Investigations in Environmental Science has four distinguishing characteristics. It incorporates:

• A Case-Based Approach
  CASES places students in the role of environmental scientists investigating realistic environmental problems. Students make recommendations for sustainable uses of resources based on their analysis of the evidence they have generated for each of the cases they are presented.
  
  
• A Balanced Inquiry Pedagogy
  CASES uses a research-based pedagogical approach that integrates inquiry with a wide range of traditional and non-traditioal learning activities. The result is a balance of learning experiences that engage and meet the needs of today's student population.
  
  
• Technology to Support Inquiry and Learning
  CASES uses the strengths of various technologies to help students during the knowledge construction and application phases of their learning. Students use software tools to conduct investigations with scientific data the same way as environmental scientists.
  
  
• A Process for Evidence-Based Decision Making
  CASES presents environmental science in the context of authentic environmental decisions and teaches students a framework that helps them be explicit about the roles of science and values when making environmental decisions.

Follow the links below to learn more about the curriculum.

Five Minute Introduction
Learning-for-Use Framework
Course Components
Curricular Design