1. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Diversity

2. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 What is Diversity? It is the condition of being different or having differences. Some might refer to diversity as variety!! An opposite of diversity is similarity! Interestingly, in our universe, many things that exhibit diversity also have similarities!! Many things that are similar also have many differences!

3. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Many things in the universe are very much alike and they are also very different!

4. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 What we see as the Milky Way is actually the galaxy in which we live!

5. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Stars that are different from, yet similar to, our sun!

6. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 In orbit around our Sun, there is a collection of planets, all of which have similarities, and differences!

7. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Among the planets of our solar system, there is one special planet, the Earth. The earth is special! It is the only planet that we know to support life. It is also our home.

8. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 The Earth has diverse habitats supporting a diversity of life forms.

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12. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 This diversity of life forms includes humans - like you and me!

13. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Let’s see how cultures around the world are different… Africa China India Bali

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22. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Can you guess where these pictures were taken? COLORADO

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25. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 The Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the Universe!

26. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 At night, one can look up at the sky and see the Milky Way!

27. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 All of these Galaxies are made of billions of stars!

28. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Everyone and Everything is different…

29. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 These are all potatoes, but are they really the same? On the outside? On the inside?

30. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 What about these citrus fruits? Grapefruit, orange, lime…

31. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 And what about squash?

32. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 These foods might look different on the outside, but they are very similar on the inside. All these foods contain the same nutrients, like vitamins and minerals, that keep you healthy. What would our world be like if we were all exactly the same?

33. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Directions…

34. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Program ENERGY is funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources/National Institutes of Health in partnership with the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at Colorado State University Program ENERGY is funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources/National Institutes of Health in partnership with the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at Colorado State University Sections of this presentation were adapted from a 2002 presentation by Robert Wilkinson, Cultural Anthropologist