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Peer reviewedCherif, Abour H.; Adams, Gerald E. – American Biology Teacher, 1994
Makes comparisons between the Earth and other planets to suggest a possible vehicle for predicting the effects of human-made or natural disasters on our Earth. Also included are brief discussions of the following topics: (1) the atmosphere and greenhouse effect; (2) alterations of the biosphere; (3) climate and climatic change; (4) the water…
Descriptors: Climate Change, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Greenhouse Effect
PDF pending restorationBates, Richard D. – 1989
This lecture recounts personal experiences and discusses environmental issues that invoked a desire to teach about the things threatening the earth. Human population growth is cited as the first and foremost environmental challenge in the 20th century. A J-shaped curve is used to illustrate an increase in human population. The relationship between…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Climate, Ecological Factors, Energy
Download full textGage, Susan – Teachergram, 1989
This newsletter discusses the disappearance of the world's forests and the resulting environmental problems of erosion and flooding; loss of genetic diversity; climatic changes such as less rainfall, and intensifying of the greenhouse effect; and displacement and destruction of indigenous cultures. The articles, lessons, and activities are…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Ecology, Elementary Education
Sanders, C. Gerald – 1983
Equable climates with mild winters and summers are more likely to maintain snow or ice cover in high latitudes than extreme climates having colder winters and hotter summers. A simplified version of the Milankovitch cycles can be used to develop a model instructors can use in their classes to illustrate the orbital variations producing either…
Descriptors: Climate, Concept Teaching, Environmental Influences, Geographic Regions
Peer reviewedRenwick, William H. – Journal of Geography, 1985
The synthesis of two approaches that can be used in teaching geomorphology is described. The equilibrium approach explains landforms and landform change in terms of equilibrium between landforms and controlling processes. The historical approach draws on climatic geomorphology to describe the effects of Quaternary climatic and tectonic events on…
Descriptors: Climate, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Physical Geography
Tweto-Johnson, Linda – 1986
The goal of a 2-year vision teacher training project is to provide the coursework instruction and student teaching opportunities necessary for Oregon certification as teacher of the visually impaired. The program was designed in response to several conditions affecting services for visually impaired students living in seven eastern Oregon…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Certification, College School Cooperation, Education Courses
