environment

This book defines twenty-one careers in the environmental sciences, including education and training requirements, the nature of the work, salary ranges, employment outlook, and more.

Includes facts, projects, and activities for children to introduce them to the environment and how it works.

Profiles women who work as ecologists, naturalists, environmental engineers, waste management, and other environmental science fields and explains their duties and how they prepared for and got their positions.

Examines the ways in which rural teens interact with nature, providing general information about life on Earth, and discussing conservation efforts, encounters with wildlife, and wildlife rehabilitation and rehabilitators.

Examines the causes and effects of ice ages throughout history, tracing the development of scientific ideas about ice ages and profiling the lives of men and women who have contributed to the understanding of why and how ice ages happen.

Presents a collection of literature-based activities for teaching students in kindergarten through fourth grade about nature and the environment.

Briefly discusses current environmental concerns such as recycling, waste disposal, and preservation of natural resources.

Looks at the inter-relationships between the earth's natural systems and how burgeoning populations of humans are having a negative impact on the environment.