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{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } ~{}~ Objectives [] Planning [] Assessment [] ResourcesGuides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9Index of TG Investigations Teaching Objectives  Energy Flow is about the ways that energy from the Sun […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } ~{}~ Objectives [] Assessment [] ResourcesGuides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 Teaching Objectives Goal 1: Students appreciate how we depend on the biodiversity of our planet. Objective 1A: Students can tell others […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } {} Objectives [] Overview [] Assessment [] Planning [] ResourcesGuides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11Index of TG Investigations Teaching Objectives The four goals for the unit Ozone and the […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } _____________________________________________ Objectives [] Planning [] Assessment [] Resources Guides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3– 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 Teaching Objectives Ecosystem Change addresses the topic of the natural interaction of organisms in their environment and the affect human […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } {} Overview [] Planning [] Objectives [] Assessment [] Resources Guides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3– 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10Index of Investigations Overview Climate Change addresses the controversial question of how human […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } {} Objectives [] Assessment [] Resources Guides for each Chapter: 1 – 2 – 3– 4 – 5 – 6 Teaching Objectives A New World View introduces all of the other Guides in the Global Systems Scienceseries, and presents key ideas that thread through the entire […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } Director:     Alan GouldFormer Directors:     Cary Sneider, Katharine BarrettCoordinator:    Richard Golden Authors: Katharine Barrett, Richard Golden, Florence Gaylin, Alan Gould, John Erickson, Eloise Farmer, Karen Hoffman, John Pickle, Ted Robertson, Brian Rogan, Lynn Rosentrater, Zach Smith, JohnMichael Seltzer, Joe Snider, Cary Sneider, Sylvia […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } The driving force for new interdisciplinary courses came from the science education reform movement that has been gathering momentum in the early 1990s. But until recently, few materials had been published to help teachers break out of the traditional mold. Consequently, many teachers were […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } Professional organizations consisting of scientists and teachers, with support from the National Science Foundation and other agencies, are challenging the status quo. Decades ago, several key documents redefined science education in the United States: Next Generation Science Standards completed in April 2013. A Framework for […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } Assessment can be thought of as the collection of evidence to show whether or not students are achieving the objectives of the course. In deciding how to collect data it’s useful to think of the different reasons for assessment. One is for diagnostic purposes, […]