This course emphasizes technology assessment and decision-making. In the context of energy, students learn about simulations, quantitative modeling, and computer modeling used to support decision-making. Complex decisions involving open-ended problems are analyzed through specific examples.

Dr. Stanionis has suggested the following Science for All Americans links:

Chapter 1: THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

(A) The Scientific World View
(B) Scientific Inquiry
(C) The Scientific Enterprise

Chapter 2: THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS

(A) Patterns and Relationships
(B) Mathematics, Science, and Technology
(C) Mathematical Inquiry

Chapter 3: THE NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY

(A) Technology and Science
(B) Design and Systems
(C) Issues in Technology
 

Chapter 4: THE PHYSICAL SETTING

(A) The Universe
(B) The Earth
(C) Processes that Shape the Earth
(D) Structure of Matter
(E) Energy Transformations
(F) Motion
(G) Forces of Nature

Chapter 5: THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

(A) Diversity of Life
(B) Heredity
(C) Cells
(D) Interdependence of Life
(E) Flow of Matter and Energy
(F) Evolution of Life

Chapter 8: THE DESIGNED WORLD

(A) Agriculture
(B) Materials and Manufacturing
(C) Energy Sources and Use
(D) Communication
(E) Information Processing
(F) Health Technology

Chapter 9: THE MATHEMATICAL WORLD

(A) Numbers
(B) Symbolic Relationships
(C) Shapes
(D) Uncertainty
(E) Reasoning

Chapter 10: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

(A) Displacing the Earth from the Center of the Universe
(B) Uniting the Heavens and Earth
(C) Relating Matter & Energy and Time & Space
(D) Extending Time
(E) Moving the Continents
(F) Understanding Fire
(G) Splitting the Atom
(H) Explaining the Diversity of Life
(I) Discovering Germs
(J) Harnessing Power

Chapter 11: COMMON THEMES

(A) Systems
(B) Models
(C) Constancy and Change
(D) Scale

Chapter 12: HABITS OF MIND

(A) Values and Attitudes
(B) Computation and Estimation
(C) Manipulation and Observation
(D) Communication Skills
(E) Critical-Response Skills