High-interest lesson plans that make it easy to fit important topics into the curriculum

This timely update includes over 35 interdisciplinary lessons on key environmental topics of high interest to students, such as global warming, alternative energy sources, endangered animals, nuclear power, and air pollution. Each of the ready-to-use lessons includes a topic summary, suggestions for introduction, list of materials, teacher preparation and safety concerns, step-by-step teaching directions, discussion questions, reproducible student background information and activities, extensions, and resources.

Michael L. Roa (Sebastopol, CA) has taught environmental science for over 39 years. A frequent presenter at science conventions, Roa is also the author of several other books on environmental education.