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[[circled]] 2nd 1 [[/circled]] What's Going to Happen? Get across to kids: No one really knows -> Missing 1 critical piece of info [for computer models] What will people of world do about G.H. Gases? Companion Book To Mission: Planet Earth -> Mission : Save the Planet Give kids info on things they can do at home school community} Do their part & energize others to help solve problem [[left margin]] Consumer (Research) Girls: •Idealistic, •Activists, •Want to do things to help (people, communities) In 1957, Sov. Launchpad Sputnik (world's 1st satellite) -> Sign of world leadership that shocked the US. Country's Response: Immediate created NASA, Space PGM, Senate Comm on Sci, & put Nat’l priority on sci/math education Goal: produce gen of Sci/ENG (& workforce to support them) Who could lift us to the moon & beyond. Kids dreamed of BLDG RKTS to the stars, & contributing to something that mattered. [Public followed + supported every step]. It was “cool” to be a scientist/“cool” to be ENG. & Public well-informed Today we face the even greater challenge of climate change. That challenge is energizing & mobilizing this gen. (B & G) [[boys & girls]] Like Sp.Pgm did mine. It’s imp. to make connection for them [& soc] to the role Sci + Tech will play in meeting that challenge.