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give any reader a thhorough background in
Strands in the Web: 201 Activities for Teaching
the philosophy and conduct of EE.
Environmental Awareness
ISBN 0-415-13197-9. Published by Rout-
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understand environmental issues, here is one solution.
In Strands in the Web, you will ﬁnd over 200 activities
for that will attract and involve students and enhance their
knowledge of, and concern for, the environment. The activi-
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A Room with a
Language and Dramatic Arts. Whatever subject you teach,
Different View:
you can ﬁt these activities into an integrated program that will bring the subject
First Through Third
alive for your students. Each activity is ﬂexible enough to be used from ages 9-15,
Graders Build Community
and many have extensions that invite further study.
and Create Curriculum
Strands in the Web is divided into four sections: Exploring the Environment and
Jill Ostrow 1995
the Universe; Change; Unity: The Wholeness of Nature; and The Finite Planet. the
168 pp/paper
ﬁrst three sections present environmental education, while The Finite Planet ties
ISBN: 978-157110-009-2
all that information together. The book is extensively indexed by subject, skills and
Amazing story of how a group of
vocabulary, and 32 of the activities include blackline masters which can be copied children in a multi-grade school in Wil-
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class assignments. Other blackline masters provide topics for group discussion or their classroom into an island, created a
research. community, and completed projects that
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solving. A new and different approach to
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Let’s environmental messages, using mass me-
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Save Our dia, developing partnerships for conserva- of choice, challenge, independence, and
Earth tion, and designing on-site programmes respect. This book shows how and why in-
Let’s
for natural areas and community centres. quiry methods improve both the learning
Save Our
Vivid case studies from around the world environment and the results.
Earth is a fun and educational board game
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to help our earth. The game retails for only
pp. ISBN 0-19-856772-3. $49.50 nonmem- What’s Fair Got To Do With It?
$21.95 and is being used by many schools
ber/$40.00 NAAEE member.
This book of case studies offers educa-
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This is a great opportunity to open the
Environmental
reading and a powerful tool for profes-
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ﬁrst-person accounts of moments in cross-
in the 21st
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Outreach Techniques
work.
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What’s Fair Got To Do With It? is avail-
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