... workstations, it includes various cooperative activities focusing on the forest ecosystem, its ecosystem services, and common tree species. Students realize advantages of recycling, gain insight into paper production and associated resource consumption, compare eco-labels for sustainable paper products...

... hands-on inquiry-based sustainability Plastic pollution receives growing media attention but little consideration at school. To prepare students for the multifaceted challenge (e.g., the cost-benefit relationship of plastic applications), we propose activities to provide key information...

... area of interest. Leveraging the theme of water, a multidisciplinary team at the University of Connecticut developed a three-day professional development workshop on Water & Sustainability for secondary science teachers with curricular resources. The team’s expertise in water resources, land use...

...Sonja T. Fiedler; Thomas Heyne; Franz X. Bogner Biodiversity and sustainability are key words of modern nature-of-science teaching. While most studies use rather abstract examples for biodiversity loss, we focused on habitats that students are familiar with. Our module was developed to deepen...

... socioscientific issues in the context of sustainable development. Using the example of human consumption of insects (sometimes termed “entomophagy,” although this term is defined as the consumption of insects by any organism), the students will evaluate the potential for insects as an alternative, sustainable...

...Carolyn F. Weber As the world's population grows, sustainable food production and consumption has emerged as a complex biological problem. Managing this problem will require informed action by all citizens, which necessitates heightened comprehension of complicated quantitative datasets from...

... science sustainability trade-offs scientific evidence Should genetically modified foods be more tightly regulated? What should be done about the issue of antibiotic resistance? Where should environmental conservation efforts be focused? In today’s global society, with science and technology...

... grade levels. 2 e-mail: [email protected] . © 2010 by National Association of Biology Teachers 2010 Active learning evolution extinction natural selection sustainability Evolution by means of natural selection is regarded as one of the most significant scientific theories...