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Mountain Habitat Activity Guide, Gina Glock

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Determining If Self-Guided Demonstration Tours Are An Effective Method To Inform Farmers And Ranchers About Conservation Practices, Larry L. Andelt

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the "Conservation Neighbor to Neighbor" program was an effective method of delivery to inform farmers and ranchers about conservation practices in Nebraska. A survey instrument was developed with the help of a committee of experts. The instrument asked respondents to rate the degree of agreement, quality and interest in the Conservation Neighbor to Neighbor program and the effectiveness of the delivery method. The population for the study included all the program hosts and a random sampling of all farmers and ranchers in Nebraska. The following conclusions were drawn from the …

Plate Tectonics, Space, Geologic Time, And The Great Plains: A Primer For Non-Geologists, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

For most Americans, "The Great Plains" evokes images of grasslands, dust storms, prairie fires, Native Americans on horseback, cowboys and wheat lands, and perhaps flat valleys crossed by braided rivers carrying a heavy load of sand and gravel, extremes of weather, and a climate typified by an alternation of droughts and wetter periods. Geologists picture such general images, too, but they also see radical changes in the landscape over periods expressed in millions rather than hundreds of years. Geologically speaking, human activities on the Great Plains are too recent to have much of a place in the broad geologic history …

Developing An Inservice On Energy And Energy Conservation For Teachers, Grades Kindergarten-Eight, Cynthia Gail Blair

Theses Digitization Project

Energy resource conservation.

Resolution 91-16-S - Unicorn Pizza Paper Products, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution for Unicorn Pizza to stop using styrofoam containers.

A Recycling Proposal For The Vashon Island School District, John Turner Green

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify a process by which the Vashon Island School District could reduce its waste stream and involve and educate students in an environmental ethic that actively seeks to reduce and recycle wastes. A search of the general and educational literature was made. An extensive research of state and local agencies helped to identify appropriate goals and actions for the Vashon School District. The proposal calls for seven specific actions to be taken.

A Primary Unit On The Desert, Deborah Bybee Graves

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

An Energy Education Teaching Unit For The Fifth Grade, Lynn A. Thompson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Field Trip Manual Grades Four To Six, Desert Sands Unified School District, Robyn Franklin

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

A Position Paper Of Environmental Education For Nelson County, Geneva B. Hunt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The results of a survey, concerning environmental education taken of the educators of the Nelson County School System, indicated a need for environmental education workshops and classes.

The status of environmental education in the nation and in Kentucky were studied and compared. A research was done of the status of environmental education in Nelson County, and implications were drawn for implementing environmental education in the Nelson County School System.

A tentative program for implementing environmental education in the Nelson Country schools was given, and a bibliography of resources and materials to be used in said program was included.

Barbara Ward, Barbara Ward

Stevenson Lecture Series

Barbara Ward is the six speaker in the Adlai Stevenson series; she is a British political Scientis and autho, and is also known as Lady Jackson, wife of Sir Robert Jackson. This speech is titled "Survival in the Seventies."