This guide is designed to give you a brief overview of Project 2061’s recommendations for the relevant ideas and skills that all students should learn. Drawing on several Project 2061 resources, the guide focuses on the ideas and skills that are central to understanding the science of climate change, the process of scientific inquiry, and the trade-offs and constraints implicit in making choices about technology. For each of these topics, the guide maps out what students should be learning in kindergarten through 12th grade and describes what a science literate adult should know and be able to do.

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About Science for All Americans and Atlas of Science Literacy -- From Chapter 1: The Nature of Science -- From Chapter 3: The Nature of Technology -- Map: Scientifi c Investigations -- Map: Interaction of Technology and Society -- Map: Decisions about Using Technology -- From Chapter 4: The Physical Setting -- Recommended Reading -- Map: Weather and Climate -- Map: Use of Earth’s Resources -- From Chapter 8: The Designed World -- From Chapter 5: The Living Environment -- Map: Energy Resources -- Map: Interdependence of Life -- Recommended Reading -- Web Sites for Climate Change Resources.