The Ecology Student Edition book is one of ten volumes making up the Human Biology curriculum, an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based approach to the study of life science.
This textbook introduces students to the basic concepts, trends, perspectives and interconnections of global society. Through readings, discussions, videos, webcasts and other activities, students examine the interdependence of people around the world and global issues that affect these relationships. It will provide an overview of the history and theoretical approaches that have created a global society through topics such as global politics, human rights, the natural environment, population, disease, gender, information technology, war and peace. This is a required course for the Global Studies Emphasis.
This course introduces students to the basic concepts, trends, perspectives and interconnections of global society. Through readings, discussions, videos, webcasts and other activities, students examine the interdependence of people around the world and global issues that affect these relationships. It will provide an overview of the history and theoretical approaches that have created a global society through topics such as global politics, human rights, the natural environment, population, disease, gender, information technology, war and peace. This is a required course for the Global Studies Emphasis.
A Sustainable Development Perspective
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This video segment from a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets connects public health to the availability of clean and safe drinking water and elaborates on the threats our bodies face due to increasing kinds and quantities of pollutants.
A Nearpod using PBS Kids Elinor Wonders Why episode about helping the environment (our habitat) by cleaning up litter.
In this video segment adapted from the Alaska Native Heritage Center, discover the connections between Alaska Native subsistence culture and the natural cycle of the seasons.
Students will develop a plan to mitigate the effects of our extraction of natural resources through mining.
How humans change and impact their environment (habitat).
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the clean-up effort after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Also featured is a marsh where an oil spill occurred 20 years earlier; analysis suggests that environmental damage may last for decades.
Students are asked to explain how natural disasters affect environmental health.
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The author shows that polar bears are not only appealing images in our culture but also an engaging topic for children in grades k-5. Teachers can combine several of the concepts of the life sciences with reading and writing skills in lessons about polar bears. The author provides links to online lesson plans in both science and literacy as well as titles of childrenČs books. This article appears in the free, online magazine Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears.
Bugs, written by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker. General information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Bugs, written by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker. General information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Bugs, written by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker. General information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Bugs, written by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker. General information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Bugs, written by Nancy Winslow Parker and Joan Richards Wright, illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker. General information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects.
Space Case, written by Edward Marshall, illustrated by James Marshall. When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is mistaken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.
Space Case, written by Edward Marshall, illustrated by James Marshall. When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is mistaken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.