Global Systems Science takes over Climate Protection Institute
Did the latest Greenhouse Gas-ette look like the SEPUP Quarterly to you? There's a good reason, if it did. Having moved his Climate Protection Institute to the Lawrence Hall of Science, Founder Richard Golden has turned over the reins of its leadership to the Global Systems Science (GSS) Project under Cary Sneider, Director of Astronomy and Physics Education, who is well known for his leadership in the GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science) series at Lawrence (where the SEPUP program is also located).
This most recent Greenhouse Gas-ette also gives a progress report on the Global Systems Science course (reported on p. 3 of our Winter 1994 issue) and its hopes for the future: "Most of the GSS units have now been tested in high school classrooms and critically reviewed by scientists. The guides are currently being revised. Over the next year we hope to identify a publisher and announce a publication date when the materials will be made available for purchase."
The Greenhouse Gas-ette also invites interested administrators to send letters of interest in sending teachers to attend a three-week summer institute (in each of the next three summers) to learn to implement the Global Systems Science course in their schools so that the letters can be included with a proposal to the National Science Foundation to fund these institutes. The GSS Project points out that as an activity-based course geared to all students at the introductory level, Global Systems Science clearly reflects the National Science Education Standards.
Also expressed in the Greenhouse Gas-ette are best wishes to Richard Golden and his wife, Harriet, for a happy retirement. But Richard Golden has not retired from appearing in this Newsletter. His latest project is developing teaching materials on Self-Organizing Systems. The editor of this Newsletter has reviewed these materials in draft form and eagerly awaits being able to report their publication to Newsletter readers.
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