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Bazan, Eugene J.; Douglas, Thomas J. – Intercom, 1976
Students solve the dilemma of planning for a decent standard of living while protecting the quality of our environment. Students act out the roles of members of a simple economy: producers, consumers, resource developers, environmental planners. An instructor's manual describes equipment, time needed, and steps for playing. (AV)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Higher Education, Human Resources, Natural Resources
PDF pending restorationFrishman, Austin – 1974
Presented are instructions for the use of "RATS," a model simulating the dynamics of a rat population in either a city or an apartment house. The student controls the conditions of growth and sets the points at which the computer program prints reports. The rat population is controlled by variables including garbage levels selected for the site,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conservation Education, Environment, Environmental Education
Download full textKibel, Barry M. – 1972
This technical paper was written with undergraduate geography students and instructors in mind. Its primary objective is to introduce readers to the first of urban simulations and to provide materials for utilizing simulation models. Contents are interdisciplinary oriented and contain seven chapters showing how simulation techniques may be…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Game Theory, Games
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
This is a progress report of a project in the process of developing an interdisciplinary secondary school curriculum on the Canadian urban environment. The primary goal is to encourage constructive involvement in urban life and community decision-making, and develop a personal and social competence that will engender a greater commitment to the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Community Study, Concept Teaching, Ecology
Kefford, Colin W. – 1968
This description of a unit for teaching about the environment at the junior high level is an experimental study. The focus of the program is the integration of several media; films and tapes play a large role in the unit. Students perform a combination of classroom work, field work, and simulated exercises; assessment procedures are described.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Curriculum Research, Environmental Education, Field Instruction
Clark, A. Rees; Cybriwsky, Roman A. – 1975
This activity is one of a series of 17 teacher-developed instructional activities for geography at the secondary-grade level described in SO 009 140. The activity is a simulation which involves 15 to 25 students in making decisions about the best use of an inner city tract of land. The developers recommend that the game extend over at least three…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Geography Instruction
