The Mastering Environmental Science with Pearson EText Access Code for Environment and You

DIGITAL UPDATE available for Fall 2022 classes

For introductory environmental science courses (non-majors).

Hope and solutions for complex environmental issues

The Environment and You gives today''s students reason to be hopeful about environmental challenges. The authors draw on their expertise and classroom experience to help students establish a foundation in science. They also inspire students, demonstrating how science influences personal, community and...
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DIGITAL UPDATE available for Fall 2022 classes

For introductory environmental science courses (non-majors).

Hope and solutions for complex environmental issues

The Environment and You gives today''s students reason to be hopeful about environmental challenges. The authors draw on their expertise and classroom experience to help students establish a foundation in science. They also inspire students, demonstrating how science influences personal, community and global environmental issues.

The 3rd Edition presents complex environmental issues in You Decide discussions, asking students to consider options and take a position. New Misconceptions address common misunderstandings and push students to examine evidence that contradicts their ideas.

Hallmark features of this title

• Where You Live invites students to use primary data sources to explore environmental principles, issues and sustainable solutions in the context of their local community.
• Agents of Change showcase college students and recent graduates, taking action to develop sustainable environments and improve human well-being.
• Seeing Solutions  emphasize how corporations, municipalities, and organizations around the world use teamwork and new approaches to solve environmental challenges.
• Ecosystems and Sustainability offer a cohesive connecting thread for students in this broad-based discipline.
• Self-assessment questions at the end of every module allow students to assess whether they have truly grasped a topic before they move on.

New and updated features of this title

• Misconceptions address common student misunderstandings and push them to examine the evidence that contradicts their ideas.
• You Decide discussions provide students with complex environmental issues, then prompt them to consider options and take a position.
• Big Idea summaries open each lesson and ensure students will always have a way to see the big picture as well as the details for each module and topic.
• Focus on Science essays highlight the research of individual scientists and show how scientific research is used to increase understanding of environmental issues.
• New Frontiers  discussions examine critical issues, reminding students that environmental problem solving is an ongoing process. Each New Frontier section emphasizes the complex interaction between new scientific discovery, ethics and policy. 
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals  in chapters 1 and 19 represent a major international focus and initiative around solving global issues that relate to the environment.

Highlights of the DIGITAL UPDATE for Mastering Environmental Science (available for Fall 2022 classes)

Instructors, no need to create a new course. Digital updates have been added.

Learn more about Mastering Environmental Science.

• NEW: Interactive Student Engagement activities powered by Social Explorer actively engage students in key environmental science concepts.

Features of Mastering Environmental Science for the 3rd Edition; published 2020

• Focus on Figures videos by Justin St. Juliana help students explore and interpret the most critical figures, graphs or charts in the text, as they build an understanding of foundational concepts.
• Global Connection activities ask students to use data and draw comparisons between environmental issues in the U.S. and other countries.
• Process of Science activities encourage students to put scientific inquiry skills into action.
• Video Field Trips give students behind-the-scenes tours of real environmental concerns and the strategies and solutions employed to address them. 
• Interpreting Graphs and Data activities allow students to practice quantitative skills tied to graph interpretation and analysis.
• GraphIt! coaching activities help students read, interpret and create graphs that explore environmental issues using real data. Activities explore the Carbon Footprint of Food Consumption, Water Availability, Access and Demand, and Ocean Acidification.