AGI Announces Publishing Agreement with Thomson Delmar Learning

Alexandria, VA — The American Geological Institute (AGI) has entered an agreement with Delmar Learning to publish Environmental Science: Understanding Our Changing Earth curriculum project.

About Environmental Science

Environmental Science is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded curriculum that uses an earth science framework for teaching high-school level environmental science. The text will be composed of 18 chapters which ask students to focus on their local environment and to then extrapolate their observations to the world at large. The text uses an earth-systems approach and covers a broad range of topics, including ecology, landforms, hazards, and resources. Each chapter includes activities using the AGI/US Geological Survey Global GIS DVD-ROM. In addition to the text and GIS components, AGI will maintain extensive web resources for both students and teachers as part of the curriculum.

Environmental Science: Understanding Our Changing Earth is currently being tested by 20 high school teachers in thirteen states nationwide, with publication expected in early 2009.

To learn more about Environmental Science: Understanding Our Changing Earth, go to http://www.agiweb.org/education/hses/.