Classroom Guide Document

Upstream

Sierra snow above Lake Tahoe with lone fir tree.

JVS, Jan. 1996.

Downstream

Drop by my office
Rollins College
1000 Holt Avenue.
Winter Park, Fl. 32789

Joseph Siry, Ph.D.

Marble gorge of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado River.

JVS, June. 2000.

Authors: a partial listing of with links to authorities used, quoted, and sited on this web site.

News

Press

research

Critical links for my courses

Fundamentals:

Thesis statements in essays
nature has multiple meanings
Vocabulary one of many pages devoted to

Recall & Remember:
words you need to know for success in the class.
Metaphors are crucial to use and interpret in your writing. Quotations.

Understand:
Body of knowledge, such as: ecology, history, bio-history, biology, economics, science.
A new grammar for our experiences may be necessary to develop?

Apply:
Methods are the means we have to test our assumptions.
Economic cycles in the past and the recent era.

Carbon as a new currency for our post-industrial world?

Sources to analyze:
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
The United States Bureau of the Census.
USDA, Plants database of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Evaluate:
Washington Post Writer's group.
Environmental News Service.
Technology as politics.
Earth Encyclopedia.

What is social justice and how is it important to us all?

Analysis:
Democracy Now.
Museums.
Grist.
Terms to recall, understand, and apply to analyze and evaluate readings and discussions.
Authors: a partial listing of with links to authorities used, quoted, and sited on this web site.

When writing: always consider | Writing Criteria: listed as a form | Free writing | Writing from texts



American Academy for the Advancement of Science, AAAS: Atlas. American Museum of Natural History (New York) Boston Athenaeum
Encyclopedia of Earth. Inside the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. US Government on the web. US Geological Survey, USGS. University of California, Library. University of Texas, Library. National Public Radio, NPR. New York Public Library. Olin Library indexes. Encyclopedia Britannica. Environmental topics portal for the web.
White paper (example) Guide to some reliable internet sites. Population Reference Bureau, US Census Bureau (decennial census data) World Resources Institute, WRI Research Facilities in Museums on the web. The Thoreau Reader web site
MET Office: Hadley Climate Centre in UK has recent press releases. The recall, use of, employing and understanding a paradox.
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National Press. Environmental Media Services, EMS, daily news.
Overseas Press a sample.
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Environmental links: topical matters

NGOs, non-governmental organizations: There are over 25 groups listed here with links to their web sites.

Fundamentals:

Thesis statements in essays
nature has multiple meanings
Vocabulary one of many pages devoted to

Recall & Remember:
words you need to know for success in the class.
Metaphors are crucial to use and interpret in your writing. Quotations.

Understand:
Body of knowledge, such as: ecology, history, bio-history, biology, economics, science.
A new grammar for our experiences may be necessary to develop?

Apply:
Methods are the means we have to test our assumptions.
Economic cycles in the past and the recent era.

Carbon as a new currency for our post-industrial world?

Sources to analyze:
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
The United States Bureau of the Census.
USDA, Plants database of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Evaluate:
Washington Post Writer's group.
Environmental News Service.
Technology as politics.
Earth Encyclopedia.

What is social justice and how is it important to us all?

Democracy Now.
Museums.
Grist.

When writing: always consider | Writing Criteria: listed as a form | Free writing | Writing from texts

Fundamentals:

Thesis statements in essays nature has multiple meanings Vocabulary one of many pages devoted to

Recall & Remember: words you need to know for success in the class. Metaphors are crucial to use and interpret in your writing. Quotations.

Understand: Body of knowledge, such as: ecology, history, bio-history, biology, economics, science. A new grammar for our experiences may be necessary to develop?

Apply: Methods are the means we have to test our assumptions. Economic cycles in the past and the recent era.

Carbon as a new currency for our post-industrial world?

Sources to analyze: ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System. The United States Bureau of the Census. USDA, Plants database of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Evaluate: Washington Post Writer's group. Environmental News Service. Technology as politics. Earth Encyclopedia.

What is social justice and how is it important to us all?

Democracy Now.Museums.Grist.

When writing: always consider | Writing Criteria: listed as a form | Free writing | Writing from texts

Thesis statements in essays
nature has multiple meanings
Vocabulary one of many pages devoted to

Recall & Remember:
words you need to know for success in the class.
Metaphors are crucial to use and interpret in your writing. Quotations.

Understand:
Body of knowledge, such as: ecology, history, bio-history, biology, economics, science.
A new grammar for our experiences may be necessary to develop?

Apply:
Methods are the means we have to test our assumptions.
Economic cycles in the past and the recent era.

Sources to analyze:
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
The United States Bureau of the Census.
USDA, Plants database of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Evaluate:
Washington Post Writer's group.
Environmental News Service.
Technology as politics.
Earth Encyclopedia.

Democracy Now.
Museums.
Grist.