TG What Will My Students Learn?
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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 lead to a sustainable world. |
| In A New World View, students… | …consider both the diversity of the environments on Earth, and its unity. | …are introduced to the systems approach to studying the Earth. | …begin to think about how what we do affects future generations. | …realize that the world is a common resource that is shared by all. |
| In Climate Change, students… | …realize hwo our way of life depends on Earth’s stable climate. | …grasp how the “greenhouse” effect control’s Earth’s climate. | … understand which human activities lead to an enhanced greenhouse. | …formulate a personal respose to the possibility of global warming. |
| In Ozone, students… | …recognize how ozone in the stratosphere protects all life from UV rays. | …understand how oxygen interacts with radiation in the atmosphere. | …recognize how manmade chemicals are depleting the ozone layer. | …see ways that they can help to close the ozone “hole.” |
| In Losing Biodiversity, students… | …appreciate how we depend on the immense biodiversity of our planet. | …recognize the interdependence of life in an ecosystem. | …identify the many human activities that are impacting other species. | …recognize the important roles that individuals play in preserving life. |
| In Life and Climate, students… | …recognize that today’s climate and life evolved over billions of years. | …learn about how life has affected climate and how climate has affected life. | …learn to distinguish between natural and manmade climate changes. | …recognize that small changes can result in major climate shifts. |
| In Ecosystem Change, students… | …appreciate the wide variety of ecosystems that occur on our planet. | …grasp the complexity of interactions that occur within an ecosystem. | …recognize the many ways that humans are changing ecosystems. | …realize that population growth is the result of many personal decisions. |
| In Energy Flow, students… | …realize how energy constantly flows around and through us. | …learn to identify sources and transformations of energy in Earth systems. | …understand how human actions change the flow of energy. | …recognize how each person affects the flow of energy on the planet. |
| In Population Growth, students… | …realize how rapidly the human population is growing worldwide. | …use mathematics to model the ways that populations change. | …recognize how human population growth affects the global environment. | …realize that population growth is the result of many personal decisions. |
| In Energy Use, students… | …appreciate how Earth’s finite resources provide for today’s energy needs. | …grasp the vast dimensions of the world’s energy infrastructure. | …recognize how our use of Earth’s resources affect the environment. | …see how individuals can conserve energy, and use renewable resources. |