This is a supplement to ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION EDUCATION: A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY published in 1974. Publishers of books were invited to submit recent publications for review; those listed are the committee's choices as the best of those received. Materials are listed for the following levels: (1) Primary (Early Childhood through…

These environmental education materials include both out-of-classroom and in-classroom experiences. The activities emphasize seven major goals including language skills, number skills, social skills, motor skills, science, and attention span. There are eight coded topical areas: (1) air; (2) animals; (3) games; (4) light; (5) plants; (6) seasons;…

This document is a pilot program of an interdisciplinary nature that complements the existing curriculum utilizing value clarification strategies. Included in this publication are a variety of value encounters. The value encounters are divided into four broad conceptual areas: (1) Environmental Management; (2) Environmental Quality; (3)…

This quarterly publication includes articles concerning the advancement, improvement, and coordination of science education in all fields of science at all educational levels. In this issue, articles deal with science resources, physics teacher workshops, environmental education programs, laboratory equipment and instructional aids, and…

This is one of a series of units for environmental education developed by the Highline Public Schools. This unit on water is designed for primary grades. Included are ten lessons. Each lesson includes the concepts of the lesson, materials needed, time for the activity, procedure, evaluative activities, and follow-up activities. Included are…

Described are the materials developed by Priority One: Environment, a project of the Township of Union Public Schools, Union, New Jersey. The program was designed to develop multidisciplinary and multimedia materials for grades 1-12. This publication describes the development process, the 13 multimedia units, the evaluation process, cost…

Discusses modern approaches to environmental education in the context of Western concepts of man's relation to nature. Contends that clear definitions of the terms "environment" and "education" are needed. Concludes that future programs of environmental education will study problems originating in human nature and will dissolve boundaries between…

Attempts to analyze the effects of advance organizers on an environmental education unit, assess retention of the instructional material one year later, and determine if changes in perceptions of a woodland occurred. (GA)

Describes the elementary science curriculum reform movement in the Philippines. Whereas past textbooks were adaptations of U.S. texts, the second generation textbooks are more in keeping with Philippino needs. Structure of discipline is now stressed less than society's needs. Population, conservation, health and sanitation, green revolution, and…

Reports a significant correlation between environmental knowledge and environmental attitude, and significant differences between BSCS (Biology Sciences Curriculum Study) and nonbiology students' ecology comprehension and environmental attitudes. (CP)

Effects of instruction with Foundational Approach in Science Teaching (FAST) environmental science materials on Hawaiian high school students included increased interest in studying science and higher achievement in high school biology. On the whole the FAST program has had positive effects on students regarding achievement, interest, and…

The nature of the responsibility for continuing education for environmental professionals that rests upon five groups is discussed. These groups are environmental health workers, educational institutions, public health agencies, governments, and professional associations. (MR)

Reports results of a study attempting to ascertain the effectiveness of 30 hours of environmental education instruction on teachers' attitude towards teaching environmental education at the elementary and middle school levels. (SL)

Photographs of earth taken by two Landsat satellites can be used by elementary and secondary social studies and geography teachers. Classroom activities are suggested and materials and sources are listed. (Author/RM)

Describes the concept of environmental citizenship and shows how to apply it to the "African crisis" and Australia. Claims geography can link a concern for a better world to the realities of world economic and political order thereby revealing the inadequacies of the accounts of crises offered by governments and the media. (JDH)