A major revision, Holt McDougal Environmental Science © 2013 Student Edition combines current motivating content, clear navigation features, and compelling graphics to help today's students visualize and apply key concepts. A new, full-featured Teacher Edition offers a wealth of support, activities, and strategies to help you reach learners of all abilities, and an Online Interactive Edition puts all of the program's dynamic teaching and learning resources at your fingertips 24/7.
New Contributing Author
Michael Heithaus, Ph.D. brings his specialty in marine biology along with a passion for engaging students in the wonders of the natural world and the application of the scientific method.
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Expanded Case Studies
Updated Case Studies in the Student Edition encourage students to take action. These compelling features, first introduced in the Chapter Opener and revisited in the Chapter Review, support introduction of scientific content and concepts as well as critical-thinking and application skills. Students are encouraged to connect case study topics back to the chapter concepts, building an enduring understanding of the main ideas.
Differentiated Instruction
Support for differentiated instruction in the Teacher Edition helps you reach all learners, with strategies in every lesson provided for: Below Level, English Language Learners, Group Activity, Inclusion, Pre-AP*, and Teach with Technology.
Interactive Online Edition
Available at hmdscience.com, the Interactive Online Edition offers 24/7 access to all program components and encourages your students to "Go Green."
EcoZine
This interactive online magazine keeps the program current—and keeps students up to date, informed, and involved—through live news feeds, current events articles, relevant archives, and much more.
Virtual Investigations
21 multimedia lessons, each approximately 30 minutes in length, combine engaging presentations, interactive activities, and simulated scientific investigations to reinforce students’ understanding of environmental science and science skills while strengthening inquiry and lab skills.
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