This publication provides guidelines for teachers using the textbook entitled "Aerospace Environment," published in the Aerospace Education I series. Major categories included in each chapter are objectives, behavioral objectives, suggested outline, orientation, suggested key points, instructional aids, projects, and further reading.…

Derived from reported research findings, non-research writings, and personal observations and experiences relative to health services, this paper focuses on the small rural community, suggesting research hypotheses and community planning possibilities. Specifically, this paper: (1) outlines five frequently expected functions/outcomes of community…

Since verbal responses are a salient and easily documented index of acquisition of learning skills, a project was undertaken in 1972 to collect and analyze the verbal response of viewers of "The Electric Company." A data collection instrument was designed to tally: (1) reading of print on a television screen; (2) spoken anticipation of…

This environmental education learning unit deals with the topic of eutrophication. The unit is designed to allow secondary teachers of science, language arts, and social studies to use it as supplementary material in their classroom. Teacher information, unit objectives, the unit text, and appendices are included. The teacher information section…

This environmental education curriculum guide was developed for teacher use at the junior high school level. Although the guide deals with the bio-physical aspects of the environment, it is designed to encourage an integration of the disciplines into an inter-disciplinary approach. The volume consists of a set of ideas, activities, and opinions…

This environmental education curriculum guide was developed for teacher use at the junior high school and senior high school levels. The guide deals with the integration of environmental education into curricular areas not normally associated with environmental education. The guide is divided into the following eight units: Me and My Environment:…

This environmental education curriculum guide is designed for teacher use in the sixth grade. It contains seven units that aim to help the students acquire basic understanding of environmental relationships, environmental problems, environmental quality and to help the students develop skills to solve current environmental problems. Each unit,…

Paul Goodman's criticisms of and proposals for institutions, including educational institutions, have as their foundation 1) a set of leading principles derived from experience and centered in a transactional view of experiences and 2) a concept of "self" which constitutes a theory of human nature. Human nature is viewed as process:…

This unit, designed for primary grades of the elementary schools, focuses on weather and is divided into the following five major parts: Weather Affects Man and His Environment; Air, Wind, and Weather; Clouds and Humidity; Precipitation; and Micro-Environments. Each part includes a list of the concepts to be taught, the behavioral objectives and…

This survey is designed to provide the general reader with some basic background on the legal aspects of the effort to achieve environmental quality. The first chapter discusses the structure of federal environmental control in terms of newly established agencies and recently enacted legislation. Other chapters deal individually with air, water,…

The Appalachian Regional Commission was set up to promote the overall development of the Appalachian region through a phased series of public investments. This report focuses on what has been accomplished by the Commission in the 1971 fiscal year. It gives a general accounting of how funds have been used and how the program is financed. The…

This study is an attempt to integrate two theoretical approaches in child development: ethology and cognitive theory. An ethological approach suggests that children structure their social world hierarchically and are emotionally involved in perceiving and participating in interactions involving dominance. It is through this involvement that…

Research relating to handicaps and handicapping conditions form the content of the discipline of special education in Hungary. While early research focused mainly on pedagogical, psychological, and pathological factors, environmental factors related to the successful rehabilitation and socialization of handicapped persons is the current major…

This document contains information on the hole in the ozone layer. Topics discussed include properties of ozone, ozone in the atmosphere, chlorofluorocarbons, stratospheric ozone depletion, effects of ozone depletion on life, regulation of substances that deplete the ozone layer, alternatives to CFCs and Halons, and the future of the ozone layer.…

Examined is the influence of Western technology, land-use, and culture upon the African environment. An environmental education model is proposed which would ensure environmental preservation, a balance between humans and the environment, and the coexistence of traditional modern culture by the year 2030. (DC)