Books with title Our Environment

Help is on the Web! There is more to Environment, 4e by Raven and Berg than what you see in this text. An enhanced book-specific Web site will help you further examine critical environmental issues. The Web site offers a variety of activities to help you succeed in your course and additional tools that will help you make environmentally responsible choices. Online resources include: * Environmental Debates provide the opportunity to learn about two sides of a contentious issue affecting the environment. * Activity Links identify the most useful Internet links related to the environment and present short exercises that invite you to use these links to increase your understanding of the material. * Take a Stand activities encourage you to think critically and carefully weigh the short- and long-term advantages and disadvantages of a particular position relating to an environmental situation. * Research Projects provide you with specific suggestions for topics, reading materials, research techniques, and activities. * Case Studies highlight key issues in environmental science and lead you to related Web sites for further information. * How to Make a Difference shows how to get involved in environmental issues and lists environmental organizations that you can join. * Student Lounge offers valuable study tips and writing tips that will help you get a better grade. * Quizzes and Essays test your understanding of each chapter with multiple-choice, true/false questions, and short-answer essay questions. You can email your answers and responses directly to your instructor.

Raven's Environment, 5th Edition is a most accessible, yet detailed, environmental science text. The text provides numerous examples and opportunities for readers to explore issues at a local level. Covering the enormous environmental challenges facing our world today, the new fifth edition of The Environment helps readers think critically about these issues and understand the concepts that underlie environmental problems. Rather than telling readers what to think, the book provides the information and tools they need to reach their own conclusions. It offers solid scientific content balanced with effective and current examples of problems and solutions. * Introduces the reader to ecosystems, the physical environment, and Earth's biomes. * Examines the problems of overpopulation as well as environmental concerns such as air pollution and the pesticide dilemma. * Presents real-life case studies that offer in-depth analyses of actual situations. * Includes 'You Can Make a Difference' boxes in each chapter to help readers take an active role in improving the environment. * Offers additional information on a website devoted to further examining critical environmental issues that will help readers make environmentally responsible choices.

A Journey into Environmental Science Just as a Global Positioning System helps you steer your car through systems of roads and highways, Environment, 6th Edition helps you navigate the interconnected-environmental systems presented in your environmental science course. By taking you from general principles to specific applications, Environment, 6th Edition helps you direct your path to understanding today's interrelated issues in environmental science. Environment, 6th Edition effectively blends solid scientific content with many examples of problems and solutions empowering you to make informed and responsible choices as you progress on your journey. On your journey with Environment, 6th Edition you will: * Explore how the various aspects of the environment interact and connect, and thus how changes in one part of the environment can affect other parts. * Reach your own informed decisions on the various perspectives of environmental issues affecting the world today. Plus, a wealth of resources are available to you online including: * WileyPLUS, a powerful online tool that provides you with an integrated suite of learning resources, including an online version of the text, in one easy-to-use website. * New "Campus EnviroNews" which connect current environment issues to students' lives on campus. * And additional information and resources, including real environmental news video footage from around the world and in your own geographic region and backyard.

Raven's Environment, 5th Edition is a most accessible, yet detailed, environmental science text. The text provides numerous examples and opportunities for readers to explore issues at a local level. Covering the enormous environmental challenges facing our world today, the new fifth edition of The Environment helps readers think critically about these issues and understand the concepts that underlie environmental problems. Rather than telling readers what to think, the book provides the information and tools they need to reach their own conclusions. It offers solid scientific content balanced with effective and current examples of problems and solutions. * Introduces the reader to ecosystems, the physical environment, and Earth's biomes. * Examines the problems of overpopulation as well as environmental concerns such as air pollution and the pesticide dilemma. * Presents real-life case studies that offer in-depth analyses of actual situations. * Includes 'You Can Make a Difference' boxes in each chapter to help readers take an active role in improving the environment. * Offers additional information on a website devoted to further examining critical environmental issues that will help readers make environmentally responsible choices.

Take a world tour between the covers of a book! Environments of Our Earth guides children through six types of regions that are shaped by rainfall—or the lack thereof. Readers take a journey that starts with dense tropical rainforests and woodlands, travels through grassy savannas and prairies, and ends at dry steppes and deserts. Throughout the book, attentive readers can compare how and why each region is alike and different. They will also discover fun facts about the wettest and driest places on Earth and the amazing effect rainfall has on plants, animals, and people. Environments of Our Earth is part of the I Wonder Why book series, written to ignite the curiosity of children in grades K–6 while encouraging them to become avid readers. These books explore the marvels of geology, land forms, weather, environments, and other phenomena related to science and nature. Included in each volume is a Parent/Teacher Handbook with coordinating activities. The I Wonder Why series is written by an award-winning science educator and published by NSTA Kids, a division of NSTA Press.

A simple yet funny story in which the main character, Silvester, tells us how he takes care of his planet along with his family.What actions does he take on a daily basis? Do you want to learn more?This environmental education story for the smallest members of our household includes text and drawings, and the environmentally friendly actions carried out by Silvester.

Careers in Focus: Environment, Fourth Edition explores 20 careers for anyone interested in this "green" field.New and updated job profiles include:-Air quality engineers -Ecologists -Energy conservation technicians -Environmental lobbyists -Fish and game wardens -Geologists -Hazardous waste management specialists -Land trust or preserve managers -Marine biologists -Park rangers -Recycling coordinators -Renewable energy professionals -Soil scientists -and more.

Take a world tour between the covers of a book! Environments of Our Earth guides children through six types of regions that are shaped by rainfall—or the lack thereof. Readers take a journey that starts with dense tropical rainforests and woodlands, travels through grassy savannas and prairies, and ends at dry steppes and deserts. Throughout the book, attentive readers can compare how and why each region is alike and different. They will also discover fun facts about the wettest and driest places on Earth and the amazing effect rainfall has on plants, animals, and people.Environments of Our Earth is part of the I Wonder Why book series, written to ignite the curiosity of children in grades K–6 while encouraging them to become avid readers. These books explore the marvels of geology, land forms, weather, environments, and other phenomena related to science and nature. Included in each volume is a Parent/Teacher Handbook with coordinating activities. The I Wonder Why series is written by an award-winning science educator and published by NSTA Kids, a division of NSTA Press.