Living Lightly in the City, 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

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"Provides a practical approach to ecological and environmental awareness."

Using the urban environment as a springboard to ecological investigations.

Pedagogy
"Great progression of ideas, from learning about the neighborhood to having a global focus."

"Strong emphasis on stewardship."

"Higher order thinking skills are used throughout."

Teacher Usability
"Teacher background information could be expanded."

"Short, direct lessons that are easy to follow and apply to everyday life."

"Some of the information is outdated."

Focus on Communities
"Good balance of natural and human communities."

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Schlitz Audubon Center

Description: Living Lightly in the City is part of a K—12 environmental education curriculum of activities designed to increase awareness about the community and the sources of water, food, energy, and the resources students consume daily. Units at the K—3 level include neighborhood explorations, gardening, urban and suburban wildlife, community connections, energy, and suggestions for "living lightly." Units at the 4—6 level (Vol. II, 1992 second edition, 190 p.) include neighborhood explorations, use of natural resources in daily life, native American perspectives, consumer behavior, transportation, water cycles, resource conservation, and environmental problem solving.

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

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 4, 5, 6

Cost: $24

EE Focus: Cultural Awareness, Energy, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Transportation, Water

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