At just 15 chapters, Essentials of Environmental Science is ideal for a one-semester course.
Friedland received BAs in Biology and Environmental Studies and a Ph.
He has authored or coauthored more than fifty-five peer-reviewed publications and one book, Writing Successful Science Proposals (Yale University Press).
Friedland has served on panels for the NSF and USDA Forest Service and has just finished serving on his third panel of the Science Advisory Board of the EPA.
More recently, he has begun investigating the impact of individual choices and personal action on energy consumption and the environment.
For more than two decades, Friedland has been researching the effects of air pollution (lead, nitrogen, sulfur, calcium) on high-elevation forests of New England and the Northeast.
Friedland regularly teaches introductory Environmental Science and energy courses and has taught courses in forest biogeochemistry, global change, and soil science, as well as foreign study courses in Kenya.
Johnsbury Academy (Vermont) AP Institute for Secondary Teachers.
During many of the last ten summers, he has guest lectured at the St.
He has a strong interest in high school Science education and in the early years of APES he participated in a number of trainer and teacher workshops at Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College, and elsewhere.
He was the founding chair of the Advanced Placement Test Development Committee (College Board) for Environmental Science.
Friedland is The Richard and Jane Pearl Professor in Environmental Studies and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Dartmouth.
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The coverage of ecology, agriculture, energy, and water has also been streamlined to provide a more focused treatment of the Science concepts.
In addition to being briefer, Essentials is even more accessible placing less emphasize on math calculations.
It takes the same non-biased approach as its parent text, teaching students to think critically about data presented.
At just 15 chapters, Essentials of Environmental Science is ideal for a one-semester course
