Green Homeland: Environmental Education (Bilingual) for Junior High School Students

Author: Writing Group of "Green Homeland"
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: "Green Homeland" (Bilingual) is an environmental education textbook written in both Chinese and English. The content of this book selects issues that are currently of concern to people, as well as environmental problems in production and daily life. The entire book is composed of the following four modules:
- "Protecting Ourselves, Protecting the Environment" introduces some environmental protection organizations around the world and the activities they conduct, guiding students to understand the concept of "Protecting the Environment, Starting with Ourselves."
- "Caring for Nature" includes topics such as acid rain, ozone layer protection, global warming, water scarcity, energy crises, and solid waste, helping students understand major global environmental issues and their solutions.
- "Caring for Wildlife" covers wild animals, forest protection, and biodiversity.
- "Caring for Humanity" includes topics such as cloning technology, genetic modification, and population issues.
During the writing process, the book took into account the physical and mental characteristics and cognitive development level of high school students, and under the guidance of Shanghai's "Second Phase Curriculum Reform" philosophy, it strives to embody the principles of scientificity, educativeness, inquiry, practicality, fun, and readability. Each module consists of four parts: "Theme Introduction," "Problems and Discussions," "Resource Pack," and "Suggestions and Actions."
This book explores issues such as the environment, resources, and population,ing the view of harmonious coexistence between humans and the environment, the dialectical relationship between economic development and environmental protection, and the necessity for humanity to pursue a path of sustainable development. Through learning and practical activities in "Green Homeland" (Bilingual), students can not only understand current environmental protection issues, enhance their environmental awareness, and master scientific knowledge of environmental protection but also stimulate their interest in learning English, thereby improving their English proficiency and cultivating good environmental ethics and behavioral habits, achieving a synergistic effect.