There are many compelling reasons to include environmental education (EE) in our science classes. Environmental issues are interdisciplinary—facilitating their inclusion in both physical and life science. They are also complex, providing students with the opportunity to investigate multivariable systems and appreciate the “messy” world of real science. Modern technology allows students to access authentic environmental data sets from multiple sources—many in real time—and design inquiry experiments and collect their own data. As this issue of The Science Teacher suggests, creating greener chemistry laboratories and including environmental topics in all courses are a good start.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2010Stock # tst10_077_02_6Volume 077Issue 02