This curriculum guide is a behavioral-based, systematic approach to changing attitudes and practices related to waste handling. Activities included are on litter prevention, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, waste-to-energy, and landfill. These activities are used to assist students in making informed decisions about waste disposal…

Prepared for the 1971 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Meeting, this collection of ideas, activities, and unit plans from the Mounds View Environmental Education Project would be useful for junior and senior high school teachers and curriculum planners. Content includes: (1) a senior high course outline and daily lesson plans…

The material contained in this document is the result of an Education Professions Development Act Grant awarded to Miami-Dade Junior College for the fiscal year 1972. Much of the material was developed in a two-week teacher training workshop held in July, 1972, in Miami Beach, Florida. In this session, 46 faculty members from across the country,…

Six global objectives--energy, earth resources, waste disposal, population, interdependence, and quality of life--are used as a framework in preparing this open design for environmental education, one which emphasizes behavioral change in the affective domain. To aid classroom teachers in achieving these goals, the guide is divided into five…

Representing an initial effort in activity construction, this booklet of environmental education activities was developed by teachers attending a 1972 summer workshop of the Menomonie, Wisconsin, School District titled K-12 Environmental Education Program. The activities cover a range of subject areas--biology, science, social studies, language…

A multi-disciplinary approach to environmental studies for high school students, combining the areas of earth science, social science, and health education, is developed in this guide. Student Action for the Valley Environment (SAVE) is primarily a simulation program concerned with a serious problem of today--the survival of life in the cities. It…

Selected and prepared by classroom teachers, these environmental education exercises were developed to be incorporated into specific subject matter areas, not to provide an additional course or unit. Activities in this teacher's guide for elementary grades 1-3 are directed toward art, science, special education, and those which may cover all…

Selected and prepared by classroom teachers, these environmental education exercises were developed to be incorporated into specific subject matter areas, not to provide an additional course or unit. Activities in this teacher's guide for elementary grades 4-6 are directed toward art, language arts, science, social studies, and special education.…

Selected and prepared by classroom teachers, these environmental education exercises were developed to be incorporated into specific subject matter areas, not to provide an additional course or unit. Activities in this teacher's guide for junior high grades 7-8 are directed toward art, language arts, science, social studies, and special education.…

Selected and prepared by classroom teachers, these environmental education exercises were developed to be incorporated into specific subject matter areas, not to provide an additional course or unit. Activities in the teacher's guide for senior high grades 9-12 are directed toward biology, language arts, science, and social studies. Each of the 34…

This guide provides information and learning experiences for exploring United States history through the medium of U.S. folk music. An alternative method of teaching social studies through relating concepts from social studies and folk music is introduced. A variety of learning activities and materials illustrate the concepts and content areas.…

This guide contains learning activities in environmental education developed by teachers and intended for use at the elementary or junior high school levels. Topics covered include: water, esthetics, air, soil and sediment, solid waste, energy, noise, population, and transportation. Generally, each activity contains an introduction, a listing of…

Suggested learning activities for teaching consumer education to K-12 students which can be integrated into the regular curriculum are provided in the guide. The guide is divided into four areas which focus on the different roles of the consumer: (1) the consumer's values and goals--self-development, health and safety, decision making, and…

This publication is the first volume of curriculum resources published by the Kalamazoo Nature Center. It contains directions for using the curriculum activities guide and suggests ways of implementing the activities in the classroom. Also included is an outline of the material that could be covered in an environmental education program, with…

This publication represents the state model for environmental education curriculum for kindergarten through grade twelve in Delaware's schools. The document defines environmental education, lists major curriculum objectives and guidelines, and stresses the importance of the interdisciplinary approach. Four model units, representing the grade level…