Category: Losing Biodiversity

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{ 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. Goal 2: Students perform scientific and mathematical […]

{ 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 7 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-07-24. A catch in ocean conservation. By Boris Worm, Science. Excerpt: In the ocean…historical overexploitation has compromised marine biodiversity and associated services (2). Fortunately, many nations are now changing course by investing in the ocean’s future. Recently, a United Nations […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-07-21. Raptors A to Z – an eclectic introduction to birds of prey – https://raptorsarethesolution.org/raptors-a-to-z/ 2025-01-07. The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland. By  Caroline Van Hemert, bioGraphic. Excerpt: …Peregrine falcons hold near-mythical appeal in our collective imagination, and for good reason. Topping out at speeds of […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-06-13. Fallowed Fields Are Fueling California’s Dust Problem. By Andrew Chapman, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: California produces more than a third of the vegetables and three quarters of the fruits and nuts in the United States. But water constraints are leaving […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-07-31. Thank ketchup for your French fries. By Erik Stokstad, Science. Excerpt: Tomatoes and potatoes don’t only sound similar and taste good together: They’re the closest of relatives, even though one has edible fruit and the other tubers. Now, […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See Non-chronological resources for this chapter { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-08-27. Study shows how the human pelvis was reshaped for upright walking. By Colin Barras, Science. Excerpt: Comparisons of pelvic development in human and primate embryos reveals key steps in human evolution…. Full article at https://www.science.org/content/article/study-shows-how-human-pelvis-was-reshaped-upright-walking. 2025-06-26. ‘Tree of […]

Staying current for Chapter 2  { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-09-04. Where the buffalo roam. By ScienceAdviser. Excerpt: Bison are … not the free-roaming furry beasts they once were; today they live mostly in conservation herds and as livestock following 19th-century U.S. policies to target bison and Indigenous communities. Researchers wanted to examine the ecological […]

Staying current for Chapter 1 {2021}-{2011–2020}-{2001–2010} See Non-chronological resources { Losing Biodiversity Contents } 2025-05-22. International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May. By United Nations. Excerpt: In December 2022, the world came together and agreed on a global plan to transform our relationship with nature. The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, sets 23 targets […]