This article explores Vanessa Anthony-Stevens and Sammy Matsaw's paper "The Productive Uncertainty of Indigenous and Decolonizing Methodologies in the Preparation of Interdisciplinary STEM Researchers". That paper reports on a small qualitative study on how STEM students in the field of natural resources management react to the inclusion…

Purpose: This paper aims to present the case of a semester-long study-abroad education class in Italy. This course explored place-based methods that classroom teachers (K-12) might use to connect students' outdoor surroundings to extend the lessons they learn in school about environmental sustainability. The experience of the university instructor…

This article examines how art fits into education, looking first at art as inquiry in a 3rd-grade classroom and then at a model of arts-based research rooted in contemporary art. From there, it discusses art integration and suggests that a focus on research in contemporary art provides a basis for integrating art across the curriculum. Ultimately,…

At the University of Vermont, an interdisciplinary faculty team developed an introductory watershed science field course. This course honed field skills and catalyzed communication across water-related disciplines without requiring specific prerequisites. Five faculty (geology, engineering, geography, natural resources) taught the four-credit…

This unit presents a five-day series of classroom activities designed to help students become more aware of the energy situation and their individual responsibilities toward it. Each day's lesson includes: (1) activity title; (2) motivational hints; (3) objectives; (4) materials needed; and (5) description of the activity. A list of resource…

This selection of class activities involves a sequence of 10 class sessions. The goal of the collection is to aid students in learning the concepts of energy conservation and to put this knowledge into practice. Attention is also given to the development of alternate energy sources. Each lesson includes an activity title, motivational hints,…

To increase a student's awareness of the complexity and comprehensiveness of the man-nature interdependence, the University of Oklahoma has developed an experimental course for engineers. Study is made of a local situation in which man has deliberately and irreversibly altered his environment. Goals, format, rationale, implementation, evaluation,…

Reports of methods by which selected high schools have integrated energy education into classrooms are presented. The 12 case studies report what resources the schools have employed and how they have utilized these resources. Also included is information concerning other curriculum materials the teacher may find useful. A number of sources of such…

Examples of energy education programs in selected elementary classrooms and schools and the resources to use to provide energy education are presented. Included are fourteen reports of energy education programs submitted by the teachers who are using them throughout the United States. It also contains an annotated bibliography of the listed…

This collection of lessons is designed to be presented to sixth-grade students in a sequence of 10 class days. Using reading and language skills, the lessons are intended to help students become interested in the energy future and to develop personal values. Special attention is given to conservation and development of alternative energy sources.…

This multidisciplinary multi-period community-based environmental curriculum blends the academic traditions of the humanities and the sciences, namely: social sciences, language art skills, and the physical and life sciences. The centralizing theme of the program is directed toward defining environmentally related problems utilizing the community…

Describes a multidisciplinary program on population and world resources, focusing on the methodology used to evaluate the program. This methodology employs a questionnaire developed on the basis of six areas of knowledge and understanding. Sample results on students' perceptions related to core courses are provided in the form of histograms. (BC)

The purpose of this guide is to inform students of solid waste problems and disposal options. Lesson plans deal specifically with waste and recycling and include interdisciplinary approaches to these problems. The manual is divided in two sections - K-6 and 7-12. Activities are designed to allow the teacher maximum flexibility, and plans may be…

This guide describes a model to help students understand environmental and conservation concepts. The guide proposes four concepts: (1) The Wholeness of Earth's Systems; (2) The Effects of Ecosystems on Human Beings; (3) Human Beings are Now the Most Influential of Earth's Organisms; and (4) Our Ability to Comprehend Must be Coupled With the…

This guide is intended to assist teachers in incorporating the resources of an outdoor education center into their existing curricula. The guide describes the camp program and presents the major goals and objectives of the camp experience. Instructional scheme and topical areas are described. Procedures for implementation of the program are…