Going Places, Making Choices: Transportation and the Environment. Curriculum Designed for Grades 9-12.

This curriculum packet includes a teacher's introduction and five curriculum units that explore how transportation needs affect the environment, including the quality of air and water, habitat, and global climate. These materials encourage teens to apply wisdom, ingenuity, and sound science to the choices they make. Units are: (1) "Introduction--Going Places, Making Choices"; (2) "Unit 1--Cruise through History, A Look at Where We've Been and Where We're Going"; (3) "Unit 2--Natural Resources and Energy Use"; (4) "Unit 3--Sweating Over Climate Change, Air Pollution and Climate Change"; (5) "Unit 4--Land Use, Leaving Our Imprint on Earth"; and (6) "Unit 5--A Matter of Choice, Going Places, Making Choices, Taking Action." (CCM)