Category: Global Systems Science

{ 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, […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } If the key to effective learning could be summed up in one word, it would probably be “interaction.” Getting your students to discuss the issues, to disagree and challenge each other, to collaborate on laboratory problems, and to help each other in homework activities […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } Summary of What Students Will Learn GSS Students will… 1. Grow to appreciate the unique qualities of Earth’s environment. 2. Increase their knowledge of the total Earth system. 3. Learn how human activites are changing the global environment. 4. See how personal decisions can […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } The eleven Student Books are shown in the map below in four groups, with the first book, A New World View, introducing the others. It is helpful to keep in mind that A New World View is short, and is intended to take no more than two […]

{ GSS Teacher Guide Index } { All GSS Books } The Global System Science Series  Global Systems Science (GSS) is an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand  problems of global impact. There are many ways to incorporate GSS books with […]