ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SERIES - COPYRIGHT 1995
GLOBE FEARON EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHER
240 FRISCH COURT, PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY 07652
CHANGING POPULATIONS:
Provides activities in the form of lab studies, field studies and gives the student an opportunity to "Solve It." This main focus of this text deals with human populations.
WATER AND AIR:
Contains three case studies dealing with water supply, quality, conservation and air pollution issues.
ENERGY:
Reviews how people use energy , renewable and non-renewable energy sources, nuclear energy and suggestions for energy conservation.
LAND USE:
Discusses the various ways land is used and provides interdisciplinary connections.
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ECOSYSTEMS:
Deals with human values and how they impact the ecosystem.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & SOCIETY SERIES - COPYRIGHT 1993
GLOBE BOOK COMPANY
190 SYLVAN AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY 07632
POPULATIONS:
Deals with the topics of extinction, human populations, health and food resources.
TECHNOLOGY:
Contains articles dealing with resources, hazardous substances, space exploration and technology.@$:
RESOURCES:
Deals with water, air and land resources.
CPUP MODULES
These kits are available:
Plastics in Our Lives
Should their town use exclusively plastic bags or paper bags?
a. Decision-making may be based on ideal versus practical criteria.
b. Properties of substances create advantages and disadvantages in their use.
c. Trade-offs are involved in decision-making processes.
d. Energy costs are hidden but an important consideration in product design.
Investigating Chemical Processes: Your Island Factory
Four representative industries - computers, food processing, chemical manufacturing and oil refining - are examined. The student is introduced to chemical reactions and the meaning of products and by-products.
a. What factors must be taken into account to evaluate the impact of industry on a community.
b. Is classifying industry as "good" or "bad" based on evaluation of it products and by-products productive?
c. How does a community weigh the advantages and disadvantages about siting a factory?
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d. What standards should we use to manage earth resources effectively?
Investigating Groundwater: The Fruitvale Story
They learn about factors that affect groundwater movement and are introduced to expressing concentration as parts per million. They attempt to locate the source of groundwater contamination in Fruitvale.
a. How does groundwater get contaminated?
b. How can we make informed decisions based on evidence we cannot directly experience?
c. Uncertainty as a factor in making decision.
d. Solutions to problems generate more problems.
Chemical Survey & Solutions and Pollution
An introduction to chemicals and their relationship to societal issues.
a. Learn about the uniqueness and importance of water.
b. Is distillation the answer to pollution?
c. Use bar charts to analyze and understand trends in data.
Toxic Waste: A Teaching Simulation
Perform investigation to get rid of toxic waste.
a. Is dilution an answer to pollution?
b. Toxic wastes often contain useful materials that can be reclaimed. Reduces pollution.
c. What problems does reclaiming solve? Create?
d. Treatment and disposal of toxic wastes to landfills.
Determining Threshold Limits
Define threshold limit values.
a. Can the quality of our drinking water be determined by taste and smell?
b. How do we measure the amount of a potentially harmful substance in our water?
c. How are toxicity levels for potentially toxic substances determined?