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Screenshot for Dead Zone: Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
In this 4-page exercise, from Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a critical thinking activity on hypoxia and the Mississippi River watershed. The activity requires role playing "a public meeting to discuss the Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf...
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Module Description: The NCSR Marine Fisheries Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes ten modules. This series is designed to cover issues related to “marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States....
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This webpage, created by the Ecological Society of America, is a digital library that is composed of online educational resources. The resources are peer-reviewed for use in undergraduate ecology education. Resources are divided into three Discipline Specific Core Concepts: Botanical Core Concepts,...
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Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. The series "is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems." The...
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Formerly Conservation Ecology, this electronic, open access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal provides research findings on the management, stewardship and sustainable use of ecological systems, resources and biological diversity at all levels, the role natural systems play in social and...
Screenshot for Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit, Version 2
This toolkit for educators of all levels and communities about sustainable development was developed by Rosalyn McKeown. This is the second version of the resource, completed in 2002, and is based on "the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their...
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This webpage, provided by the Foundation for Water & Energy Education, provides information regarding the use of water as a renewable energy resource in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  The foundation includes various curricula focused on the topic of hydropower for use in the...
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This webpage, created by the Ecological Society of America, details a proposed framework for providing ecologists with the fundamentals for teaching the general public the science of ecology.  This framework includes "core ecology concepts, integrates humans throughout the ecology curriculum,...
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This website, provided by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University, provides information regarding the economic, science, technology, and issues surrounding environmental policy and development.  Users can access teaching modules for economics instruction....
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Established in 1992, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the environment. The organization is active in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, ozone protection, persistent organic...
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