Looks Count! Community Planning, Natural Resource Protection and the Visual Environment An Interdisciplinary Middle School Curriculum Unit for Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Art Copyright © 2004

Funded with grants from the Dunn Foundation, Warwick, RI
and Wege Foundation, of Grand Rapids, MI

Developed by:

• Joan Chadde, Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education at Michigan Technological University
• Ruth Ann Smith and Linda Rulison, Hancock Middle School
• Jean Dunstan, Stanton Township Schools

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Looks Count! lessons are also included in Community As A Context for Learning manual by Jon Yoder which may be ordered FREE from the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources This manual contains lessons, tools and resources to connect students in the classroom to their communities.

Featured in Green Teacher:

Linda Rulison's article on Looks Count implementation at Hancock Middle School was published in the recent issue of Green Teacher.

Linda Rulison, "Student Experts in Community Character" Green Teacher, #82, Fall 2007, 13-18* (PDF)

*Reprinted with permission from Green Teacher #82, Fall 2007. One year (four issue) subscriptions cost $27 for the digital edition or $32 for the print version from: Green Teacher, PO Box 452, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, 888-804-1486, www.greenteacher.com."

Purchasing Information for:

Looks Count! Community Planning
& the Visual Environment

Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics & Environmental Education
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: 906-487-3341

Email:jchadde@mtu.edu

Website: http://www.wupcenter.mtu.edu/

Copyright © 2007 by Michigan Technological University.

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