Material That is Relevant and Personal to Students
• Chapter opening case studies launch each chapter and prompt students to think about how environmental challenges relate to them.
• Measure Your Impact exercises have students work through problem scenarios to assess environmental impacts.
• Focus on U.S. Examples—local and regional—make the material relevant.
• Working Toward Sustainability stories show how individuals are successfully addressing environmental problems.
• Apply the Concepts questions encourage students to apply chapter concepts to everyday situations.
In-Chapter Pedagogy to Help Master Key Ideas
• Understand the Key Ideas and Revisit the Key Ideas provide a framework for learning and help students test their comprehension of the chapter material.
• Gauge Your Progress provides questions that help students make sure they grasp key ideas of each section.
• Check Your Understanding questions in multiple-choice format test student comprehension.
An Instructive Art Program For Visualizing Concepts
• Instructive Art and Photo Program uses visuals to make complex ideas accessible. The illustration program includes fully integrated teaching captions to help students understand and remember important concepts.
Resources in the EnviroPortal to Reinforce Learning
• Learning Curve directs students to specific resources to help master key concepts after answering a series of questions tailored to their individual level of understanding.
• Engage My Environment exercises have students make informed choices on their own based on real data they collect.
• Science Applied Essays let students see science in action and determine for themselves whether science supports specific policy decisions.