Biodiversity. Teacher's Guide to World Resources. Comprehensive Coursework on the Global Environment [microform] / Sarah A. Snyder
- Bib ID:
- 5688975
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Snyder, Sarah A
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 36 p.
- ISSN:
- 1076-7592
- Summary:
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This teacher's guide presents teaching suggestions and presentation materials about the importance of biodiversity, examines why it is threatened, and suggests ways of conserving it. The lesson is divided into seven parts and suggests allowing two or more class periods for completion. Student handouts include: (1) "Test Yourself: How Much Do You Know about Biodiversity?"; (2) "Facts about Biodiversity"; (3) "Collecting Species Data in Costa Rica"; and (4) "Answers to 'How Much Do You Know about Biodiversity?'" Transparency masters are titled: (1) "Species Remaining to be Described"; (2) "Wetland Loss in Selected Industrialized Countries, 1950-80"; (3) "Trends in Deforestation and Population Growth, 1850-1980"; and (4) "Tropical Areas with Rich Floral Diversity." (EH)
- Notes:
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- Availability: World Resources Institute, 1709 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. Tel: 202-638-6300.
- Sponsoring Agency: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ.
- Sponsoring Agency: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Environmental Education Section.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: For related "Teacher's Guide to World Resources" documents, see SO 028 456-466. Mary Paden was editor.
- Practitioners.
- Teachers.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Biodiversity
- Citizenship
- Conservation (Environment)
- Developing Nations
- Development
- Ecology
- Environmental Education
- Foreign Countries
- Global Education
- Habitats
- Interdisciplinary Approach
- International Cooperation
- Rainforests
- Secondary Education
- Social Studies
- Sustainable Development
- Teaching Guides
- Wetlands
- Costa Rica
- Other authors/contributors:
- World Resources Inst., Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Publication date:
- 1994
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