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"In sixth grade, students will begin to grapple with some of the biggest challenges, and often debates, within and outside of the scientific community. The Cause and Effect STEM Road Map theme for sixth grade focuses on human impacts on climate. In this module, students in science and mathematics class will investigate aspects of climate change driven by the rise in global temperatures over the past century and develop potential solutions that might address one aspect of human activity that has contributed to global climate change. This project will require students to conduct and use the engineering process to identify a problem and develop a model to help mitigate the identified problem. The book will have students explain the causes and effects of climate change and how humans have influenced climate change, use mathematical modeling and statistics to explore the impact of climate change, analyze and synthesize reputable media to form scientific arguments regarding climate change, and explore the influence of climate change on the economy, society, and human populations"--

Introduction -- Ecosystems and economic systems -- Conservation of endangered species -- Species and ecosystem diversity -- Human populations -- Sustaining water supplies -- Sustaining aquatic resources -- Fossil fuels and nuclear energy -- Renewable energy -- Environmental health, risk, and toxicology -- Solid and hazardous waste management -- Air, water, and soil pollution -- Global climate change -- Appendix A. Basic chemistry -- Appendix B. The rock cycle: product of a dynamic planet

This revised edition of Carolyn's Merchant's classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword.Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth