J.M. LeBel Publishers Inc. - Environmental Student Edition

	Student Edition Features
Student Edition Teacher's Manual Issues & Investigations Teacher's Notes Worksheets Study Guide PowerPoint Presentation 2002 Links 2007 Links	528 pages, hardbound, four-color Divided into six units, which are broken up into nearly seventy smaller sections Each section begins with a list of Objectives and ends with several Questions for Study and Discussion. These include the vocabulary and review questions from that section. Sidebars features include Did You Know? sections presenting information related to the section and Environmental Challenge sections in which students are asked to evaluate an environmental issue or solve a problem Websites providing more information on a topic are also presented in the sidebars and in a complete list at the back of the book Below is a complete listing of the units and sections from the Student Edition.
	Unit 1 Introduction to Ecology—The Basics 1.1 Ecology—a Study of Relationships 1.2 Food Chains and Food Webs 1.3 A CLOSER LOOK: Predators—A Natural Balance? 1.4 A CLOSER LOOK: The Case of the Missing Hawks 1.5 A CLOSER LOOK: Coyotes—Opportunistic Omnivores 1.6 The Flow of Energy Through an Ecosystem 1.7 Cycles in the Ecosystem 1.8 Succession—Changing Ecosystems 1.9 A CLOSER LOOK: The Disappearing Lake 1.10 A CLOSER LOOK: More than Trees—an Old-Growth Forest Ecosystem 1.11 A CLOSER LOOK: Logging—Making Clear-cut Decisions 1.12 A CLOSER LOOK: Spare that Snag 1.13 A CLOSER LOOK: Introduced Species 1.14 A CLOSER LOOK: Will Endangered Species Become Extinct? 1.15 A CLOSER LOOK: A Question of Hunting Unit 2 The Atmosphere—Is the Sky Falling? 2.1 The Thin Blue Blanket 2.2 Weather Patterns 2.3 A CLOSER LOOK: A Changing Climate—What are the Consequences? 2.4 The Air Around Us 2.5 Chemicals that Pollute the Air 2.6 The Effects of Air Pollution 2.7 A CLOSER LOOK: Asbestos—Everybody’s Problem 2.8 Radiation—as a Pollutant 2.9 A CLOSER LOOK: Radon—Are You at Risk? 2.10 A CLOSER LOOK: The Blue Mountain—In the Shadow of a Smelter 2.11 A CLOSER LOOK: The EPA at the “Palmerton Zinc Superfund Site” 2.12 A CLOSER LOOK: Disaster in Bhopal 2.13 A CLOSER LOOK: Forecast: Acid Deposition (Acid Rain) 2.14 Clearing the Air—Stationary Sources 2.15 Clearing the Air—Automobiles and Other Vehicles Unit 3 Food for the Table—Changes Through Science and Technology 3.1 Food—Before the Big Mac 3.2 Agriculture—The Development of Technology 3.3 The Good Earth 3.4 The Soil Disappears 3.5 A CLOSER LOOK: A National Monument Created by Erosion 3.6 Providing Food for an Expanding Population 3.7 Fertilizers: Organic vs. Inorganic 3.8 Pests and Pesticides—They Both Cause Problems 3.9 A CLOSER LOOK: A Lady Named Carson 3.10 A CLOSER LOOK: Pesticides—How Safe Are They? 3.11 A CLOSER LOOK: The Banning of Pesticides 3.12 IPM—A Better Way to Control Pests Unit 4 Water as an Ecosystem—A Study of Aquatic Life 4.1 Aquatic Environments 4.2 Creatures that Live in the Water 4.3 Plants in an Aquatic Ecosystem 4.4 Water Quality—Chemical and Physical Factors 4.5 Changing the Flow–What it Does to Wildlife 4.6 A CLOSER LOOK: Trouble at Mono Lake 4.7 “Waters of the United States” and Other Wetlands 4.8 A CLOSER LOOK: Can We Save the Chesapeake? 4.9 Dam the Rivers or Let Them Run Free 4.10 Rivers on the Land 4.11 A CLOSER LOOK: Mississippi—River on the Move 4.12 Cleaning Up the Rivers Unit 5 Water for the People 5.1 Poisons in the Water 5.2 Protecting the Groundwater 5.3 Before You Drink the Water 5.4 The Waterworks 5.5 A CLOSER LOOK: Water in a Bottle 5.6 A CLOSER LOOK: Fluoride in Your Water Supply–How Much is Enough? 5.7 Will There be Enough? 5.8 A CLOSER LOOK: Making More (Water Available) by Using Less 5.9 A CLOSER LOOK: Making More Fresh Water–Desalting the Sea Unit 6 Energy—Past, Present and Future 6.1 Energy—The Rest of the Story 6.2 Fossil Fuels—Energy for a Nation 6.3 Achieving Energy Independence 6.4 A CLOSER LOOK: Brunner Island and Other Solutions to Thermal Pollution 6.5 A CLOSER LOOK: Three-Mile-Island 6.6 A CLOSER LOOK: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or … Appendix LAB & FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Lab 1.1 Observations of a Duckweed Population Field 1.2 Assessing Biodiversity in a Microhabitat Lab 1.3 Modeling the Hydrologic Cycle Field 2.1 The Effects of Air Pollution on Rubber Field 2.2 Monitoring the Intensity of Ultraviolet Radiation Lab 2.3 Weather Conditions and the Germination of Seeds Lab 3.1 Testing and Fertilizing the Soil Issue 3.2 The Human Population–Too Many People? Issue 3.3 Examining the Causes of Human Population Growth Lab 4.1 The Effect of Temperature on Dissolved Oxygen Lab 4.2 Thermal Pollution Issue 4.3 Blue Crabs from the Bay–Managing a Natural Resource Lab 5.1 The Sandbank Township Groundwater Problem Lab 5.2 Testing the Tap Water: Part 1 Lab 5.3 Behind the Scene at the Waterworks Field 6.1 Alternative Energy Sources–Wind Machines Lab 6.2 Absorption and Storage of Solar Energy Issue 6.3 The Consumer’s Choices Issue 6.4 Natural Resources and You Safety Rules for Science Classrooms / Metric Table Careers (Presentation of Fifteen Careers) Glossary (Important Terms, bolded in text, including First Mention references) Indexes (General, Internet Connections, Photo and Illustration)