
ERIC Number: EJ530093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Using the National Geography Standards and Your Local River to Teach about Environmental Issues.
Kimmel, James R.
Journal of Geography, v95 n2 p66-72 Mar-Apr 1996
Maintains that the study of local wetlands provides an excellent means of integrating environmental studies, global studies, and other curricula into geography instruction. Seven tables list ways that studying wetlands illustrate the six essential elements of the National Geography Standards. Includes a list of 17 learning activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Geography, Geography Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Local Issues, Natural Resources, Physical Geography, Pollution, Rivers, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Standards, Sustainable Development, Water, Wetlands
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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