Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests
Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests module uses forest related examples to help students better understand the complexity of environmental issues. Students examine issues objectively, collect and analyze data, and become involved in decision making experiences. They learn how to present arguments clearly and how citizens can play a role in forest management decisions.
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Resources
Earth & Sky The following activities can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom. Activity 1: What’s a Forest to You? Activity 2: Old-Growth Forests Activity 3: Tough Choices Activity 4: Who Owns America’s Forests? Activity 5: Balancing America’s Forests Activity 6: Squirrels vs. Scopes Activity 7: Words to Live By Activity 8: Take Action!
Use of Giant African Land Snails in Classrooms
State Specific Resources Article on Galveston, TX development plans. Critics say the plans are dangerous because homes and hotels are being built on a ridge that some say protects the island
CA adapted student pages for Activity 7, Words to Live By
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