This new book consists of 'Activities' that students can do on various
environmental topics.
Dear ,
Environment ceased to be a sideshow recently, after the country’s apex
curriculum setter and the two dominant education boards decided to allocate
scores to the subject in the crucial school-leaving examinations. As per
the current guidelines, the assessment will not be based on the conventional
‘study-text-books-write-examination’ mode. Grades will depend on how active
the examinee has been ‘on the ground’.
CSE's Environment Education Unit has always been working towards providing
easy-to-understand reading material. Our new publication on this subject
is an attempt to lend teachers a helping hand. It unfolds in two
sections: Climate Change: how to make sense of it all, & Natural
Resources: how to share and care. Here, the key issues selected adhere
strictly to curriculum guidelines. However, they are introduced to students
not as a paragraph to memorise, but as an activity to do.
Each activity sheet begins with a Curriculum Connect, a brief note to
teachers that matches suggested assignments to the curriculum stream
(sciences, social sciences etc.) and to the class level (primary, mid or
senior). Likewise, Gobar Gyan, a succinct backgrounder, that precedes each
activity set, explains to students why they are being asked to do the task.
We have made a determined effort to make each of these four-page activity
sheets self contained. Each activity sheet includes references to external
information materials, online linkages and relevant data.
Introductory price of the book is Rs 290/- (USD39)
Order multiple copies of this activity book as you will need to make copies
of the various activities to be given out to students as assignments.
For Indian Buyers:
Send your payment by DD/Cheque payable AT PAR for the required amount, drawn
in favour of Centre for Science and Environment, payable in New Delhi. You
can also order your copies online by visiting
http://csestore.cse.org.in/books/schoolsandenvironment/activities2011.html
Centre for Science and Environment
41Tughlakabad Institutional Area
New Delhi
For any further clarification please write at vikas@cseindia.org