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5 Give you sense of what you can see from space: [Slides] [Slides] It's critical that we get information about climate change to students (in classrooms today) [Sagan: It's suicidal to create soc [society] that depends on Sci & Tech in which no one knows ... • Need next Gen Env Eng & Atmospheric chemists & Comp. modelers • More important, need citizens that are informed about issue => turn on TV, surf Web ..., Surrounded by articles, opinions, issues related to climate change & global warming That will be even more true in future Kids will be asked to make decisions that will affect their lives, their community directly. To vote responsibly & make informed decisions they'll need to be climate literate. => & that's got to start in schools • Also - Topic's not going away ... - Need to educate next Gen of Teachers => Background in Topic, to bring to ->