1999, Stipes Publishing L.L.C.
Harold Hungerford, David Hagengruber, and William Bluhm
This case study consists of five chapters, taking the learner from substantial ecological knowledge concerning threatened and endangered animals to actual environmental issue investigation as well as planning for citizenship actions that might be taken with respect to threatened and endangered animal issues. In the tradition of similar issue-focused curricular materials from Stipes Publishing Company, learners not only learn about important science concepts associated with threatened and endangered animals, they learn critical inquiry skills needed for in-depth issue investigation and evaluation. Students then apply these skills to issues related to threatened and endangered animals in their own communities or regions. Subsequent to these issue investigations, they develop citizenship action plans that are evaluated for use in helping to resolve these issues.
Certain animals are used as models for background information and issue analysis activities. These include the timber wolf, the golden-cheeked warbler, endangered bats, sea turtles, the Hawaiian goose (nene), the black-footed ferret, the Florida panther, and the Gulf sturgeon. These animals represent not only varied geographic regions, they also illustrate numerous issues surrounding endangered species.
Used by middle and secondary school teachers and students across the US, the case study approach, as exemplified in this text, has already received rave reviews. The text is well illustrated using original and exciting art work as well as photographs.
Student and teacher editions available. Grades 5 - 9.
What one educator had to say about this publication:
"I am hugely impressed with the amount of information and intellectual reasoning expressed within [this volume]. The "feel" of the whole is about "empowerment," "ownership," and decision making by the student. The activities are about the development of understanding and personal behavior. Above all, they are derived from a solid foundation of research, and thus they represent some of the most rigorous and comprehensive curriculum materials that I have encountered."
Joy Palmer, University of Durham, England
Journal of Environmental Education