Living Lightly on The Planet, Volume II

Contact Information

Phone: 414-352-2880
Fax: 414-352-6091

Street Address: 1111 East Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217

Last Updated: 11-21-2004

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"A supplemental activity guide - part of a series for K—12."

Presentation
"Layout needs improvement and data needs to be updated."

Pedagogy
"Student discussions dominate activities rather than data collection or analysis."

Teacher Usability
Some good extension activities."

"Good background information on a wide variety of topics."

"Ready to go classroom activities that would require not much in the way of materials and are easy to do with students."

"Would be good in a district in which an integrated approach to curriculum is being designed."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Schlitz Audubon Center

Description: Living Lightly on the Planet is part of a K—12 environmental education curriculum of activities designed to increase an awareness about the world in which students live and help them develop an environmental ethic. Activities in Volume II (1995 second edition, 206 p.) help secondary level students investigate consumer choices and the use of natural resources, and understand the interaction between human demand for resources and global environmental problems. Ultimately, students are given the opportunity to participate in the solution of a local environmental problem.

Web Address: http://www.schlitzauduboncenter.com/index.htm

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Cost: $24

EE Focus: Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Pollution Prevention

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

B-
B
B
B
B
B

Discipline Emphasis

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