Customer Reviews

Holt Environmental Science

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I am a high school teacher who has used this text for six years, teaching a junior/senior elective to average students. It has a nice coverage, including both Earth Science and Environmental Science topics. But I feel that in the process of trying to explain complex issues for lower level students, the author has left out too much--I find that my students read the chapters and then need me to fill in a lot of information so that the summary-style information presented here actually makes sense to them. Over the years I have come to rely on this text less and less, and would select another one if I could.

This is a good, well-written textbook with a lot of great illustrations and diagrams. However, the book is written on a very basic level, and only provides a very superficial coverage to current environmental science topics. I would not recommend this textbook for upper-level high school students. For teachers, this textbook also includes a resource CD with Powerpoints, tests, quizzes, and other worksheets.

This Teacher's Edition is a better resource than the current text I am forced to use. My students love the readability factor, clarified graphics, and included case studies which we use for discussion, closure, and kick-off activities.

The book I received was in excellent condition. Was pleased to find it for a reasonable price.

How do I go about getting the latest 2007 edition and RETURN the 2000 copyright edition that you sent? This is not what I ordered.
Thank you,
KM