Category: Energy Flow

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Staying current for Chapter 4 {Energy Flow Contents} See the Sun’s Chinese New Year dragon at the Space Weather website. Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) movie of “coronal rain” on the Sun. 2022-10-25. Converging Toward Solutions to Grand Challenges. [https://eos.org/opinions/converging-toward-solutions-to-grand-challenges] By Ryan McGranaghan,  Adam Kellerman and  Mark Olson, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: Electrical power grids, on which we all depend, comprise numerous interconnected […]

{ 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 […]

{ To GSS Books } TEACHER GUIDE CONTENTS Introduction 1. Map of the GSS Course 4. How Can I Customize GSS for My Students? 7. How is GSS Related to Science Education Reform? 2. What is Global Systems Science? 5. What Teaching Methods Should I Use? 8. How Was GSS Created? 3. What Will My […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2008–2014}-{2001–2007} { Energy Use Contents } 2023-03-14. An Oil Rush Threatens Natural Splendors Across East Africa. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/africa/oil-pipeline-uganda-tanzania.html] By Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York times. Excerpt: An oil rush is now underway in Uganda, a verdant, landlocked country in East Africa which has signed onto a multibillion-dollar joint venture […]

Chapter 6 { Energy Use Contents } I. The Big Picture The flow chart above may look complicated, but it’s really not difficult to interpret. It provides THE BIG PICTURE of how the United States uses its energy resources. The boxes on the left side of the chart show the major primary sources that humans […]

Chapter 3 { Energy Use Contents } Next time you look at a blade of grass, think about this: without green plants none of us would survive.  In some cases, we eat plants directly to get the energy that is stored in them. In other cases, cows or pigs eat the plants, store the energy […]

{ Energy Use Contents } { All GSS Books } Use magnets and coils of wire to investigate what kind of responses you can get from an electric meter. Your challenge is to arrange and rearrange the magnets and wires to generate as much electrical output as you can. Materials magnet wire (24 gauge, 3 […]

{ Energy Flow Contents } See also… Ecosystem Change, Chapter 2 (Energy Through a System) and Chapter 5 (Carbon in the Biosphere) Losing Biodiversity, Chapter 5 (Soil, the Living Skin of the Earth) and Chapter 7 (One Global Ocean) 2021-04-22. Microbes are siphoning massive amounts of carbon from Earth’s tectonic plates. By Raleigh McElvery, Science Magazine. Excerpt: […]

Staying current for Chapter 8 See Non-chronological Resources. { Energy Flow Contents } 2023-04-28. Ocean El Niño monitor gets an upgrade. [https://www.science.org/content/article/ocean-el-nino-monitor-gets-upgrade] By Paul Voosen, Science. Excerpt: For 3 years in a row, cool La Niña conditions have reigned in the tropical Pacific Ocean, suppressing the steady march of global warming. But warm waters are […]