1. Evolution, Birth Control, Climate Change Embracing Controversy in Science Education  Alan Gould Director, Global Systems Science  Lawrence Hall of Science  University of California

2. Global Systems Science we encourage electronic distribution of books Software: Digital Earth Watch Suite Hands-On Universe HOU 2.0

3. Investigation:Old Growth Forests Use ForestAnalysis software Resource Free Digital Earth Watch software: Forest Analysis Color Basics Digital Image Basics Analyzing Digital Images Vegetation Analysis

4. Investigation Using Digital Earth Watch Software (next 2 windows have context and screenshot of computer display)

5. The Rondonia Rainforest Investigation is in chapter 5 of GSS “A New World View”

7. Climate Change cover Cover art by Cary Sneider

8. Climate Change contents

9. Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

10. Earth's Greenhouse Effect

11. Graph of temperatures: 1866- 1988

12. Screenshot of Investigation to predict CO 2 increase

13. What is the Controversy About? (Chapter 3)

14. Staying Up to Date

15. How Can We Measure Carbon Dioxide? (chapter 5)

16. Role models in science

17. Losing Biodiversity Cover Cover art by Cary Sneider

18. Contents-Losing Biodiversity

19. The Trail Back from Extinction

20. Chapter 3: The Origin of Species

21. Case of the Pepper Moth

22. “Beetles” Investigation

23. Darwinism

24. Puzzle of Inheritance

25. Gregor Mendel

26. Hybrid Cross Coin Toss

27. Population Growth Cover

28. Population Growth Contents

29. Goat Island

30. Feedback Loops

31. Feedback—Positive/Negative

32. Palestinian/Israeli Feedback

33. Goat Island Feedback

34. Goats and Dogs

35. How Many Is A Billion?

36. Verhulst's Population Equation

37. Carrying Capacity

38. World Population

39. Doubling Time

40. Doubling Time Investigation

41. One Child

42. Can We Limit Human Population Growth? (chapter 7)

43. Contraception

44. Abortion

45. Difficult Questions

46. Education of Women

47. for High School Climate Change Education  Establish Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) of high school teachers.  Focus PLCs on effective climate change education in existing courses.  Identify best strategies for distance-meetings.  Identify best resources for use in high school climate change education.  Connect teachers with climate scientists. Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) staff:  Traci Wierman (GEMS)  Laura Tucker (GEMS)  John Erickson (GSS/GEMS)  Erica Friesen (GSS)  Peggy Storrs (Administration)  Shirley Lee (Evaluation)  Ardice Hartry (Evaluation)

48. High Leverage System for Building PLCs  3 LHS staff leaders work with...  20 Regional/local PLC teacher leaders  15 participating teachers in each PLC 3 Tiers

49. More on Climate Change

50. Investigation: Measuring Carbon Dioxide

51. Chapter 9. What Do You Think About Climate Change?

52. More on Losing Biodiversity

53. DNA

54. Moron Population Growth

55. The Case of India

56. Death Rate

57. Disease and War

58. Rural to Industrial Transition