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Decisions and the Environment


Bilingual CD-ROM focussing on key Welsh environmental issues. Facts and figures are linked with background information, graphs, sound and pictures. Issues covered include acidification of streams, farming and wildlife, land use in the uplands and much more.


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Publisher: RSPB
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Format: CD Rom
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Age range: Post 16
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Address: Sutherland House, Castlebridge, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF11 9AB
Tel. No.: 029 2035 3000
Fax: 029 2035 3017
Email: suzanne.swan@rspb.org.uk
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Price:  £9.99



The Environment Explained - Farming


Basic information on types of farming and effects on the environment, crops, livestock and conservation. Each topic is accompanied by questions to encourage understanding and suggestions for further activities. Further information and free sample pages are available on the web site.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144909 5
Year of publication: 1992
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House Publications
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Farming - Learning Support Material


Learning support material to assist teaching this topic: contains the Farming book from The Environment Explained series, photocopiable worksheets for students and 10 pages of Guidance for Teachers.

Further information and free sample pages are available on the web site.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 1 87360020 8
Year of publication: 1997
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £21.50



The Environment Explained - Gardens


Contains a presentation of topics relating to the environment: questions to encourage understanding and to stimulate interest, activities and investigations, and references to material for further study. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144901 X
Year of publication: 1992
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Grasslands, Hedges & Verges


This book in the series examines grassland habitats and contains information about types of grasses and their uses, cattle farming, hedgerows and the management of verges. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144908 7
Year of publication: 1994
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Heaths, Moors & Fens


This title in the series looks at wilderness habitats, heathland plants and animals, moorlands and their management, sheep, bogs, peat and other relevant topics. All topics are accompanied by questions to stimulate an understanding of the topic. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144907 9
Year of publication: 1994
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Horticulture


This title in the series examines aspects of vegetables, fruit and flowers such as plant structure, plant growth, climate, soils, breeding and genetic engineering. This is a general introduction to the subject using an appropriate level of text to satisfy a wide range of abilities. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 1 87360000 3
Year of publication: 1995
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Ponds


Contains a presentation of topics relating to ponds and the freshwater environment: questions to encourage understanding and to stimulate interest, activities and investigations, and references to material for further study. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144902 8
Year of publication: 1992
Format: Book
Size:
Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



The Environment Explained - Ponds - Learning Support Material


Contents include: Ponds; Pond animals; Pond plants; Invertebrates; Insects; Vertebrates; Fish; Food chains; Looking after a pond; Pollution; Reinforcement of vocabulary Exercises.

Purchase of the Learning Support Material includes the accompanying book 'Ponds'.

Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 1-873600-25-9
Year of publication: 1997
Format: Book
Size:
Age range: Secondary
Subject(s):
Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £21.50



The Environment Explained - Resource Set


Ten titles from ‘The Environment Explained’ series in a durable wallet suitable for storing on a bookshelf

1. Gardens, 2. Ponds, 3. Farming, 4. Horticulture, 5. Grasslands, Hedges & Verges, 6. The Sea, 7. The Seashore, 8. Rainforests, 9. Trees, Heaths, Moors & Fens, 10. Trees.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 1-873600-15-1
Year of publication: 1995
Format: Book
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
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Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £37.50



The Environment Explained - Trees


Contains a presentation of topics relating to trees and the woodland environment: questions to encourage understanding and to stimulate interest, activities and investigations, and references to material for further study. Further information and free sample pages are available on the website.


Author(s): Pamela Minett
Publisher: Stokesby House Publications
ISBN: 0 95144905 2
Year of publication: 1992
Format: Book
Size:
Age range: Secondary
Subject(s):
Order from: Stokesby House
Address: Stokesby, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
Tel. No.: 01493 750645
Fax:
Email: stokesbyhouse@btinternet.com
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Price:  £4.50



Fertilisers and the Environment


Contains information about fertilisers, why they are used and their effect on the environment.


