he Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science is a course for high school teachers and undergraduate students in environmental science. The content course will help teachers of biology, chemistry, and Earth science to provide more content in their classes. The course components include 13 half-hour video programs, a coordinated Web site which includes the streamed video programs, the course text online, five interactive simulations, background on the scientists who created the content and those whose research is documented, a professional development guide (also available in print form), and additional resources.This course begins with an overview of the Earth's systems — geophysical, atmospheric, oceanic, and ecosystems — as they exist independently of human influence.
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Oceans
From learner.org, produced by Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Ocean systems operate on a range of scales, from massive systems such as El Niño that affects weather across the globe to tiny photosynthetic organisms near the ocean surface that take in large amounts of carbon dioxide. This program looks at how oce...an systems regulate themselves and thus help maintain the planet's habitability.
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March 16, 2010 at 10:06 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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Ecosystems
From learner.org, produced by Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Scientists from the Smithsonian Center for Tropical Research document the astounding abundance of diversity in tropical rainforests to discover why so many species coexist that are competing for the same resources. In North America, the Yellowstone W...olf Reintroduction project explores why removing just one species dramatically changed the distribution of plants and animals up and down the food web.
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March 16, 2010 at 10:07 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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Atmosphere
From learner.org, produced by Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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The atmosphere is a critical system that helps to regulate Earth's climate and distribute heat around the globe. In this unit, discover the fundamental processes that cause atmospheric circulation and create climate zones and weather patterns, and le...arn how carbon cycling between atmosphere, land, and ocean reservoirs helps to regulate Earth's climate.
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March 16, 2010 at 10:05 PM
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Ages: 18 - 18
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The early Earth was a much different planet than the one we know today. Ancient rocks provide evidence of the emergence of oxygen in the atmosphere and of a frozen Snowball Earth. Scientists Paul Hoffman and Andrew Knoll look at these clues to help e...xplain the rise of complex animal life.
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March 16, 2010 at 10:00 PM
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