Natural Resources Systems
By: Travis D. Park and Tara L. Berescik- Natural Resources Systems is a comprehensive text that features up-to-date coverage of today’s natural resources management, including a focus on sustainability, global environmental issues, and the science behind the solutions to natural resources issues. It provides students with a basic introduction to many areas included in natural resources studies, including soil, air, water, endangered species, fisheries, game management, and cartography.
- Current images, including photographs, charts, graphs, and illustrations, educate readers and support visual learners.
- Activities and review materials aid learning and develop critical-thinking skills.
- Inform students about satisfying career choices by highlighting diverse jobs in the Career Connection features, including people involved in many different fields of conservation and resource management.
- Products & Prices 6-12 Education
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to Natural Resources
2. Career Planning
3. Historical Perspectives of Natural Resources and Conservation
4. Ecology and Earth
5. Sustainability in the Environment
6. Habitat Destruction
7. Global Environmental Issues
8. Population Dynamics
9. What is Soil?
10. Soil Erosion, Leaching, and Pollution
11. Controlling Soil Erosion
12. Mining of Natural Resources
13. Water Supply
14. Water Quality
15. Wetlands
16. Weather and Climate
17. Air Quality
18. Interactions
19. Endangered Species
20. Fisheries
21. Game Species
22. Forests
23. Forest Succession and Management
24. Threats to Forests
25. Grasslands and Rangelands
26. Outdoor Recreation
27. Natural Protected Areas
28. Surveying and Cartography - The Look Inside images are for preview purposes only. The format of the actual product may vary from the images shown.
- Correlations
- AFNR StandardsAlabamaEnvironmental Management (PDF, 124.89 KB)CASENatural Resources and Ecology (132 KB)North CarolinaNCCTE AN51: Natural Resources I (Grades 9–12) (PDF, 268.47 KB)OklahomaYouScience® Industry CertificationsNatural Resource Science I (170) (235 KB)Natural Resource Science II (173) (227 KB)
- About the Author(s)
Tara is actively involved in her school serving as the Theater Club Advisor and the advisor to the Tri-Valley FFA Chapter, for which she has been coaching students in National FFA Career Development and Leadership Development Events for over 23 years.
Tara has been recognized as the National Association of Agricultural Educators Region XI Outstanding Teacher; the Program, Mentor, and Ideas Unlimited Award winner; and the Association of Career and Technical Educators Teacher of the Year in 2014. Tara is an alumnus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in animal science and her master’s degree in vocational technical education.