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This article includes a conversation with four environmental education classroom teachers. The author introduces the four classroom teachers, Marie Marrs, Barb Pietrucha, Vicki Newberry, and Dara Lukonen. In the interview, the four environmental education classroom teachers describe the environmental education in their classrooms. Three of these individuals have served as representatives of K-12 teachers on the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC), the citizen advisory council to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Assesses the effects of an extended case study that focused on wetland issues with 7th and 8th grade students. (Author/CCM)

Addressed is the effectiveness of environmental education for promoting responsible citizenship behavior. A model of environmental citizenship behavior is presented. Goals for instruction in environmental education are discussed. (CW)

Briefly describes Project Synthesis, a major recommendation which resulted from the effort, and a picture of K-12 science education that recommendation portends. Compares similarities between environmental education goal levels and Project Synthesis science education goal clusters, considering future directions for both science and environmental education. (JN)

The article offers information about Project Synthesis, a comprehensive research effort on science and technology in the U.S. After the launching of Sputnik in 1957, Americans regarded technological supremacy as an important national goal. To prepare all their students to deal successfully with science and technology in their own, the government developed the research effort funded by the National Science Foundation. Norris Harms of the University of Colorado led a nationwide team of science educators to synthesize and interpret the combined data of four comprehensive studies.