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NSTA Press Book

Global Environmental Change: Biodiversity

This book uses Costa Rica as a case study because the country's tropical forests contain four percent of Earth's total biological species diversity. Biodiversity's activities and readings help students explore efforts to balance economic expansion wi...

By NSTA Press, Environmental Protection Agency

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NSTA Press Book

Global Environmental Change: Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity addresses the ability of the Earth to sustain healthy populations of different species. Earth's human population, now past six billion, is expected to reach 10 billion by 2030. This growth will place an even greater strain on the p...

By NSTA Press, Environmental Protection Agency

High School Informal Education General Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Global Environmental Change: Deforestation

Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula contains some of America’s only old-growth forest. Its timber supports local, regional, and even global economies. It also supports many biological species and provides a link in biogeochemical cycling. How ca...

By NSTA Press, Environmental Protection Agency

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