmental Science
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The teacher's guide includes a module overview, the 6 individual activity folios, duplication masters (in English and Spanish) for student sheets, and an annotated bibliography.
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Ronkonkoma, N.Y.: Lab-Aids, 1995. Program Overview The Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP)
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Students investigate the issue of risks and benefits of chemicals in the environment, and they apply what they have learned about water quality, toxicity, and risk to make a decision about how to clean up groundwater contamination. Among the activities in part 1, students analyze data and information about the 1849 cholera epidemic in London, they perform a simulated investigation of the effect of a potentially toxic substance on a group of rats, and they conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of water samples.
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There Is No Away is organized in 16 Learning Experiences that can be done in a minimum of 27 class ses sions. The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 16 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials.
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In other activities, students conduct a plantgrowth experiment to determine the effect of various dilutions of acid on seed germination, present a play focusing on the effects of acid rain on aquatic life, play a "startling statements" game, and hold a town meeting to discuss possible solutions to the problem of acid rain. The unit provides students with much infor mation on acid rain, encourages them to analyze complex environmental issues, and illustrates interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1989. Program Overview The National Geographic Kids Network series is a telecommunications-based program for grades 3-9 that emphasizes collaborative student research on realworld issues.
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Then, through the National Geographic Society Kids Network a computer network that links students around the world doing the same unit-they compare their pH measurements with those taken by students in different parts of the world. As they do so, they look for patterns and make predictions about the geographic distribution of acid rain.
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Acid rain test kit, $150. (Contact NGS regarding membership fees for accessing NGS Kids Network.)
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About 18 to 20 class sessions are needed to complete the 15 activities in Chemicals: Choosing Wisely. Teacher's Guide The teacher's resource guide includes examples of possible student responses to discussion questions, annotated answers to 125
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The 7 activities in Solutions and Pollution take 12 class periods of 40 to 50 minutes each. Included in this slim, wire-bound book are reproducible student sheets, directions for guiding activities and discussions, and an end-ofunit test.
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Cleaning Water is a 3-week module divided into 6 activities, which each take between 2 and 3 class periods to complete. A narrative section at the end of the module provides background information for students on water pollution and water testing.
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Program Resources and Support Mat~als A wide range of materials, including some optional components, is available. Examples include consumable and nonconsumable activity materials; audio- and videotapes; interactive videodiscs; color transparencies; assessment materials; a teacher anthology of short stories, poems, fingerplays, and songs; trade books; teacher resource masters; activity cards; activity logs; concept summaries and glossaries for students acquiring English; and software with problem-solving simulations for students.
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About 18 to 20 class sessions of 50 minutes each are needed to complete the 16 activities in Energy Conservation. Teacher's Guide The teacher's resource guide includes examples of possible student responses to discussion questions, annotated answers to student activity sheets, and some additional resources and assessment tools.
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Teacher's Guide Recommended grade level: 7-8 I Global Warming and the Greenhouse Eject uses a variety of hands-on laboratory activities, simulations, and discussions to help students learn about the greenhouse effect and its causes, the uncertainties of global warming theory, and the possible consequences of global warming.
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Program Overview The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP) series consists of 12 modules for grades 7-9.
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Menlo Park, Calif.: AddisonWesley, 1994. Program Overview The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP)
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A narrative section at the end of the module provides background information for students on crop pests and the water cycle. Teacher's Guide The wraparound teacher's guide includes a unit overview, a time line for completing the module, a materials list, background information, and teaching suggestions.
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Program Overview The EventBased Science series is a program for middle school students in grades 6-9. Each module tells the story of a real event- such as the 1995 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire through reprinted newspaper articles and personal interviews; sections of background information explain relevant scientific concepts.
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Menlo Park, Calif.: Addison-Wesley, 1992. Program Overview The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPllP)
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Chestertown, Md.: LaMotte Co., 1994. Program Overview The Pondwater Tour is an activity kit for carrying out a project that focuses on the quality of surface water for example, in ponds, streams, or marshes.
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Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1997. Program Overview The National Geographic Kids Network series is a telecommunications-based program for grades 3-9 that emphasizes collaborative student research on realworld issues.
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Program Overview The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP) series consists of 12 modules for grades 7-9.
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Program Overviews The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP) series consists of 12 modules for grades 7-9.
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About 18 to 20 class sessions are needed to complete the 16 activities in Waste Reduction. Teacher's Guide The teacher's resource guide includes examples of possible student responses to discussion questions, annotated answers to student activity sheets, and some
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and its potentially harmful effects on water quality. Then, through the National Geographic Society Kids Network- a computer network that 14i
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(Contact NGS regarding membership fee for accessing NGS Kids Network.) Publisher/ supplier: National Geographic Society.
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Students work through the lessons using a 15-page student book. The teacher's guide includes directions for lessons and demonstrations, ideas for additional activities, background information on water in Southern California, an annotated list of educational resources available from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and a list of children's literature.
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Each activity has a complete lesson plan and focuses on a single concept. Reproducible blackline masters of student activity sheets are included.
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Recommended grade level: 6-~. Cycling Back to Nature with Biodegradable Polymers is a sourcebook of activities addressing the environmental influence of natural products, manufactured products, and by-products of the earth's natural cycles.
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Environmental Issues: Intermediate is a teacher's guide with directions for 17 lessons and/or activities that help students explore topics such as environmental awareness, solid waste management, air and water pollution, land use, and the effects that people's everyday actions can have on the environment. Among the activities, for example, students conduct a survey (and tally the results)
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Some activities require the purchase of testing kits and equipment. The guide includes 10 fact sheets on various concepts and issues related to the activities-for example, the connection between land use and water quality, approaches to stopping or preventing water pollution, and steps individuals can take to reduce water pollution.
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This guide offers about 20 activities and much useful information, including a 12-page background section for the teacher, on global warming. It includes simple classroom activities for students in elementary through high school, a demonstration experiment on the greenhouse effect, and a resource list.
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H2O Below, developed for middle school students in Illinois, refers to groundwater resources in that state, but many of its activities can be adapted for other locations. Each activity includes background information, a materials list, step-by-step procedures, discussion questions, extensions, suggestions for evaluation, and reproducible student sheets.
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Many of the activities are more appropriately done outdoors. Our Wonderful World provides reproducible student worksheets, including data charts, tables, and graphs.
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The HyperCard diskette that accompanies the program provides supporting text drawn from National Geographic publications, a glossary, and a feature that allows users to create customized visual presentations from the materials. Students can use the software, for example, to arrange video segments and photographs from the videodisc and type in their own narration.
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Students determine the pH of various solutions; they test water samples for the presence of chlorine, iron, and copper; and they use a soap solution to determine the "hardness" of water samples. They also summarize results in a water-quality report.
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Each activity includes background information, procedures, discussion questions, extension SCIENCE / SCIENCE A . ." r' - ~;~ CTIVITY BOOKS ideas, home learning suggestions, and reproducible student pages.
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