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Economics and the Environment: Ecodetectives
Economics and the Environment Ecodetectives Author:Mark C. Schug, John S. Morton, Donald R. Wentworth Economics and the Environment: EcoDetectives is a 15-lesson curriculum designed to show how teachers and students can use economic reasoning in efforts to describe and explain important environmental problems. Interest in environmental quality has grown steadily in recent years. The media regularly feature reports and commentary on issues relate... more »d to endangered species, resource depletion, land use, and air and water quality. At the national and state levels, legislators and other officials find themselves occupied as never before with environmental issues. The schools have been similarly influenced. Environmental education is now an important area of study in most school programs throughout the United States. In addressing environmental issues, teachers often can count on a high degree of interest and strong feelings among their students. Many young people respond with genuine concern to information and images that highlight environmental problems. The challenge for teachers is to move beyond that starting point, helping their students gain a well-informed approach to reasoning about environmental problems. That is the goal of EcoDetectives.Also Available:Economics and the environment - ISBN 1561834823Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for Elementary School - ISBN 1561836281
Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Case Studies and Teaching Activities for High School - ISBN 156183632XThe Council for Economic Education envisions a world in which people are empowered through economic and financial literacy to make informed and responsible choices throughout their lives as consumers, savers, investors, workers, citizens, and participants in our global economy. Some of the areas in K-12 education we publish in include: - Establishing and building credit - Managing personal finances - Understanding economics on a local, national, and global level - Using economics in other subject areas: Social Studies, Geography, History, etc.« less