... 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 about the origins and production...

... of the University of California 2020 environment geospatial technology natural resources Next Generation Science Standards NGSS place-based learning sustainability three-dimensional learning water web-based resources Water resources are essential and irreplaceable for humans and for life...

...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...

... to motivate and engage them to learn science concepts and processes, and to apply their understanding to their personal and social lives ( NSTA, 2010 ). The National Academies’ Next Generation Framework states that “in order for students to develop a sustained attraction to science and for them...

... grade levels. 2 e-mail: acurtis@rvgs.k12.va.us . © 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...