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This website offers an overview of some of these global issues, and links to other resources where you can get additional information. Better by the Year? - Sustainable Development and Climate Change. Sustainable Development and Climate Change Sanitation was even more important than independence - Gandhi MDG Goal 7 is about sustainable development for the environment and for the world’s people. The two of course go together. Goal 7 sets targets for providing clean water and basic sanitation together with improving the lives of slum dwellers. 2008 is the UN International year of Sanitation which is vital for human health, it contributes to dignity and social development - yet over half the population of developing countries have no access to any form of basic sanitation.
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Standard 8: "The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface" Standard 14: "How human actions modify the physical environment" Four hours. (It will take five hours if you show students the video.) Part I. Physical Geography of the Islands Write the words "land" and "life" on the board. Ask a student volunteer to locate South America on a world map and to point out its location to the rest of the class. Help students locate Ecuador by explaining that Ecuador means "equator" in Spanish. Ask students to use the map scale to estimate how far the Galapagos Islands are from the coast of Ecuador.
Ask students what they think the climate is like along the equator. Give each student or pair of students a copy of the Galapagos Islands map . Explain that the Galapagos Islands are really the tips of huge underwater volcanoes. Part II. Birds flew. Tell students that the Galapagos Islands are home to some unusual animals. Part III. 500 Great Books for Teens. National Council for the Social Studies | Creating Effective Citizens. Missouri Council for the Social Studies. Email from Google. Welcome to Wikispaces - Free Wikis for Everyone. Login to your Website - Webs.com.
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