Part 1: Exploring the Environment and the UniverseLearning Objectives Evaluation Subject Index Exploring Your Environmental Attitudes and Values
Learning Objectives
Background
1 Defining the Environment
2 Defining Environmental Benefits
3 Changing the Environment
4 Developing Empathy
5 People with Empathy
6 A Sense of Wonder
7 Developing Empathy for Earth
8 Humans Affect the Earth
9 Expressing Thanks to the Earth The Earth, the Solar System, the Universe
Learning Objectives
Background
10 Viewing the Stars
11 Locating the North Star
12 Exploring Distance
13 Exploring Size
14 Viewing Planets
15 Learning More About the Planets
16 Hypothesizing Foreign Life Forms
17 Exploring Time Part 2: Change
Learning Objectives
Evaluation
Subject Index Change in Our Earth
Learning Objectives
Evaluation
Background
18 The Earth Is Dynamic
19 Fossils as Evidence of Change
20 Making Fossil Casts
21 Looking at Fossils
22 Dating Fossils
23 What Remains Might Humans Leave?
24 Indicators of Change
25 The Fluid Earth
26 Demonstrating Earthquakes
27 Surface Movements
28 Identifying Rocks
29 Water Erosion
30 Effects of Freezing on Rocks
31 Chemical/Physical Change
32 Physical Change
33 The Life of a Rock
34 The Water Cycle
35 Dew-point/Condensation
36 How Clouds Form
37 Clouds Constantly Change
38 Building Cloud Castles
39 Air Pressure
40 How Air is Warmed
41 Making Wind
42 Mixing Air Masses
43 Weather Forecasting
44 Rotation of the Earth
45 Dictates of the Clock
46 Estimating Passage of Time Change in Animals and Plants
Learning Objective
Background
47 Observing Metamorphosis
48 Observing Changes in Plants
49 Changes in Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds
50 Changes in Humans Changes in Families and Communities
Learning Objective
Background
51 Change in Families
52 Changes in the Community Part 3: Unity: The Wholeness of Nature
Learning Objectives
Evaluation
Background
Subject Index Grouping by Similarities
Learning Objectives
53 Nature's Families
54 The Many Different Kinds of Vertebrates Interdependence
Learning Objectives
Background
55 Examining Insects
56 Insects and People
57 Nature's Interconnections
58 Interconnections Preserve Unity
59 All Animals Interact through Their Senses Soils
Learning Objectives
Background
60 What Is Soil?
61 Soil Classification
62 Making a Soil Profile
63 Soils Need Help from Living Things
64 Identifying Living Things in Soil
65 The Life of Soil
66 Soil Contains Air
67 Observing Earthworms
68 Soil Contains Dissolved Solid Matter
69 Leaching of Soils
70 Making Soils Richer
71 Soil Conservation
72 Various Measures Conserve Soil Plants
Learning Objectives
Background
73 Seed Race
74 How Seeds Travel with Animals
75 Physical Differences in Seeds
76 Why Do Seeds Germinate?
77 Pollination
78 Inventing a Pollination Strategy
79 Plant Growth
80 Plants Respond to Seasonal Change
81 The Life Cycle of a Plant
82 Plants Need to Exchange Gases
83 How Do We Know That Plants Give Off Oxygen?
84 Plant a Vegetable Garden
85 Plants and the Nutrient Cycle
86 Farmers and the Nutrient Cycle
87 How Does a Plant Feel?
88 Plants Communicate
89 Make a Leaf Cast
90 Make and Examine Leaf Skeletons
91 Make a Leaf Collection
92 Plant Succession
93 Desertification Ecosystems
Learning Objectives
Background
94 Universal Ecosystems
95 The Human Home Is an Ecosystem
96 Observing a Closed Ecosystem
97 The Human Community Ecosystem
98 Human Ecosystems
99 Interconnecting Human Ecosystems
100 The Family Ecosystem
101 Human Niches
102 Destruction of Human Niches
103 Symbiotic Relationships
104 Ecology Grids Adaptations to Change
Learning Objectives
Background
105 Animals Adapt to Habitat and Ecosystem Change
106 Surviving Winter by Hibernation
107 Surviving Winter by Migration
