Ponto, Colleen F.

Linder, Nalani P.

Sustainable tomorrow: a teachers' guidebook for applying systems thinking to environmental education curricula for grades 9-12.

[United States]

2011

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Abstract: Given the complex social, economic, and environmental concerns of our time, the need for environmental and sustainability education has never been greater. To meet this growing need, many educators the world over are learning how to integrate systems thinking and sustainability education into their teaching of more traditional subject areas such as science, math, social studies, language, and the arts so that our children learn the concepts, understand the principles, develop the habits, and master the skills required to make sense of and thrive in our complex and interdependent world. Such is the aim of this guidebook.

Introduction to system thinking in environmental education
How to select learning activities that can be enhanced by systems thinking
Learning activity one: when a whale is right
Learning activity two: dilemma derby.