The UN declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). Throughout the year countless initiatives will be organized to disseminate information, promote the protection of biodiversity and encourage organizations, institutions, companies and individuals to take direct action to reduce the constant loss of biological diversity worldwide.
Countdown 2010 works at governmental level by monitoring countries' responses to the 2010 Biodiversity Target and at local level by mobilizing local actors that take concrete actions. In only a few years of activity, Countdown 2010 has been able to mobilize an increasing number of actors ranging from local authorities and businesses to civil society organizations. With a powerful network of more than 900 Partners, Countdown 2010 is one of the leading initiatives mobilizing action for the 2010 Target.
Through its wide and well-established network, Countdown 2010 will be a key global actor for IYB in Europe and around the world. Countdown 2010 Partners will provide one of the main information channels and will be a major vehicle for reaching target groups worldwide.
BookCart Learning Activity
ProQuest editors have created a BookCart learning activity to support science teachers and students in learning more about the worldwide importance of conserving biodiversity, especially with the additional hazard of global warming at a threat. BookCarts include the editor selected resources, essential questions for critical thinking and student directions that make them a ONE-STOP solution to effective teaching and learning using inquiry-based learning activities.
Teachers or librarians can copy "Cap and Trade and Global Warming" and any other BookCart learning activity by using the following procedure:
Click the BOOKCART ADMIN link at the top of the Teacher Edition.
Click the PROQUEST CARTS tab.
Type "Cap and Trade and Global Warming" in the Search box.
Click the COPY icon (middle one) in the ACTIONS column to the right of this title.
Click RETURN TO MY LOCAL CARTS.
Repeat to copy another Cart of interest.
Librarians or teachers can edit this Cart to customize it for their students. To edit each Cart for your students to use:
Click the new BookCart Title with the prefix "COPY OF".
Delete "Copy of" and then type your name in the AUTHOR boxes and your initials in the EMAIL box.
Option: edit the existing Essential Questions in the DESCRIPTION box.
Option: edit the existing Student Directions for your students to use.
Scroll down and click SAVE.
Return to My Local Carts.
Standard Research Activity
Assign students to write a report of at least 150 words, or a presentation of at least seven slides that cites at least three resources. Students should address the following essential questions for critical thinking (you can create or substitute others):
Why is conserving biodiversity important: four reasons?
What are three of the current biodiversity strategies that are working?
What additional strategies would you propose and why?
What will happen if biodiversity is not protected?
Pathfinder
Select Advanced Search option > type "conserving biodiversity" in the Search box > type "biodiversity OR conservation" in the Title box > sort Search Results by DATE
Use our custom ProQuest models for written or PowerPoint reports written and PowerPoint-style reports.
ProQuest Learning: Literature Activity
Many authors who write about the environment have their articles published in magazines. Assign student to select at least two magazine articles by environmentalist authors with similar themes and summarize the themes of both and how these themes apply to current concerns about conservation as a strategy to save the Earth.
Students should write a report of at least 150 words or a presentation of at least seven slides.
Pathfinder
Type "environmentalists" in the Search box > click "More" in the Results list
History Study Center Learning Activity
Students will study the history of the environmental movement. Assign students to write a report of at least 150 words or a presentation of at least seven slides that cites at least three resources. Students should address the following essential questions for critical thinking (you can substitute of add others):
Who are at least four American and world leaders of the environmental movement?
Why were their ideas and strategies often opposed by the powerful?
What successful strategies did their efforts accomplish?
How does their work benefit the U.S. and world today?
Pathfinder
Type "environment" in the Search box > Select the Study Unit option > Click "environmental history" Study Unit
Use our custom ProQuest models for written or PowerPoint reports written and PowerPoint-style reports.
