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ERIC Number: EJ485567
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
The Gaia Nineties. Is It Time to Re-evaluate This Controversial Theory?
McGuire, Thomas
Science Teacher, v60 n6 p30-35 Sep 1993
Provides a graphing exercise designed to help students understand the coevolution of the physical environment and the biosphere during the last four billion years of Earth's history. The ideas are based upon the Gaia theory, which is the belief that the Earth is a self-regulating network of interdependent physical and biological systems. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Ecology, Science Activities, Science Education, Science History, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Theories
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Earth