Environmental Science Activities

Offers students and teachers the tools to explore various environmental issues; includes hands-on activities to learn more about environmental problems and what can be done to solve them.

Provides 32 detailed, interdisciplinary environmental science lessons with complete directions for use, including summary, introduction, materials needed, preparation and step-by-step teaching directions plus worksheets and background sheets. Organized into six topical units covering Land Use Issues ... Wildlife Issues ... Water Issues ... Atmospheric Issues ... Energy Issues ... Human Issues.

Human activities are creating environmental problems that affect everyone, and place all of us in a decision-making role about environmental issues. To make intelligent decisions, we need to understand how the environment works; therefore, each of the activities in this book was designed to teach one or more basic concepts of environmental science. Environmental issues generate strong opinions, extreme positions and contradictory claims. To analyze these issues requires not only understanding of the environment, but also an ability to evaluate evidence and arguments critically. Therefore, another major purpose of this book is to provide opportunities for readers to practice critical thinking and scientific methods of inquiry.

Environmental Studies: Experiments, Projects, Activities – Book 1, includes a variety of Do-It-Yourself ideas, games, surveys, audits, projects, experiments, and nature walks. The activities are based on an array of themes, such as food chains, plants, birds, animals, endangered species, soil, water conservation, pollution, 3Rs, waste management, weather, and natural environment. These themes highlight environmental challenges, offer solutions, and aid learning in a fun way. In a nutshell, the book: Cultivates a deep understanding and awareness about environmental issues.Includes curriculum-specific concepts in a step-by-step, easy to follow format.Serves as a guide to environmental science projects and coursework during school vacation.Provides ideas, which can be modified by instructors, for project submissions, and eco-club activities.Develops cognitive and psycho-motor skills through observation, classification, inference, and experimentation.Adheres to the Integrated Approach, and follows various objectives laid down in the National Curriculum Framework 2005, NCERT.

Offers ways for students to be involved in improving and protecting the environment and includes projects which can be used in science fairs

Challenge your students to learn more about the scientific world around them. This packet contains activities designed to be completed in 15 minutes or less and can be used as lead-in exercises for classroom discussion, homework, or extra credit assignments. The activities help strengthen students’ understanding of key scientific concepts and examine thought-provoking issues. New worlds are explored as students answer questions, complete Extra Challenges, and solve problems. This is is a valuable tool that should be used in any science classroom!