Case Studies Environmental Science

Page | February 2022

Case Studies Environmental Science

Environmental Science: Natural Disasters

Journal Article | May 2023

Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3–8

NSTA Press Book | February 2010

Teachers seeking new ways to integrate Earth science, chemistry, physical geography, and life science into a study of the environment should just step outside! So say the authors of Inside-Out: Environmental Science in…

Uncovering Student Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

NSTA Press Book | April 2016

If you’re new to formative assessment probes, you’ll love this timely addition to the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Authors Page Keeley and Laura Tucker give you 32 engaging questions, or…

Using a Socioscientific Issues Approach in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course

Journal Article | October 2023

A perennial goal of science educators is to develop functional scientific literacy in their students, especially those who will not become professional scientists. This article provides an example of implementing a…

Citizen Science Framing and Delivery Models: Impacts on Young People’s Environmental Science Learning

Journal Article | September 2022

Securing a “Voice”: The Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young
Women

Book Chapter | August 2010

Roland Park Country School is an urban college preparatory school for students in grades K–12 located in Baltimore, Maryland. An independent all-girls school, the institution maintains a commitment to community outreach…

Designing, Sustaining, and Evaluating Environmental Justice Projects: The Critical Community Science Tool

Journal Article | March 2023

Innovations in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning of Earth and Environmental Science, with a Focus on Climate Change

Journal Article | March 2022

In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention…

Developing Dispositions for Indigenous Science Knowledge to Design and Assess Lesson Plans in Elementary Environmental Science

Journal Article | March 2024

This article presents a framework to design lesson plans for elementary science teachers using insights from a summer-long research experience for teachers (RET) workshop (National Science Foundation, 2021) to learn…

The Link Between Nanoscale Science, Technology, and a Vital Environmental Issue: Groundwater Pollution

Book Chapter | June 2011

Nanoscale science and technology play central roles in our understanding of how Earth works and in the environmental science field of study. As a freshwater source, groundwater is second in abundance only to water found…

Issues-Based Learning
and Inquiry in Environmental Science:
Meeting the Third Goal of the National Science Education Standards

Book Chapter | August 2010

As in many other education jurisdictions, environmental education in Ontario is infused throughout the science curriculum. This infusion requires students to not only understand the science behind environmental issues,…