Evolution, Birth Control, Climate Change

Embracing Controversy inScience Education

Alan Gould Director, Global Systems Science

Lawrence Hall of Science University of California

Global Systems Science

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Investigation:Old Growth Forests

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Analyzing Digital Images

Vegetation Analysis

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The Rondonia Rainforest Investigation is in chapter 5 of GSS “A New World View”

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Climate Change contents

Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

Earth's Greenhouse Effect

Graph of temperatures: 1866-1988

Screenshot of Investigation to predict CO2 increase

What is the Controversy About? (Chapter 3)

Staying Up to Date

How Can We Measure Carbon Dioxide? (chapter 5)

Role models in science

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Contents-Losing Biodiversity

The Trail Back from Extinction

Chapter 3: The Origin of Species

Case of the Pepper Moth

“Beetles” Investigation

Darwinism

Puzzle of Inheritance

Gregor Mendel

Hybrid Cross Coin Toss

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Population Growth Contents

Goat Island

Feedback Loops

Feedback—Positive/Negative

Palestinian/Israeli Feedback

Goat Island Feedback

Goats and Dogs

How Many Is A Billion?

Verhulst's Population Equation

Carrying Capacity

World Population

Doubling Time

Doubling Time Investigation

One Child

Can We Limit Human Population Growth? (chapter 7)

Contraception

Abortion

Difficult Questions

Education of Women

for High School Climate Change Education

Establish Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) of high school teachers.

Focus PLCs on effective climate change education in existing courses.

Identify best strategies for distance-meetings.

Identify best resources for use in high school climate change education.

Connect teachers with climate scientists.

Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) staff: Traci Wierman (GEMS) Laura Tucker (GEMS) John Erickson (GSS/GEMS) Erica Friesen (GSS) Peggy Storrs (Administration) Shirley Lee (Evaluation) Ardice Hartry (Evaluation)

High Leverage System for Building PLCs 3 LHS staff leaders work with... 20 Regional/local PLC teacher leaders 15 participating teachers in each PLC

3 Tiers

More on Climate Change

Investigation: Measuring Carbon Dioxide

Chapter 9. What Do You Think About Climate Change?

More on Losing Biodiversity

DNA

Moron Population Growth

The Case of India

Death Rate

Disease and War

Rural to Industrial Transition