Reviews several classroom techniques. Presents examples to illustrate the use of authentic assessment at an ecology education center. Discusses issues such as the correlation of learning objectives and program content, development and scoring, and other considerations associated with the implementation of authentic assessment. (Author/CCM)

Finds that the term "environmental education" is finding decreasing support in the international community. Reviews reasons why environmental education's position is in peril. Offers a status report on the current criticisms and weaknesses of environmental education. (Author/CCM)

Describes the development of an environmental education course for practicing teacher educators. (Author/CCM)

Discusses how to move students beyond the college campus into civic activism. Defines literary activism in which students use research and writing to answer real-world questions as well as the standard academic questions whose answers are typically of less consequence. (CCM)

Introduces protected areas as opportunities for outdoor education and considers the possibility that outdoor education may contribute to the ecological degradation of these areas through overuse or poor outdoor practices. Provides a new approach to minimal impact education through the promotion of individual change. (Contains 24 references.)…

Students should have an understanding of basic Global Positioning System (GPS) principles as well as an awareness of how the technology will impact society in the future. Provides a brief overview of the evolution, principles, and applications of GPS together with suggested activities. (Contains 25 references.) (Author/WRM)

Studies the parameters involved in a presentation of the greenhouse effect and describes a simple demonstration of this effect. Required equipment includes a 100-120 watt lamp, a 250mL beaker, and a thermometer capable of recording 0-750 degrees Celsius together with a small amount of chloroform. (Author/SAH)

Describes activities and efforts by the United Nations system (the United Nations Environment Programme in particular) and other international organizations in the field of environmental education over the last 25 years. (Author/CCM)

Examines a newly developed high school textbook designed to achieve the four goals of environmental education: (1) knowledge and information; (2) skills, values, and attitudes; (3) behaviors; and (4) participation. (Author/CCM)

Describes the use of portable educational boxes for bringing in educational multimedia on local and regional issues. Highlights programs that use this method. Reports on a nationwide questionnaire for educators that examined the current use of this method. Findings indicate that the use of traveling environmental education trunks was increasing in…

Describes the University of South Alabama's program of envirotech student internships in Latin America. Encourages business schools to reshape the anti-environmental attitudes prevalent in present and future managers by demonstrating how "green" can be profitable, especially in the international arena, through outcome-oriented instruction. (AIM)

Discusses a course developed by faculty in the Department of Family Resource Management at The Ohio State University to provide students with knowledge of the environmental consequences of certain consumption patterns. Addresses how we can explain observed patterns of consumer choice and what the interrelationship is between patterns of…

A broad framework of goals for environmental interpretation was produced, and these goals were revised on the basis of input from a national panel. The goals comprised three hierarchical levels: (1) entry-level goals such as environmental sensitivity; (2) ownership goals such as resource site issue awareness; and (3) empowerment goals that include…

Focuses on instructional games designed to teach about environmental topics such as wetlands, pollution, endangered species, population, energy, and individual effects on the environment. Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students (N=295) were tested, and significant results were found between students who played four games and those who did not…

Investigates the acceptability and possible role of virtual reality (VR) in environmental education. Among the principal findings were that the sample population of environmental educators indicated an acceptance of VR as a teaching tool. VR applications that allow students to have an experience not available in the physical world were perceived…