Author(s):
Publisher: Farming and Wildife Advisory Group (FWAG)
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Format: Leaflet
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Age range: Post 16
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Order from: FWAG
Address: National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2RX
Tel. No.: 024 7669 6699
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Price:  £0.77



Land Use - UK a survey for the 21st Century


Land Use - Uk took place in 1996 and involved groups of geographers recording the use of UK land. Results are compared and contrasted with surveys in the 1930s and 1960s. It includes a commentary on the results.
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Publisher: The Geographical Association
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Format: Book
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Age range: KS4
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Order from: The Geographical Association
Address: 160 Solly Street Sheffield, S1 4BF
Tel. No.: 0114 296 0088
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Price:  £22.50


Our World, Our responsibility


This guide aims to provide ideas and information to help develop school policies for environmental education.


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Publisher: RSPB
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Format: Teaching Pack
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Age range: Secondary
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Address: RSPB Education, The Lodge, Sandy, Beds, SG19 2DL
Tel. No.: 01767 680551
Fax: 01767 680551
Email: education@rspb.org.uk
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Price:  £5.00



People’s effect on the Environment


Bilingual CDROM focusing on key Welsh environmental issues. Facts and figures are linked with background information, graphs, sound and pictures. Issues covered include estuaries, pollution, pestcicdes, recreation and much more.


Author(s):
Publisher: RSPB
ISBN:
Year of publication:
Format: CD Rom
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Age range: Secondary
Subject(s):
Order from:
Address: Sutherland House, Castlebridge, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, CF11 9AB
Tel. No.: 029 2035 3000
Fax: 029 2035 3017
Email: suzanne.swan@rspb.org.uk
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Price:  £9.99



River pollution


Summary: River Pollution. Using the Nitrogen Cycle, this chart describes how to take improve the quality of rivers.. Product no.. W1-T62. Size. 70 x 100 cm.


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Publisher: Pictorial Charts Educational Trust limited
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Format: Chart
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: PCET
Address: 27 Kirchen Road, London, W13 OUD
Tel. No.: 020 8567 9206
Fax: 020 8566 5120
Email: info@pcet.co.uk
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Price:  £7.90



The environment in your pocket 2002


A free 64-page pocket-sized booklet summarising key facts and figures on the environment of the UK. Useful for students studying environmental issues.


Author(s):
Publisher: Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Year of publication: 2002
Format: Book
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Age range: Post 16
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Order from: DEFRA Publications
Address: Admail 6000, London, SW1A 2XX
Tel. No.: 0845 955 6000
Fax: 020 8957 5012
Email: defra@iforcegroup.com
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Whats at Issue? - The Environment & You


What is a "pea-souper" ?

Who pays to clean up pollution ?

What happens to nuclear waste ?

The Environment and You looks at the impact of humans on the environment and what can be done to preserve it for future generations. The reasons for air, land and water pollution are explained and details given of how the resulting pollution can be cleaned up.


Author(s): Alexander Grey
Publisher: Heinemann Library
ISBN: 0431035482
Year of publication: 2001
Format: Paperback Book
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Age range: KS3
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Order from: Orders Department, Heinemann Educational
Address: FREEPOST (OF1771) PO Box 381 Oxford OX2 8BR
Tel. No.: 01865 888080
Fax: 01865 314029
Email: orders@heinemann.co.uk


Price:  £7.50



Whose land is it anyway? Protected landscapes, people & change


This pack considers images of the countryside and what this means to different people, the forces which have shaped the post-war countryside and alternatives to unsustainable development.


Author(s):
Publisher: WWF - UK
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Format: Teaching Pack
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Age range: Secondary
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Order from: Education Distribution
Address: PO Box 963, Slough, SL2 3RS
Tel. No.: 01753 643104
Fax: 01753 646553
Email:
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Price:  £10.99



Youth Action & the Environment


This publication is designed to bring environmental issues alive for anyone who works with young people and it offers a wide range of examples and case studies from the UK and beyond.


Author(s): Alan Dearling (with Howie Armstrong)
Publisher: Russell House Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1 898924 07 4
Year of publication: 1997
Format: Book
Size:
Age range: Secondary
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Order from: CEE
Address: 94 London Street, Reading, , Berks, RG1 4SJ
Tel. No.: 0118 950 2550
Fax: 0118 959 1955
Email: enquiries@cee.org.uk
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Price:  £5.00



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