Product Details
- Product Number
- 16632
- Scale
- NO SCALE
- Alternate ID
- 97-0350
- Version Date
- 01/01/1998
- Media
- Paper
- Format
- Folded
Additional Details
- Description
- High School. Land and People is an environmental study project that engages high school students in studying ecosystems resource issues. The project focuses on the interaction between people and the environment in three regions on the United States: Cape Cod, Los Angeles, and the Everglades. Packet includes a 24" x 36" poster.
- Survey Date
- 1998
- Print Date
- 1998
- Two Sided
- No
- Pieces
- 1
- Languages
- English
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