Global Environmental Change Series
Global Environmental Change Series
This four-book series put out by NSTA and supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeks to teach and engage students in contemporary science research, issues, and dilemmas. Each book follows the same format, yet the content is unique to the individual concept. This is an excellent series covering the complex problems related to ecological issues.
The following is a list of books in the series; click on the link to learn
more or to buy.Biodiversity http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=12176
Deforestation http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=12177
Introduced Species http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=12178
Carrying Capacity http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=12179
Invasion Ecology: Cornell
Scientific Ecology Series (Teacher's Edition)
Remember last summer's headline-grabbing fish story about the northern snakehead
released into a Maryland pond and happily reproducing, much to the consternation
of biologists? Invasion Ecology, a new NSTA Press book in both teacher
and student versions, takes a fascinating look at the science of invasive plant
and animal species.
Click here to learn more or to buy:
http://store.nsta.org/showItem.asp?product=PB162X4T
Ecology and Evolution: Islands
of Change
NSTA Press
Grades 5–8
This book is a curriculum unit that can be used as a nine-week unit on ecology or island biogeography, or as a supplement to an existing science class integrating biology, chemistry, Earth and physical science.
http://www.nsta.org/recommends/product.asp?id=12144