Environmental science case study development

Overview/Abstract

This assignment is designed for a curriculum and instruction class in a teacher education program. Environmental science students develop a case study related to the major curriculum unit they are developing. The case study must involve a brief introduction to an issue, then selection of environmental data from the Statistics Canada website (or other sources), and finally development of a series of questions related to the data for an environmental science class. This assignment has worked well and should be transferable to other sites and other curriculum areas.

S. McEwan (smcewan@oise.utoronto.ca)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ont.
M5S 1V6

Course outline

Consideration will be given to the aims and objectives of environmental education, curriculum design, unit and lesson planning, and methods of teaching. Areas of study include freshwater, soil, and terrestrial ecology, agriculture, forestry, environmental issues, environmental ethics, urban and rural planning, energy conservation, and population ecology. Field experience will be provided.
(extracted from the University of Toronto course calendar for EDU1380)

• Instructor's guide
• Student assignment
• Article describing the assignment and the resulting student awards