Showing results for "Environmental Science" in Children's Audiobooks

What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry, award-winning science...

Teaching English-Language Arts through the lens of environmental literacy and justice provides an important opportunity for all students to gain access to environmental learning. As the state of California deepens efforts to include environmental literacy in all content areas, the California Environmental Literacy Initiative's English-Language Arts Working Group interviewed passionate language arts teachers . We collected stories of California TK-12 educators who teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking through the lens of environmental literacy and justice to highlight what this type ...

Rachel Carson wasn’t always the Rachel Carson, renowned environmental activist. From her earliest years, Rachel had a passion for nature—to her, it was a fairyland, and she loved to write about her adventures and the creatures she saw. Encouraged by teachers, Rachel wanted nothing more than to study the ocean and its inhabitants. Though unable to finish her PhD due to financial constraints, Rachel found work in science and success as a nature writer.

When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in gardening. Today he's an environmental hero, bringing clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. Authors Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul share Farmer Tantoh's inspiring story.