{"id":14548,"date":"2020-05-20T14:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=14548"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:12:45","slug":"the-nature-of-teaching-ecotoxicology-and-environmental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/the-nature-of-teaching-ecotoxicology-and-environmental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication – The Nature of Teaching: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FNR-595-W<\/a>The Nature of Teaching: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health<\/a>\u00a0is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching<\/a> \u2013 the place to go for teaching resources that focus on wildlife, food waste, health and wellness. In this series teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and more.<\/p>\n

This unit highlights the effect of environmental contaminants on the health of wildlife and ecosystems with two lessons filled with worksheets, activities, lab report grading rubric sheet and more.
\nLesson 1: There’s Something in the Water!
\nLesson 2: Investigating the Effects of Salt Contamination on Daphnia<\/em><\/p>\n

This 33-page PDF is written by Dr. Jason Hoverman<\/a>; Logan Billet<\/a>, Rebecca Koetz<\/a> and Dr. Rod Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more resources, please check the Education Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources
\n<\/strong>Benefits of Connecting with Nature<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
\nThe Nature of Teaching: Disease Ecology<\/a>, The Education Store
\nResourceful Animal Relationships<\/a>, The Education Store
\nThe Nature of Teaching: Food Waste and the Environment<\/a>, The Education Store
\nAdaptations for Aquatic Amphibians Activity 2: Water Quality Sneak Peak<\/a>, Video, Purdue Extension YouTube channel<\/p>\n

Rod Williams<\/a>, Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nature of Teaching: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health\u00a0is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching \u2013 the place to go for teaching resources that focus on wildlife, food waste, health and wellness. In this series teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[870,971,859,860,54],"tags":[1133,824,256,943,72],"class_list":["post-14548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disease","category-land-use","category-nature-of-teaching","category-publication","category-wildlife","tag-contaminant","tag-environment","tag-fnr","tag-fnr-extension","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t