CurriculumEarth: Communities (4-6)

Contact Information

Phone: 215-482-7300
Fax: 215-482-8158

Street Address: 8480 Hagy's Mill Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128-1998

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Very relevant to students' lives."

"The curriculum moves from awareness of the environment and environmental issues to understanding of principles connected to the issues to personal action."

Presentation
"Great material that could be overlooked because of the drab cover."

Pedagogy
"Alternative assessment strategies are integrated into the activities—relies heavily on journals."

"The level of questioning in many activities is broader and deeper than [in other material]."

Teacher Usability
"Very useful for a beginning teacher."

"Lends itself to a fourth or fifth grade yearlong study of science."

Focus on Communities
"Discusses positive and negative human influences."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

Description: CurriculumEarth: An Awareness to Action Program for K—12 consists of 15 units covering environmental education, earth, life, and physical science as well as social science. Lessons are sequentially arranged and move from a study of awareness and values to knowledge and action. Glossary, bibliography, resources, and numerous appendices are included.

The Communities units were reviewed for the purpose of this compendium. At the grade 6 level, (1997, 246 p.), lessons focus on the human community, interactions within communities, abiotic factors and the human impact on ecosystems. Activities are correlated with National Geography Standards, Project 2061 Benchmarks for Science Literacy, and National Science Education Standards.

Web Address: http://www.schuylkillcenter.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 4, 5, 6

Cost: $29.95

EE Focus: Ecosystems-General, Population, Sustainable Development

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

A
A
A-
A
A
A

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language