108 Surviving Winter by Living Underground Animal Homes
Learning Objectives
Background
109 Observing Animal Builders
110 Animal Homes Are Multi-purpose
111 Animal Homes
112 Other Animal Homes
113 Animals Without Homes Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids
Learning Objectives
Background
114 From Where Does Energy Come?
115 Where Does Energy Go?
116 Humans Are Major Energy Consumers
117 The Human Community As a Food Pyramid
118 Energy Use in Many Systems
119 Constructing a Food Web Diagram
120 Winter and the Food Web
121 Chemicals and the Food Web
122 Differentiating Between Food Webs and Food Chains
123 Chemicals Move Through Food Webs and Food Chains Predator-Prey Relationships
Learning Objectives
Background
124 Protective Strategies
125 Adaptations Help Animals Survive
126 Food Gathering and Other Adaptations
127 Effective Camouflage
128 Animals with Few Enemies Biomes
Learning Objectives
Background
129 What Are Biomes?
130 Biomes Are Unique
131 Living in a Different Biome Endangered Species
Learning Objectives
Background
132 Preserving Diversity
133 Threats to Species
134 Endangered Animals Print
135 Attitudes Are Changing
136 Conserving Plant Species
137 Conserving Animals
138 Outlook for the Future Part 4: The Finite Planet
Learning Objectives
Evaluation
Subject Index Renewable and Reusable Resources
Learning Objectives
Background
139 What Is a Renewable Resource?
140 Wind Energy
141 Solar Energy
142 Build a Solar Cooker Nonrenewable Resources
Learning Objectives
Backgroun
143 Pollution from Nonrenewable Resources
144 Use of Nonrenewable Resources
145 Land Use
146 Energy Suppliers and Users
147 Energy Use in North America
148 Individual Energy Use
149 Environmental Risk
150 Attitudes Toward Energy Use
151 Encouraging Reduced Energy Use Forests
Learning Objectives
Background
152 Locating Rainforests
153 Rainforest Climate
154 Does Rain Wet the Rainforest Soil?
155 Plant Growth in Tropical Rainforests
156 Rainforests Have Interconnected Food Webs
157 How Do People Use the Rainforest?
158 How Roots Save Soil
159 How Trees Benefit the Water Cycle
160 Trees Modify Climate
161 Trees Provide Jobs Population
Learning Objectives
Background
162 Illustrating Population Growth
163 Exponential Growth Threatens Resources
164 Environmental Resistance
165 Under-population
166 Controlling Human Populations
167 Dealing with Death
168 The Problem Is Not Simply Numbers
169 Youthful or Aging Populations Have Special Problems Food
Learning Objectives
Background
170 There Is Enough Food
171 Hunger Is Not a Simple Problem
172 Pest Controls
173 Effects of Pesticides on Soil Health Pollution
Learning Objectives
Background
174 Noise Pollution
175 Air Pollution
176 Particulate Matter
177 Acid Rain
178 Water Pollution
179 How Organic Matter Pollutes
180 Toxic Pollutants
181 The Greenhouse Effect
182 Depletion of the Ozone Layer
183 Health Effects of Pollution
184 Cost of Pollution Waste Management
Learning Objectives
Background
185 What Is Waste?
186 Recycling
187 Recycling Newsprint
188 Profile of Domestic Garbage
189 Working with Waste
190 Junk Art
191 Eliminate Litter
192 In Search of Better Packaging
193 Disposable Diapers
194 Build a School Compost
195 Available Resources Making Decisions About the Environment
Learning Objectives
Background
196 Hunting and Fishing Regulations
197 Killing Wild Animals
198 Zoo and Park Regulations
199 What About Sharing Water?
200 Promises to Care for the Earth
201 Thank You, Earth Useful Resources
Books
Periodicals Useful Addresses Index of Activities:
By Skills
By Setting and Time of Year
Short Span Activities Index of Blackline Masters Word Index
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