Purpose: 

 Provides complete coverage of a one-year high school course in environmental science.  This four-color basal text uses real-world examples to encourage student interest in environmental science.  Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills involve students and awaken their natural interest in the environment.

• New Design features updated Unit and Chapter openers, new photographs and art
• Each chapter opens with learning objectives.  Chapters are divided into sections, which are followed by questions
• Five new Boxed Features (Unit I-Amateur Ecologist, Unit V-Reduced Sierra Snowpack Affects Climate, and Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, Unit VI-Protecting Piping Plovers, Unit VII-Restoring the Kissimmee River) other features have been updated
• New multiple-choice and open-ended questions have been added
• Text updated to reflect changes in environmental issues that have occurred since the first edition.  For example: a section on the Mir space station has been replaced with the International Space Station the status of environmental treaties has been updated
• New terms have been added to the Glossary

Hardbound, 7 1/2 x 9 1/4, 736 pages

ISBN: 087720-192-7

Order Code:  R 782 H

Teacher's Manual with EnvironFile by Martin Schachter

Comes with a CD-ROM containing lesson plans and answers to all questions.

The Teacher's Manual is a valuable assest for all teachers.  Each chapter includes an introduction,  additional research projects, and instructional hints for the Laboratory Inestigations along with answers to laboratory questions.

The EnvironFile features black-line masters for:

• All In-text Laboratory Investigations with added write-on lines.
• Environmental Observations.
• Skills Sheets that vary in content.
• Test Package

Softbound

Order Code:  R 557 T     Price: 11.50

Test-Generating Software

This CD-ROM contains more than 2200 questions in fill-in, free-response, and multiple-choice formats.  Teachers can choose those questions that cover the material they feel is essential.  Both PC and MAC versions are on the disk.

ISBN:  087720-068-8                                                    Order Code:  R 557 CDR   Price: 37.95

• ISBN: 978-0-87720-192-7