Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. The Endocrine System
  4. Evidence of Disruption in the Endocrine Systems of Diverse Animals
  5. Spread of Synthetic Chemicals
  6. Endocrine disrupting chemicals
  7. Conclusion
  8. Lesson Plans
  9. Reading Materials
  10. Electronic Resources
  11. Readings for Students
  12. Endnotes

Effects of Plastics on Top Predators' Health

Francisca Sorensen

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Readings for Students

Byles, Monica. Life in the Polar Lands. World Book Ecology. Chicago. 2001.

Cooper, Jason. Jaguars: Eye to Eye with Big Cats. Rourke Publishing LLC. Vero

Beach, Fla. 2003

King, David C. Jellyfish Marshall Cavendish Beuchmark. New York. 2006.

McKeever, Susan. Fresh Water Life of North America. Thunder Bay Press. San Diego.

1995.

Pully Sayre, April. Vulture View. Henry Holt and Co. New York. 2007.

Rosing, Norbert. Face to Face with Polar Bears. National Geographic. Washington D.C. 2007

Tatham, Betty. Baby Sea Otters. Henry Holt and Co. New York. 2005.

Van Wormer, Joe. Eagles. Lodestar Books. New York. 1985.

Comments:

Cindy Woolery

July 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Thanks!

Thanks so much for sharing this unit with me! I enjoyed reading it and will use some of the ideas from the unit with my students.

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