GOING TO GREEN Educator's Toolkit (5 Programs) DVD
A new way to inspire environmental action in schools and communities!
"GOING TO GREEN is unparalleled in its narrative inventiveness, compelling visual imagery, and intellectual rigor. While designed for high school students, it is also perfectly suited to introductory courses for community based organizations."
Professor Jennifer Wolch, Director, USC Center for Sustainable Cities
The GOING TO GREEN EDUCATOR'S TOOLKIT is a first-of-its-kind program that's been tested in educational and community institutions and given high marks - with good reason! Detailed academic curriculum and service-based learning activities build knowledge to help tackle challenges like land use, waste disposal, clean air, energy and more - and promote good citizenship. Powerful video segments showcase everyday people across the country educating, inspiring, and empowering others to build sustainable communities.
Each of the 19 units of integrated curriculum include:
* Thematic, multidisciplinary lesson plans
* Real-life case studies on video
* Readings with discussion questions
* Activities, reproducibles, handouts, extensions, and Web resources
Each of the five programs is also available separately:
Program One - TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
Video episodes: Education in Action, Understanding Sustainability, Building Community, and Waste Management.
Bonus Video: Measuring the Effects of Community
Program Two - ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABILITY
Video episodes: Green Building, Energy, Air Quality, and Water Quality.
Bonus Videos: Waterways, Biodiversity, and Geographical Boundaries; and Biodiesel: Fueling a Greener Future.
Program Three - BALANCING GREEN SPACE WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Video episodes: Soil Quality, Parks and Open Spaces, Transportation, and Biodiversity.
Bonus Videos: The Millennium Park Bike Station, Using Renewable Energy in Chicago's Millennium Park, Millennium Park: Public Private Partnerships, Billy Frank: Protector of Salmon, Commercial Salmon Fisherman Doug Fricke, and The Little Train That Didn't.
Program Four - IMPLEMENTING URBAN GREENING
Video episodes: Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens, Urban Forestry, Urban Planning, and Integrated Resource Management.
Bonus Videos: Green Space and Increased Property Values, What Makes a City Great, and The Los Angeles River.
Program Five - PUBLIC POLICY AND GREEN COLLAR OPPORTUNITIES
Video episodes: Environmental Justice, Public Policy and Community Action, Sustainable Commerce, and Green Collar Careers.
Bonus Video: Quality of Life and Business Success.
Social Studies Standard Themes
Culture; Time, Continuity, and Change; People, Places, and Environment; Individual Development and Identity; Individuals, Groups, and Institutions; Power, Authority, and Governance; Production, Distribution, and Consumption; Science, Technology, and Society; Global Connections; Civic Ideals and Practices
Science Standard Themes
Understanding and using the scientific method; Physical Science- chemistry and physics as interconnections to the life sciences; Life Science-molecular basis for heredity, the interdependence of organisms matter, energy and organization in living systems, the behavior of organisms; Earth and Space Science- energy in earth system, geochemical cycles; the origin and evolution of the earth system; Science and Technology -identify a problem or design an opportunity, propose designs and choose between alternative solutions, implement a proposed solution, evaluate the solution and its consequences, communicate the problem, process and solution; Science in Personal and Social Perspectives- personal and community health, population growth, natural resources, environmental quality, natural and human-induced hazards, science and technology in local, national and global challenges; History and Nature of Science - science as a human endeavor, nature of scientific knowledge, historical perspectives.
Running time: 7 1/2 hours on 5 DVDs
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