Personal and Social Perspectives of Science
Perspectives on Global Challenges
- Learn to Protect Indigenous Peoples. The Arctic Circle home page is a good place to start, for here you can learn about natural resources in the region, learn history and culture, and learn about social equity and environmental justice.
- Watch Out for That Branch. Take a tour of the Costa Rican rainforest, go high above the canopy in the rain forest aerial tram, and see why it's worth saving.
Personal and Social Decisions
- Women and Computer Science Is it a man's world in cyberspace? Find resources for women and computing and learn about the gender gap at this site.
- Celebrating No Nukes! Visit the Greenpeace International home page. Click on the nuclear symbol to visit the Greenpeace nuclear page, then visit the site celebrating the signing of the ban to end nuclear testing.
- Who were the first African Americans to Earn PhD's in the Sciences?. At the Faces of Science home page, you can investigate and find the names of these pioneering scientists, the schools that awarded their degrees, and the dates the degrees were earned.