Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Content
  5. Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Teacher Resources
  8. Student Resources
  9. Appendix 1A: Implementing Virginia Standards of Learning
  10. Appendix 1B: Implementing Virginia Standards of Learning
  11. Appendix 2: Implementing National Science Education Standards
  12. Notes

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary: Recognizing Toxic Chemicals in Foods and Beverages

Ram Bhagat

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Student Resources

Field, Simon Quellen. 2008. Why there's antifreeze in your toothpaste. Chicago:

Chicago Review Press.

This helpful guide can be used as a basic primer on commercial chemistry or as an indexed reference to specific compounds found on a product label.

Imhoff, Daniel. 2005. Paper or plastic: searching for solutions to an overpackaged

world. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.

The author unwraps the packaging problem and gives consumers, product designers, and policymakers the information they need to take steps toward a more sustainable future.

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