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Title: BEST: Bilingual environmental science training: Grades 5--6

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/205069· OSTI ID:205069

This booklet is one of a series of bilingual guides to environmental-science learning activities for students to do at home. Lesson objectives, materials required, procedure, vocabulary, and subjects integrated into the lesson are described in English. A bilingual glossary, alphabetized by English entries, with Spanish equivalents and definitions in both English and Spanish, follows the lesson descriptions, and is itself followed by a bibliography of English-language references. This booklet includes descriptions of ten lessons that cover the following topics: safe and unsafe conditions for chemical combinations; growth rates and environmental needs of plants; photosynthesis and effects of ozone-layer depletion; the circulatory system, the importance of exercise to the heart, and selected circulatory diseases; the nervous system; specific nutritional values of the different food groups; significance of including, reducing, or eliminating certain foods for a healthy diet; effects of some common chemicals on plant growth and animal life; plants` and animals` natural habitats; and dangers of non-biodegradable garbage.

Research Organization:
National Hispanic Univ., Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-90SF18628
OSTI ID:
205069
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/18628-T8; ON: DE96007721
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English