Encounters: Fourth Grade Teacher's Guide

Abstract:: The ENCOUNTERS teachers' guide offers an alternative to a textbook on Arizona. It has more information, resources and activities than we, as teachers, could hope to use in any given year. In addition, the "Encounters Box," which is available in local school libraries, supplements the guide with other activities, books, videos and tapes. The Units are sequentially ordered to cover all periods of Arizona history, including the O'Odham, missionaries, Apaches, Mexican Americans, and Anglos. The thematic skills included are: Arizona history, social studies, environmental science, multicultural education, art, critical thinking, math computation, and drama. The units can stand alone, but if used sequentially, they will give the teacher and students a solid background on the cultural and environmental impacts the various cultures had on each other and on the Santa Cruz Valley.

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Holding onto the GREEN Zone

Abstract:: This curriculum helps young people learn about riparian areas--those "GREEN Zones" found along the edges of rivers, streams, and lakes. Teachers and youth group leaders will find a variety of resources in the Leader Guide, including background information, a unit-by-unit guide, and safety tips, as well as a curriculum concept map and correlations to national education standards.

Abstract:: Introduction to basic properties of ionizing radiations and their uses in medicine, industry, science, and environmental studies. Discusses natural and man-made radiation sources, energy deposition and dose calculations, various physical, chemical, and biological processes and effects of radiation with examples of their uses, and principles of radiation protection. Term paper and oral presentation of paper required. From the course home page: This course was originally developed by Dr. Jacquelyn Yanch. As such, significant portions of the materials presented here were derived from her work.