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[Thomas Poulson]

Steve:

Check out a prize-winning investigative reporter¹s history of The Everglades
which covers all of the bases you ask about.

Michael Grunwald
THE SWAMP:  The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

Take care, Tom

Dr. Thomas L. Poulson
Senior Scientist
The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation and Florida Environmental Institute
(www.artmarshall.org)




On 5/8/07 5:50 PM, "Steve Corso" <scorso at bentleyschool.net> wrote:

> I teach a high school course entitled ³Ecology and the Environment².  Most of
> the students taking the course are seniors and I try to make this a
> college-level ecology course (an alternative to AP Bio at my school).  I am
> still developing the curriculum but have thus far run the course to cover
> ecology (the science of) for the first two trimesters with increasing
> inclusion of environmental issues form an ecological perspective.  We use
> Molles¹ book for this; I¹m open to suggestions on labs if anyone has any.
>  
> The last trimester I have aimed to focus on environmental issues as they tie
> into economic, social and political systems - going for the bigger picture
> both in place and time (e.g. environmental legacy of colonialism).  Also we
> take the time to read about people, past and present, involved in the
> environmental movement ­ scientists and non-scientists.
> I¹m looking for recommendations for resources on this type of material ­
> especially the ³big picture² ­ both readings and film. (Has anyone used
> ³Darwin¹s Nightmare² in class?  I haven¹t seen it but intend to order it when
> it¹s available.)
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Steve Corso
> Biology Teacher
> Science Department Chair
> Bentley School
> Lafayette, CA
>  
>  
> 
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