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This nine-lesson curriculum is designed to help teachers and students learn how to apply economic reasoning to environmental issues. Sponsored by the Donner Canadian Foundation, Eco-Detectives introduces four Principles of Eco-Detection:

1. People's choices influence the environment.
   
2. People's choices have unintended results.
   
3. People's choices are influenced by the potential benefits and costs of each alternative.
   
4. People tend to take better care of things for which they feel a sense of ownership and to which they assign value.

Each lesson presents background information, an eco-mystery that encourages the application of the above Principles, a list of concepts, instructional objectives, visuals and student handouts, discussion questions with suggested answers, a closure activity that provides a summary or suggests additional applications, and suggestions for assessment.

This 158-page teaching kit is posted on the Members' section of our web site where it can be can downloaded for free.

Partner: Donner Canadian Foundation