Environmental Science
What is Environmental Science?
Environmental science is the study of how the natural world works, how our activities impact the environment, and how we can protect the planet. Environmental science encompasses a wide range of topics, from climate change and sustainable development to environmental health and pollution. It is a interdisciplinary field that draws on knowledge from the natural sciences, social sciences, and engineering.
Environmental science is a relatively new field, emerging in the 1960s and 1970s in response to public concern about the state of the environment. Today, it is an important area of research and teaching at universities around the world. Environmental science is crucial for addressing the many challenges we face, from climate change and habitat loss to water pollution and dwindling resources. It is also important for developing sustainable solutions that will allow us to live on this planet without damaging it.
Environmental science is a interdisciplinary field, and students who study environmental science learn about biology, chemistry, physics, and geology, as well as environmental policy and law.
Environmental Science Resources
AGS Globe Environmental Science
Environmental Science presents complex issues in a user-friendly format to increase students’ knowledge of scientific facts. The diversity of life, how living things interact with the environment, biomes, energy, water resources, pollution, feeding t...
Environmental Science: Teachers Edition
This informative two-part program presents the principles of ecology, followed by a discussion of the relationship between people and the environment. Relevant, balanced coverage reflects diverse perspectives on controversial issues. Topical essay...
Ecology Kit
What you will do in this course: Experiment with a Food Web Dissect an Owl's Dinner Be an Entomologist Experiment with Population Sampling Capture and Release Some Invertebrates Go Green with a Grasshopper Design a Choice Chamber Test fo...
Environmental Science Homeschool Curriculum
Environmental Science presents complex issues in a user-friendly format to increase students’ knowledge of scientific facts. The diversity of life, how living things interact with the environment, biomes, energy, water resources, pollution, feeding t...
Living in the Environment
In the new edition of LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, authors Miller and Spoolman work with the National Geographic Society in developing a text that equips students with the inspiration and knowledge they need to make a difference in solving today'...
Instant Notes in Ecology
This book is designed to give students rapid and easy access to key ecological material to assist learning and revision. Key topics such as populations and interactions, ecosystems, population genetics, community patterns and many more are structured...
ScienceFusion Module D: Ecology and the Environment
Buy grade 6-8 ScienceFusion Homeschool Package Grades 6-8 Module D: Ecology and the Environment, ISBN: 9780547746623 online. Shop directly from HMH now! ScienceFusion, Grades 6-8, offers 11 modules, ten covering key life, earth, and physical scienc...
Environmental Science Homeschool
The Holt McDougal Environmental Science Homeschool curriculum offers an up to date, balanced approach to the environment. Learn more. Holt McDougal Environmental Science © 2013 offers an up-to-date, balanced approach to the environment, with compreh...
Worldmapper
Hundreds of free world cartograms that resize each country according to data instead of land area.
Introduction to Sustainability
This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainabili...
Ansel & Clair: Little Green Island
Play, create, fix problems, complete missions and earn rewards in this environment and pollution game app that combines gaming and learning like never before. Kids learn everything about everything from trash and recycling to carbon footprints, gree...
Environmental Science
Environmental Science is the study of the interaction of people with their environment. This course covers a broad range of environmental topics and issues while at the same time giving students the background necessary to understand the basic scienc...