Albuquerque's Environmental Story

Educating For a Sustainable Community

Section IV

The Home, School, and Neighborhood as Mini-Environments

Credo

I believe that the school in its entirety, and the world beyond it, together constitute the classroom which most effectively provides the education my students and our society deserve.

And, I believe that it is my role to establish a learning climate in which my students can acquire not only basic, measurable skills and knowledge, but also the less easily measured but equally important critical judgment and environmental concern so necessary for responsible citizenship.

Finally, I believe that the survival of humanity depends on the emergence of a new generation educated to question its attitudes and values, to respect and protect diversity wherever it occurs in natural and human communities, and to modify its behavior in conformity with an ethic which sees people as part of the natural world--not its masters.

- APS Teacher

Introduction: A City In Miniature

Part 1: The Natural Environment

• Abiotic/Biotic Profiles

• A West Mesa School

• A Valley School

• A Heights School

• A Mountain School

• A Cultural Profile: People Change the Natural Environment

• Eye Opener Worksheet/Activities
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 5 - Your Neighborhood As A Little Environment
  • Eye Opener Activities 5
  • Additional Activities 5
  • Activities for the Senses and Sensibilities 5
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 6 - A New Look At A Vacant Lot
  • Eye Opener Activities 6
  • Additional Activities 6
  • Activities for the Senses and Sensibilities 6

Part 2: The Built Environment

• Schools and Their Impact on the Environment

• The School Environment as a Learning Tool

• Eye Opener Worksheet/Activities
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 7 - A Closer Look At Your School
  • Eye Opener Activities 7
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 8 - What Is Your School's Impact On The Environment?
  • Eye Opener Activities 8
  • Activities for the Senses and Sensibilities 8
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 9 - How Does The Community Serve You?
  • Eye Opener Activities 9

Part 3: The Human Environment

• Background

• Opening "My" Eyes

• Eye Opener Worksheet/Activities
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 10 - Me
  • Eye Opener Activities 10
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 11 - How Well Do You Treat Your Inner Environment?
  • Eye Opener Activities 11
  • Eye Opener Worksheet 12 - How Can You Get Something Done?

  • Eye Opener Activities 12

• Section IV - Bibliography

(Up to Welcome, Back to The Human Environment - Bibliography, On to On to A City in Minature)

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