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This is a collection of useful web sites for teaching public policy in the earth sciences. If you know of web sites, journal articles or other references that are useful for teaching and learning about public policy issues, let us know about them.Subject: Environmental Science
- 3 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 1 match
- Ecosystems 4 matches
- Energy 4 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Water Quality and Quantity 3 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 2 matches
- Waste 2 matches
- Soils and Agriculture 2 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 2 matches
- Land Use and Planning 2 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 1 match
- Sustainability 3 matches
- Natural Hazards 1 match
- Policy 9 matches
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Subject: Environmental Science
- 3 matches General/Other
- Air Quality 1 match
- Ecosystems 4 matches
- Energy 4 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Water Quality and Quantity 3 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 2 matches
- Waste 2 matches
- Soils and Agriculture 2 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 2 matches
- Land Use and Planning 2 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 1 match
- Sustainability 3 matches
- Natural Hazards 1 match
- Policy 9 matches
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- Research Results 4 matches
- Overview/Summary 5 matches
Pedagogic Resources
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Biomedical Ethics for Engineers part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow ...
Transitions and Tipping Points in Complex Environmental Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This report, by an NSF advisory committee, details many of the environmental challenges facing our planet and our society, and issues a call to action for NSF, for researchers, and for educators, to ...
The Lifestyle Project part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper from the Journal of Geoscience Education describes the Lifestyle Project. This project is an innovative way for students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own ...
The Fishing Game part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In The Fishing Game, students compete with 2 virtual fishing companies to maximize their bank balance by fishing. A population model informs the results of each year's fishing. The game is ...
Enviros, Residents Join Legal Battle Over Coalbed Methane part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the combined efforts of Gallatin County Commissioners, environmentalists, and homeowners in the Bozeman Pass area to deny J.M. Huber Corp. a ...
Moratorium Imposed on Coalbed Methane Drilling part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle describes the creation of a temporary ban on coalbed methane development near Bozeman, Montana. The local county commission created an emergency zoning ...
EarthScore: Your Personal Environmental Audit and Guide part of SERC Print Resource Collection
How do your daily activities at home, on the job and in between affect the environment? EarthScore offers an opportunity to quantify your environmental impact. This booklet consists of 107 questions ...
Teaching and learning in environmental education: Developing environmental conceptions part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper discusses how environmental education is closely connected with the affective domain in that it involves attitudes, values and behaviors, in addition to cognitive knowledge. The authors ...
A Multivariate Analysis of the Relationship Between Attitude Toward Science and Attitude Toward the Environment part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This statistical study from the Journal of Environmental Education identifies the relationship between students' attitude toward science and their attitude toward the environment. Canadian 9th ...
The Use of a Mock Environment Summit to Support Learning about Global Climate Change part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This paper describes a course that addresses the human aspects of global change through the development and negotiation of an international environmental agreement. Students play the roles of country ...