Conflict with the Environment

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• Environment. Junior. Kit #1 [kit] / compiled by Curriculum Materials. -- [S.l.
  : s.n.], c1986-1996.
  26 books (various titles), 2 videocassettes, 2 posters.
  • Contains some fictional material to support this topic.
    Grade level: Jr.
    Contents: Acid rain -- Ahmek -- Believe it or not, there's some good news
    here (videocassette) -- Big burn -- Cities in crisis -- The climate
    crisis -- Earth, ecology, environment -- Garbage! -- Global warming --
    Global warming : the threat of earth's changing climate -- Great northern
    forest (videocassette) -- Green future -- Gypsyworld -- The living soil :
    land use and society -- The living soil : a renewable resource -- Miracle
    at Willowcreek -- Our changing landscape -- Our ecological footprint --
    Out to learn -- Recycling metal -- Renewable energy -- Save our planet --
    The science of the environment -- Speak to the Earth -- Toxic wastes --
    Waste away -- The waste crisis.

Web Resources

• Environmental Issues in Canada - A Literature Based Unit for Grade 8 - This grade eight English Language Arts unit on environmental issues and conflicts integrates well with Social Studies and Science. Literature circles are used to discuss novels related to the theme, and students are presented with opportunities to research an environmental issue
• How to Save the Planet - Students put together a booklet of ways to save the environment.
• Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues - Critical stance and development of a strong argument are key strategies when writing to convince someone to agree with your position on a topic. This lesson focuses on having students create persuasive essays that address environmental issues that are relevant to their lives.

Web Quests

• Spaceship Earth - The WebQuest Spaceship Earth is a platform for internet research about ecosystems, natural resources, and pollution. The WebQuest team must research and design a method for moving Earth's people to another galaxy to save humanity before the sun goes to supernova...

Related Novel Sets Available from the Curriculum Materials Centre

• Touch the Earth by James Barry - This collection of articles and poems illustrates the varied ways in which concerned world citizens are working to help the environment. Included are a table of contents and and eight-page photograph insert.

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